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ADetailed Forecast Discussion: rea of low pressure is situated over western Wyoming as of this morning. Shown quite well on satellite (below left) is a nice cloud shield ahead of the system over west and northeast Colorado with southerly flow. As the low moves east today into western Nebraska, the northwest winds on the back side of the system will …

BDetailed Forecast Discussion: reezy conditions expected today as the jet stream is overhead and ushering in west-northwesterly winds of up to 40 mph in Boulder and 25-30 mph in Denver. As for the Foothills, gusts up to 50 mph will be ever present - they were windy during the overnight hours as well. These gusty winds will create areas of …

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: ow! Last night's snow event did not play out as expected at all. Instead of the upslope flow banking up against the terrain, it did a little bit of a swirl causing a persistent area of convergence right across the entire Denver Metro area. These swirling winds, which are called the Denver Cyclone, are more typical for …

IDetailed Forecast Discussion: t's much colder this morning following the passage of the cold front last night. The entire Denver Metro area sits in the low to middle 20's as of 6:00 AM. As we've been advertising all week, winter weather is on the way later today! The storm system we're watching is located in eastern Oregon and Idaho this …

WDetailed Forecast Discussion: e're starting out with a mix bag of temperatures this morning across the Denver Metro area. Some places are quite mild thanks to warm downslope breezes from the west-southwest. We're talking temperatures in the 40's to lower 50's. Other areas, which haven't tapped into the warmer downslope, are seasonably chilly in the 20's. Fort Collins, Longmont, and …

YDetailed Forecast Discussion: esterday's precipitation accumulation map tells the tale of where the snow band set up across the Front Range (below). As expected, the snow band set up to the north in Boulder, but quickly took shape and moved south over Denver as the evening wore on. Preliminary snow totals ranged from 1 to as high as 3.7 inches …

DDetailed Forecast Discussion: ifficult forecast setting up across the area later this afternoon and evening as a fast moving trough of low pressure tracks from west to east across southern sections of Colorado. In the upper-levels (below left), the upper-level jet which brought us gusty winds yesterday has sagged south is now oriented southwest to northeast from Arizona into Nebraska. …