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TDetailed Forecast Discussion: wo areas of low pressure reside across the western United States today. Fortunately, neither of them will really be impacting Colorado as they are too far away, both to the southeast and southwest. The one moving south through Las Vegas was the system we were watching several days ago to bring a dusting of snow to the …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he snow will start to melt today thanks to a slight downslope warming signature in the lower levels of the atmosphere. At the mid-levels (below), weak high pressure is situated over western Colorado. The snow system from Monday/Tuesday has moved into northwest Mexico. As it moves east-northeast into the Midwest by Friday, another trough of low pressure, …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he worst of the snow has finished across the area with the upper-level jet streak now pushing eastward into Kansas. About an inch or so of snow is on the ground in Boulder, with 2-3" from Longmont northward. There will be just a few lingering flurries around this morning along with patchy low clouds. The final aspect …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Strong downslope winds (at times between 30 and 45 mph) across the Plains will decrease late this morning to early afternoon with temperatures much chillier than our Saturday, where we were near 60! Highs in the lower 40's area-wide as a cold front has passed through and light upslope flow takes over today (below left). Skies will …

NDetailed Forecast Discussion: ot much change from the overall weather pattern today relative to Christmas. One main difference is a wave cloud that will be with us through much of the afternoon along the Front Range. Temperatures should be near the mid and upper 50's. Tonight, a strong upper-level jet streak will penetrate eastward from California (below left). This will …

FDetailed Forecast Discussion: rom all of us here at BoulderCAST, we wish you a blessed Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season! Although today will be a snow-less Christmas, we hope you have a great time with friends and/or family. High pressure ridging will continue to dominate our weather as we saw yesterday. The only feature of note is a weak …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he cold air outbreak continues to push south and east across the continental United States. The cold front has already made it down to the Gulf Coast and northern portions of Mexico. The coldest of the air now resides over Minnesota and the Dakotas where surface temperatures are near -20°F! In Colorado, we're already starting to see …