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TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he Arctic airmass has gone nowhere and we're in for another unseasonably chilly day, beginning with low clouds, patchy freezing fog and a few flurries. This morning's GOES-East infrared satellite imagery shows the extent of the very cold air (below). Typically at our latitudes the purple, blue and green shadings are used to identify cold cloud tops. …

IDetailed Forecast Discussion: t's another morning with flurries, low clouds, and temperatures in the lower teens across the Denver Metro area. It will also be another day with a difficult forecast for high temperatures and one where we will likely end up well below most model guidance. Very little has changed in the grand scheme of things with a potent …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he cold, dense Arctic air was just too much to overcome yesterday, particularly north of Denver. High temperatures failed to warm above freezing in many areas, despite our forecast calling for middle 40's. Like we said yesterday in our weekly outlook, in these type of scenarios, models tend to "fall flat on their face" and certainty yesterday …

VDetailed Forecast Discussion: ery windy conditions will be present through much of today across the Foothills and Front Range. With a classic west-east oriented jet stream (below left) crossing the Divide, along with great daytime mixing from sunshine, higher winds aloft will be brought to the surface. The NWS has issued a High Wind Warning for Boulder County and there …

ADetailed Forecast Discussion: s of 5AM this morning, the Arctic front was located over northeast Colorado, separating temperatures in the teens and single digits behind the front, to the upper 20's and low 30's ahead of the arctic airmass (below). Thanks to continued downslope flow today, that should keep the arctic front in check, keeping it over far northeast Colorado, …

ADetailed Forecast Discussion: ctive weather taking shape today and through the early part of next week as we are watching snow over the higher terrain, gusty winds, as well as arctic air oozing down from Canada. A mid-level area of low pressure will be tracking from Idaho today into the panhandle of Texas by early tomorrow morning (below left). This, …

JDetailed Forecast Discussion: ust as expected, last night's snow bands only managed to clip the southern fringes of the Denver Metro area. The radar animation below ends at around 9:00 PM last night. The overhead jet was really cranking out some intense precipitation bands, with mainly heavy snow around southern Denver but rain further east stretching into Nebraska where it …