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Astrong mid-level shortwave trough will track from Wyoming into central Nebraska this afternoon and early evening. In terms of clouds, we'll see a series of wave clouds move from west to east due to the orographic effects from the storm. But, more importantly, the sensible weather impacts will be felt with a high fire danger across the Plains. As the …

Amostly quiet day is on-tap for Front Range Colorado with a ridge axis very much nearby. The graphic below shows today's large-scale atmospheric setup. Since the ridge axis has passed to our east, southwest flow has kicked in across the Centennial State. This will allow for well above normal temperatures and will also advect in some moisture aloft (think lots …

Above normal temperatures return to the forecast today as an upper-level ridge slides into the area. The GOES-East infrared satellite animation below shows clear skies from Utah to Kentucky, with the ridge axis noted to be across western Colorado this morning. Today will be beautiful and warm with light afternoon breezes gusting 10-15 MPH. Expect lots of sunshine early, but …

Infrared satellite imagery shows an impressive lingering storm system across the Dakotas this morning. Yes, this is yet another low pressure the produced blizzard conditions well to our north. We've had just wind and resulting high fire danger across the Front Range so far over the last 48 hours. As you can see in the animation above, there is some …

The strong low pressure system has exited to our northeast, located over western South Dakota this afternoon. This large system is creating havoc across the midsection of the country, including our area. While the system has moved east, we are still on the southwestern periphery of the low. That side of the system still favors a strong northwesterly downslope wind …

This may sound like a broken record as we posted yesterday about the extreme fire danger today. But just to reiterate, extreme caution is urged today with strong gusty winds developing, low relative humidity, dry fuels, and warm temperatures in the lower 80s. The image below shows the very low RH values this afternoon, well below 15%. A surface low …