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Stuck between a trough and a ridge As is almost always the case when we sit between an exiting trough and an approaching ridge, northwest flow is present across Colorado for our Tuesday. Unlike yesterday, the flow has lost its moisture and won't be producing any snow across the Mountains with dry conditions prevailing statewide. Highs will be in the …

Our chance of rain/snow showers is rather minimal tonight after the track in the storm systems will largely "miss" the Front Range, but pummel the High Country. The mid-level pattern is shown below. There are a conglomerate of low pressure systems to our north and west. But the two main ones are the one up north in Montana, and a …

After a great end to the work week, you should be even more happy about today. Another downslope day with westerly winds aloft and at the surface. After a cold start with morning lows in the 20's, lots of sunshine, followed by increasing high clouds, will lead into highs in the mid to upper 50's. Much of the snow cover …

As we expected on Monday in our weekly forecast outlook, sunshine should work in for the end of the week today. Unfortunately, the airmass is a tad cooler than we originally anticipated. The height anomaly at 500mb is shown below. High pressure exists to our south and west. With the exit of the trough from yesterday to our east, clouds …

A gloomy day of rain then snow Our forecast update last evening just about covers things for the weather unfolding across the area today. As of 6:30 AM, we're just starting to see light showers spread eastward into the Denver Metro area. Temperatures are largely in the mid to upper 30's. Thus, initially precipitation will fall in the form of …

Just clouds today, chance rain/snow tomorrow A weak ridge is building across Colorado today before our next storm system moves into the state later tonight. The NAM 500 mb height anomaly forecast below shows the passing ridge directly over Colorado and the ever-so-slight shading of red present in our area indicating the higher heights. It will be a dry Wednesday. …

Serene Tuesday Picking right up where we left off yesterday, another quiet day will ensue across the Front Range with northwest flow well established. Looking at the big picture via the GFS 500 mb map for today (below), there is actually a weak trough stretching from the Great Lakes all the way back into eastern Colorado. There are some light …