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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 01/03/24 | One last nice day before we slip into an extended cooler pattern, starting with winter weather on Thursday

Today will be the final dry AND mild day of the week across the Front Range as a shortwave ridge passes overhead of Colorado. Our next storm system will dive into California and the Great Basin today, splitting off from the jet stream along the Canadian Border in the process. This system will bring much colder weather and a chance …

This Week in Colorado Weather: January 2, 2024

El Niño has yet to deliver any major storms to the Front Range this winter season but that could change heading into the first week or two of January as a more active southern storm track takes shape across western North America. Several systems will bring snow to Colorado, though the focus appears to be across the southern tier of the state rather than the Front Range. We discuss the notably variable forecast for the week ahead including several chances for snow in the extended.

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 12/27/23 | The stalled-out, blizzard-inducing low pressure finally loosens its grasp on Colorado

The pesky, blizzard-inducing low pressure system is finally beginning to head east this morning and is loosening its grasp on eastern Colorado. GOES-East water vapor imagery from the last few days is remarkable for this system, showing an epic, multi-layered spiraling dry slot into the core of the storm! Blizzard Warnings have expired for the state, with just a few …

This Week in Colorado Weather: December 25, 2023

The Christmas holiday week starts off on the cold to chilly side as an area of low pressure continues to impact us from the central United States. There will be another chance of snow late tonight on Christmas into Tuesday, but only light accumulations are expected south and southeast of Denver. However, blizzard conditions are set to unfold across far eastern Colorado with travel eastward becoming impossible at times Monday night into Wednesday. A trend towards drier and warmer weather is in-store for the latter part of the week and to close out 2023. Read on for the latest details.

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Holiday Snow Update: Rain transitions to snow Saturday evening, most accumulation over by Christmas Eve morning

Winter weather is on-track to arrive into the Front Range Saturday evening into Sunday just in time to give most of us a white Christmas! Two vastly different storm systems will be moving in from opposite directions later in the day Saturday with widespread rain changing to snow across the Boulder and Denver area. While we still have some lingering concerns regarding temperatures and exactly when rain will switch-over to snow, our forecast confidence has grown over the last few days. In this final forecast update, we discuss the storm’s timeline, how much snow will accumulate across the area, the probability the snow sticks around into Christmas Day, and how it will impact holiday travel the next few days. We’ve even got another chance of snow coming the day after Christmas. Whew! Read on for all the details.

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Winter Weather Update: Forecast uncertainty still abounds heading into the holiday weekend, but things are starting to come into focus

We’ve got a few more mild days ahead to end the work week, but as promised, winter will return for the holiday weekend in what is shaping up to be a challenging forecast indeed. We are finally starting to see better agreement in the various weather models, but things are still far from certain. Our weather will begin to trend downhill on Saturday with cooler temperatures and a chance of rain showers. Saturday night rain will change to snow with snow accumulation likely for all heading into Christmas Eve. Exact snowfall amounts and the timing of everything are still being worked out, but here’s our latest thoughts on the approaching holiday winter storm.

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 12/20/23 | Staying mild under mostly cloudy skies, the weekend snow forecast has grown more complicated

Yesterday's high temperatures were quite toasty in the middle 60s across the Metro area, with Denver leading the way at 67°F, warm enough to tie the record high for the date last set 106 years ago. The high temperature was only 64°F in Boulder, not nearly warm enough to eclipse the existing 69°F record here. Today will be several degrees …

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