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Acold front which has moved through the area earlier will settle south and east of the region tonight, near the southern Kansas and Colorado domain. Behind the front, temperatures will be some 5 degrees cooler in the mid to upper 70s - a pleasant May to enjoy the day outside. Winds will be light for a change! Overnight lows tonight …

Anearly zonal flow has taken over today at mid-levels. However, a west-northwest flow still exists within the pattern, as a trough of low pressure sits over the upper Mississippi Valley and Minnesota. The flow aloft is still pushing 30-40 mph so we are not fully out of the fire danger woods yet - though much better conditions than all week. …

Amid-level trough is positioned over western North Dakota today, with its trough axis extending into Wyoming and Colorado. The extension of the axis into our state will lead to another downslope scenario today. Winds aloft are strong enough to warrant another elevated fire danger. Further up the atmosphere, a jet streak approaching 90+ MPH is nearly orthogonal to the mountains …

Today will certainly be the hottest day of this week...but also likely the hottest day we've seen thus far in 2022. The weather pattern across the United States is highly meridional right now, meaning there is bountiful north and south directionality in the flow. This can be seen in this morning's GOES-East water vapor animation below. Meridional flow patterns tend …

ADenver Cyclone setup will develop this afternoon keeping things on the cooler side for Boulder County, while areas further south and east will be warmer and windier. Recall that a Denver Cyclone forms when low-level winds from the southeast interact with the local terrain and form a counter-clockwise swirl of low pressure over the Denver Metro area. Watch the windy …

The surface cold front which has moved through the area last evening will be lifting northward later this afternoon - as a warm front. The result will be a calm wind for the start of our day, followed by increasingly southwest winds, with gusts at times to the mid 20s miles per hour. It will be another warm one, but …