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TDetailed Forecast Discussion he dominant ridge of high pressure remains parked to our south across New Mexico today with continued dry west-southwest flow pushing into Colorado. A trough is indeed moving across the northern Rockies today, but this will miss our state, mainly just increasing wind speeds in the Mountains leading to Red Flag Conditions. Not good for fire-fighters in …

HDetailed Forecast Discussion ot weather continues to be the story for this Wednesday as very dry, smoke-filled air has moved into Colorado from the west-southwest. As you can see below, precipitable water values have tumbled statewide to below 0.5" and more like 0.3" in the Front Range and in the Mountains. This will support mostly sunny skies with just a …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion oday's large-scale weather setup has the persistent ridge of high pressure holding strong across southern Arizona and southern New Mexico. As we have discussed all summer long, this positioning will continue to redirect any potential monsoon moisture westward and away from the Desert Southwest. Hot and dry weather will prevail across the Four Corners area with precipitable …

Detailed Forecast Discussion We continue to see haze and smoke around the area from earlier this morning due to a fire burning near Grand Junction (over western Colorado). Note in the below figure the observed vertically accumulated smoke across the Front Range from this morning. As we go into the afternoon, this haze and smoke should dissipate and become not …

Detailed Forecast Discussion It was a hot one yesterday! Given virtually little change in the atmospheric setup, with high pressure at mid-levels over Texas (below) and southwest flow across Colorado, the airmass has only increased slightly in terms of its temperature. Thus, highs should reach the upper 90's across most areas of the Front Range given full sunshine. Be sure …

Detailed Forecast Discussion As mentioned in yesterday's forecast, we are seeing a large amount of dry air moving into the region, which started yesterday. The satellite image on the below left figure shows this dry air intrusion quite well, working in from southern California in the southwest flow from yesterday. Moist air started to push to the east into the …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion he threat of severe weather for the week is now (mostly) behind us with a ridge axis shifting through Colorado today. Drier and warmer southwest flow has taken hold across the Front Range. With this, storms will be weaker and much more sparse compared to the last few days. While we aren't concerned about any hail in …