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ADetailed Forecast Discussion: vailable moisture is rapidly declining across the Front Range this morning. As seen in the water vapor animation below, the back edge of the monsoonal moisture plume is oriented north-south and is very well-defined. The drier air is just about to pass over the Continental Divide and then quickly this morning will be through the Boulder-Denver area …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he main, but narrow plume of monsoon moisture is draped across Colorado right now with precipitable water values up over an inch in Boulder and Denver this morning. The moisture plume is noted in the current water vapor satellite imagery. Slow-moving showers and a few thunderstorms are already present in Mountains to the west this morning. They …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he storm activity today will reside primarily over the High Country this afternoon and tonight. The reason for this is that the frontal boundary has shifted a tad south from its previous position yesterday. That will lead to the focus for storms and storms more to our south and west. However, we can't rule out a stray …

ADetailed Forecast Discussion: nother surge of anomalous moisture builds in this afternoon and evening. This time, that increase is connected to a cold frontal passage, which passed through late last evening. Northeasterly flow will exist today, and, as a result, with extensive clouds building back in, highs will only reach the middle 70's. This is a welcomed change from the …

HDetailed Forecast Discussion: igh pressure today will shift eastward away from Colorado. It's position this afternoon (below) will be over central Oklahoma. This new position, compared to its yesterday westward location, will allow monsoon moisture to be further east (not just over western Colorado). This will increase our storm chances tonight. Ahead of any storm development, high temperatures will reach …

DDetailed Forecast Discussion: enver set a new record high temperature yesterday as DIA briefly touched 100°F in the late afternoon. The map below shows approximate high temperatures on Wednesday. Boulder was notably cooler only reaching a high of 95°F officially. As expected, this was not a new record but was still very warm. Denver now has five 100-degree days this …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he center of the broad high pressure resides over eastern Nebraska and Kansas this morning as seen in the GOES-East water vapor animation below. Note the very dry air present over eastern Colorado which will facilitate another dry afternoon for the Denver Metro area. Some moisture is noted across far southwestern portions of the state and once …