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High pressure ridging takes over for our weekend and likely lingers into early next week as well. Our next shot of unsettled weather is not until the middle of next week. For today, high pressure will be anchored over Utah/Colorado and that will spread east on our Sunday to Kansas. Our highs this afternoon will generally hover in the lower …

Atrough axis of low pressure over Oklahoma and Texas today is bringing light upslope flow to the Foothills and Plains today and into the early evening hours. The latest model solutions have lessened on snowfall totals for the event today. What has led to that? One reason is that the models are showing less forcing and weaker upslope flow for …

For the most part things will be rather quiet across the Denver Metro area the next two days, but not completely quiet. The NAM 500mb vorticity forecast animation below shows flattened west-southwest flow across Colorado, with more pronounced troughs over the Pacific Northwest and moving into California. Despite this appearance, there is a very subtle shortwave expected to pass across …

Astrong trough over the Dakotas and central Canada has brought a cold front through the region earlier this morning. Colder air will start our day in the lower 30s. However, southwest flow will persist through the afternoon and evening with the strong height gradient in place. This southwest flow will aid warming this afternoon with highs rebounding to near the …

Astrong trough over the Pacific Northwest will track onshore and into Montana and the Dakotas by tomorrow morning. The flow over Colorado will remain out of the southwest today. The flow is certainly stronger than Friday, favoring strong and gusty winds off the higher terrain today. Gusts of 30-40 mph will be the norm on the Plains and the Denver …