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The morning satellite imagery showed an area of low pressure circulating over northwest Iowa. After a cold frontal passage, sunny skies remain over Colorado with pleasant temperatures for this afternoon. A system is near the west coast but its clouds should not impact us. The cold front will be in New Mexico and Texas by this afternoon, with high pressure …

Atrough of low pressure will be over the Dakotas this afternoon and evening. To its south over us, west-northwest flow at mid-levels will reach speeds up to 50 mph with downslope flow in place. Most of the energy with the trough is to our east and northeast over the upper Mississippi valley. In addition, we are bone dry over Colorado …

Drier weather ensues today and through the weekend and into next week for most of the state. We do have an area of low pressure over NW Wyoming today, but southwest flow from New Mexico is bringing in much drier air and downslope flow this afternoon. This will supress any chance of storms today. We should see highs in the …

Aweak front came through overnight which has ushered in low-level upslope rich in moisture to the Front Range (below on bottom left). This uptick in moisture combined with a mid-level shortwave (below on top left) will set the stage for an active day of rain for our area on this Friday. It seemed as though the overnight surge may be …

Aweak shortwave ridge will be over Colorado today providing a slight reprieve from the wet weather and allowing for warmer temperatures to unfold. After plentiful morning sunshine, plan for just widely scattered to isolated afternoon and evening storms today moving off the higher terrain in the westerly flow --- the chance is only around 20% regionwide. Expect highs in the …