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An area of low pressure over the Dakotas has brought a cold front through the region earlier this morning. Behind it, temperatures will be much cooler than Saturday in the mid to upper 50s with extensive mid and high clouds over the Front Range. Don't expect to see much sun until perhaps briefly around sunset. Behind the front, high pressure …

An area of low pressure resides over Montana today, which will track into the Dakotas by tomorrow. As it does so, westerly flow will strengthen this afternoon across the state over the Plains. While we don't expect anything major in terms of wind gusts, occasional gusts to 25 mph are possible off the Foothills over Boulder and Denver. Given the …

Heavy snow will end our week across the Front Range for the morning and afternoon. Actually, we lied! April Fools! There is a weak trough moving through the area today, that will push off into Kansas by the afternoon. The early morning radar showed only isolated to spotty showers at best over the Front Range. Most of these showers will have …

Yesterday was quite gloomy with rain eventually changing to snow across much of the area. Temperatures from Boulder northward stayed too warm until the precipitation had ended and no snow was reported. The map below shows radar estimated precipitation totals from the event. The big storm from yesterday is long gone now to the east. For today the primary concern …

To our surprise, a wildfire broke out yesterday afternoon near the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Some gusty winds at times in the afternoon peaking around 30 mph fueled the fire to grow and force evacuations in portions of the Boulder area. If you were planning to hike in Boulder today, be sure to check the up-to-date information on …

The upper-level jet stream is situated to our north and east, with a ridge centered over the desert southwest. Even though the jet stream is away from us, northwest flow is still present over north-central Colorado. That may lead to some wave clouds from time to time today as the flow interacts with the north-south mountain range. Heat builds into …