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TDetailed Forecast Discussion: hanks to several large wildfires burning across Arizona and southwest Colorado, we're really starting to see the smoke accumulate in the skies over Denver and Boulder. The Foothills are barely visible this morning if you head too far east. The snow-capped peaks even further to the west have vanished. One place, maybe the only place, to check …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Yesterday's system has pushed further north and away from us. It is currently in Montana and will continue to track north into Canada by tonight and tomorrow. In the wake of the energy it brought yesterday, drier air has filtered in, thanks to southwest winds in full swing. There will even be some gusty winds today as …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: We have been talking about the increased threat of unsettled weather today for the last couple of forecast posts and our thinking remains unchanged. We continue to watch a fluid and broad trough of low pressure to our west over the Pacific Northwest (below left) that will be sending in mid-level energy into the state and over …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: We decided to show last night's visible satellite image as a precursor to what we'll see for the weekend, albeit in a slightly different shape and trajectory. We highlighted below two areas with thunderstorms. One area was located over the Oklahoma panhandle, tied to a surface trough. A second batch of thunderstorms was tied to a weak …

ADetailed Forecast Discussion: n intensifying high pressure center in West Texas and a ridge axis extending northward will help our weather take a turn towards the warm side today and into the upcoming weekend. The large-scale setup across the country is shown in the 700 mb temperature and wind forecast map for later today below. Notice that west of the …

DDetailed Forecast Discussion: rier air aloft began to work into the Front Range late yesterday and this will again be the case today as a large-scale ridge of high pressure begins to build in from the west. It will be rather boring across Colorado today. The "exciting" weather in the country now resides across the Midwest and Great Lakes where …

IDetailed Forecast Discussion: t has been a very wet and chilly overnight period with nearly 0.80" of rain having fallen at BoulderCAST Station so far. The current radar animation shows widespread cold rain holding over eastern Colorado. Temperatures are generally in the low to middle 40's across the Plains. Above roughly 8000 feet, it has been cold enough for accumulating …