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Detailed Forecast Discussion: The week ends hot! Yesterday's somewhat cool airmass has been replaced but a warmer one thanks to the ridge of high pressure move further east into our area (below right). The airmass near the surface is some 7 degC warmer than yesterday, supporting highs this afternoon 13 degrees above where we were yesterday in the middle 70's. …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he large ridge of high pressure that was located over southern California yesterday has slowly moved eastward into Arizona. The flow direction above northern Colorado has changed in the models over the last day or so, from primarily northerly to more of a northwesterly direction (see graphic below).  Because of this, the widely scattered thunderstorms that initiate …

TDetailed Forecast Discussion: he ridge axis that was overhead yesterday has shifted eastward. A very subtle shortwave is progged to move across the Denver Metro area later this evening, shown below. This trough combined with slowly increasing moisture will lead to the development of scattered showers and storms this evening, Admittedly the models have backed off on this feature recently …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: The trough axis has pushed off to our east in eastern sections of Colorado (below). Behind it, drier air is working in from the north-northwest at mid-levels. The atmosphere, however, still remains on the below average side, with temperatures 5,000 feet up close to freezing. Highs today will be in the lower to mid 60's as a …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Well, we have been talking about it for the last several days - the atmosphere is poised to make our day rather unsettled this afternoon into the late evening hours as an area of low pressure and attendant cold front track through the area. The system is to our north in southern Montana (below), with a southwesterly …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: This holiday weekend weather will be dominated by a pesky trough of low pressure over Wyoming that will rotate counter-clockwise over the next 24-36 hrs. There will be two waves today and tomorrow. Today's first wave associated with the system will be tracking through this evening. As a result, clouds will be on the increase today after …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Weak ridging has developed across Colorado today and this will remain the case through the evening. A large trough is still located to our west, right where it has been all week. This trough will finally make progress eastward over the upcoming holiday weekend, but not before we squeeze out a mostly beautiful Friday. Similar to yesterday, …