Our Sunday will still start off rather strong and gusty northwest winds. These gusts, however, will be about half they were last night, where over 100+ mph were observed in portions of Boulder and the Foothills. This morning and early afternoon, gusts out of the northwest will range from 40 to 60 mph, with still strong gusts up to 70 …
An extreme event is about to unfold today as a highly anomalous low pressure system deepens considerably over western Nebraska this evening into midday Sunday. From yesterday (below), High Wind Warnings have been issued for much of the Front Range. Red Flag Warnings were in place yesterday. The risk of fire concerns is highly dangerous again today, regardless if a …
Nothing but clear skies are present across the center of the country right now, including throughout all of Colorado. The complete lack of cloud cover is apparent on the infrared satellite animation from GOES-East this morning. A large but dying low pressure is noted across the Great Lakes, while a second trough of low pressure is situated near Oregon. Colorado …
Little change in the overall weather pattern is expected across the region today as a shortwave ridge continues to work into the area from the west. The ridge axis will wander from near Salt Lake City this morning into position directly over Denver by sunrise on Thursday. However, do note the 500mb height anomaly forecast animation below --- there is …
Monday brought a wide range of springtime weather and cold temperatures to the Front Range for the first day of April. In Boulder we saw periods of rain and thunder at times, as well as spurts of accumulating hail and graupel. The video below is during on of the more rambunctious thundersnow showers that occurred around midday Monday. https://twitter.com/BoulderCAST/status/1774787944655577218 36-hour …
Alee-side low pressure system will develop today north and east of the Denver Metro area. In addition, an area of high pressure will be situated over the far southwest part of the state. This pressure difference will combine with the elevated flow aloft and favor a gusty southwest downslope flow on the Plains of Colorado this afternoon and evening. Temperatures …
Well, our Easter weekend will largely be dry and mild, at least through early Sunday evening. We will be under high pressure ridging today and most of tomorrow. Meanwhile, a deep trough will be off California today and will interact with a northern stream trough in Montana to influence us late Sunday night through Monday. Highs today and tomorrow will …