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Detailed Forecast Discussion: Thanks to a weak downslope flow setting up today (below), westerly winds will slowly develop to help create a warm-up for the Plains. Gusty winds will develop along the Foothills but never really reach the metro area. After some morning sunshine, afternoon clouds will rebuild back in similar to our Saturday. Highs should rise to the upper …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Today we will see a warmup for most of us, albeit with less sunshine compared to our Friday. As we mentioned yesterday, there is a quick moving weak area of low pressure off to our south today. While its impact will be marginal in our neck of the woods, it will help seed and kick off scattered …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Wow, what a snow storm for Boulder and portions of Denver yesterday! Very impressive. We not only topped the all-time season snow total for Boulder, but also ended up with 15+" of snowfall. Below is a picture from Gunbarrel near where I live. Very pretty to see the snow flocked on the trees. From the looks of …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Moderate to heavy snow has been falling across the northern Front Range since about 10:00 PM last night. The very efficient mechanism for snow we discussed in our final forecast update last evening developed as expected with Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties facing the brunt of the heavy snow overnight. The National Weather Service was late to …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: A fairly quiet day is expected ahead of our next storm system. The GFS 500mb vorticity map below shows the position of the storm this morning in northern Idaho. It will track southeast and grow stronger into tonight. Skies will be party cloudy through the day with breezy northwesterly winds up to 25 MPH. We will experience …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Unseasonably cold temperatures are once again the story today. This is our second consecutive morning with record low temperatures being reported across the Denver Metro area. Most cities are in the low to middle teens this morning, with single digits in the Foothills. Boulder had to drop below 14°F to eclipse the daily record and that does …

Detailed Forecast Discussion: Not much change in our forecast from yesterday...off and on light snow with intermittent dry periods will continue throughout today and tonight, and even into tomorrow (more on that below) as late season arctic cold has entrenched into the region. Below is our snowfall map issued yesterday afternoon for your convenience. We are still expecting the highest …