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ADetailed Forecast Discussion: strong ridge of high pressure remains anchored over the area which will allow for continued hot and dry conditions under mostly sunny skies. This ridge really is something to behold! It's currently positioned along the Colorado/New Mexico border, with major axes extending northward into Canada and also westward through southern California out over the Pacific Ocean. This …

NDetailed Forecast Discussion: ot much has changed from Saturday. The high pressure ridge, if anything, has built further north and continues to strengthen across the west. That means our highs this afternoon will reach even warmer into the middle 90's. However, once we reach peak heating in the heat of the day, clouds will start to increase from the west …

HDetailed Forecast Discussion: eat ridge will be building back in today. After yesterday's reprieve from the hot weather, 90's return this afternoon with temperatures in the lower 90's for most of us. The ridge today will build back north (below) from Texas, raising our mid-level heights and warming surface temperatures. While there is a slight chance of a few widely …

SDetailed Forecast Discussion: trong cold front has pushed through the Colorado Front Range. The front was quite evident on this morning's satellite image below, courtesy of College of DuPage. Note the strong lift and cold cloud tops east of the front in the Dakotas, as well as a narrow strip of clouds over western Kansas. This marked the frontal position …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: here's no beating around the bush. Today will be HOT as peak heating for the week occurs across northeast Colorado ahead of a cold front late tonight. The highly amplified ridge axis is positioned just east of our area again today (see blue dashed line below) with increasingly strong southwest flow entering the picture through the day …

SDetailed Forecast Discussion: outhwest flow will be increasing today into tomorrow as the gradient between a ridge to our east and a trough to our west tightens. This will spell out continued hot conditions for the Great Plains and Colorado as well with temperatures running about 10 degrees above normal. Despite not being that hot, this recent and current stretch …

BDetailed Forecast Discussion: y now you've likely heard about the single tornado that formed east of Longmont yesterday and tracked northeastward through Weld County. This was initially a weak landspout formed by colliding outflow boundaries from nearby convective showers. However, it quickly grew into a full-fledged tornado more than a quarter-mile wide at its base! The lack of any other …