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MDetailed Forecast Discussion: UCH cooler weather has moved into the Front Range today. Below shows the temperature departure earlier this morning around 6 AM. Most areas around the Denver Metro were between 5 and 14 degrees cooler compared to the same time Friday morning. This is all thanks to a cold front that has pushed through the area. The cold …

BDetailed Forecast Discussion: elow shows the high temperatures across the Front Range on our Thursday. Most places were in the upper 90's with several locations at or above 100 degrees! Unfortunately, little has changed in the pattern today to prevent us from reaching similar readings today. The warm airmass is well entrenched across Colorado today. The temperatures aloft have changed …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he ridge continues to strengthen across the Four Corners region today and this intensification trend will last through the weekend ahead spurring on another heatwave for the western United States. Over the next few days, the center of the ridge will retrograde westward from the Four Corners into southern California (see animation below). Similar to how the …

ADetailed Forecast Discussion: pause has been put on the flow of monsoon/subtropical moisture into the southwestern United States as high pressure begins to intensity near the Four Corners. Steering winds in the Front Range are out of the northwest today with limited moisture embedded. As you can see below, moisture is below average today across northern Colorado while the monsoon …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: emperatures today will be about 10 degrees cooler thanks to a cold front, increased cloud cover, and upslope flow. These changes are in response to a weak trough moving across the upper Midwest which has edged into the Front Range. The result will be a more stable atmosphere today behind the front. So despite the moisture and …

ADetailed Forecast Discussion: loft, little has changed. High pressure is parked over southeastern Utah today. At about 5,000 feet up, the airmass is still quite warm, so temperatures today should once again top out in the lower 90's. There is a subtle but noticeable upslope component aloft. This upslope will combine with instability to favor scattered thunderstorms again this evening. …

IDetailed Forecast Discussion: nstability axis has shifted east for this afternoon and evening. The most widespread storm activity, with some of these storms being severe, will be over eastern sections of Colorado, east of the Denver Metro. Over the Front Range, however, instability remains sufficient for storms to survive their trek from the mountains to the Plains. There is a …