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The most substantial ridge we've seen in months is moving towards Colorado right now from the west. It will be with us the next few days spurring continued spring-like temperatures across the Front Range. The ridge axis will move overhead Thursday morning and then exit the area on Friday eventually allowing for a series of storm systems to come ashore …

Aglorious ridge of high pressure will take over today, stretching all the way into the Dakotas by this afternoon. There is a weak shortwave moving through Idaho and Montana this afternoon but it will stay well to our north. At the surface, the ridge will allow downslope flow to take shape, pushing our highs into the 50s under lots of …

Yesterday's weak system is pushing into Kansas today, with northwest flow still present over much of Colorado. However, that pattern is about to change, with high pressure building over Nevada, and which will spread east into our neck of the woods tomorrow. The figure below better highlights the change in our pattern for the next 24-36 hours. The ridge building …

The mid-level pattern below shows one last trough set to move through the area, located over northwestern Colorado by this evening. Ahead of the trough, weak lifting will be in place. However, one deterrent with this pattern is the fact that the trough more or less gets sheared out with time, weakening the overall lift for the Front Range. At …

Intermittent light snow was around through much of the evening and overnight period, and still continues this morning across portions of the Front Range. An early look at snowfall amounts over just the last 24 hours is shown below. 1-3" fell through the overnight with the highest totals around Lakewood, Golden and Estes Park. We measured around 1.5" in Boulder …

It's cold out there this morning folks, and it won't get much better as the day progresses either. We're currently sitting at -1°F at BoulderCAST Station, with most of the Denver Metro area similarly close to zero degrees as the Arctic airmass has engulfed Colorado. It's even colder in the Foothills! Here are the current temperatures as of 6:00AM: With …