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TDetailed Forecast Discussion he severe threat finally materialized with widespread reports of mainly large hail across much of eastern Colorado on Tuesday. While the heavy rain and hailstones largely eluded the Boulder/Denver area (big surprise, right?), severe thunderstorms did impact Erie, Firestone and Greeley. This was the scene yesterday afternoon south of Greeley following a hail-producing storm. Quite impressive! https://twitter.com/Dan_Fitts/status/1290774543171231744 …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion he severe weather threat that has been with us the last handful of days has been rather disappointing thus far, mainly due to a lack of large-scale forcing. The stalled frontal boundary over the area just hasn't been enough. Furthermore, the sheared-out anvils from early afternoon storms forming across the higher terrain has been putting a lid …

Detailed Forecast Discussion As we discussed yesterday, we are seeing a nice pattern unfold today with more numerous showers and storms expected in the late afternoon/evening hours. The ridge of high pressure remains to our west, with general trouging across the upper Midwest. This setup is keeping northwest flow across Colorado (below left). The moist flow over northeast Colorado today …

Detailed Forecast Discussion High pressure continues to remain to our southwest in Arizona, thanks to that trough of low pressure in the mid-section of the country (below). Meanwhile, Hurricane Isaias churns near Florida and is expected to move northward toward the Carolinas early this coming week. The high pressure remaining to our west will keep the extreme heat west of …

Detailed Forecast Discussion The area of low pressure that has influenced our weather pattern this week has finally moved out into Arkansas/Missouri today (below). However, northerly flow continues to reside across Colorado into the Midwest. Hot high pressure remains situated across the desert southwest of Arizona and California. This pattern of northerly winds will continue the stretch of 80-degree temperatures …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion hat pesky low pressure to our east is still the main discussion point in today's forecast. The center of the low is located in far eastern Nebraska and Kansas this morning and it will slowly sag further south and east through the day. On its western edge, a weak trough axis is oriented westward into Colorado with …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion he shortwave trough axis that brought scattered showers and storms to the area yesterday has pushed off to the east into Kansas and Nebraska. The actual low pressure still resides further north and west back across Wyoming. GOES-East infrared satellite imagery this mornings shows the setup well. We see the spinning low in Wyoming, the line of …