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The heat is back If you can believe it, we actually have even drier air pushing into Colorado from the west today! The animation of forecast precipitable water anomalies below depicts a portion of yesterday and today. Notice the dark browns (very dry air) overtaking our region. The deep moisture riding up the coast into California is all that is left …

A taste of autumn Can you feel the autumn chill in the air?  The first "real" storm system of the season and associated cold front are plowing across the northern half of the country today. This is a welcome change from the late-season heat wave we've been enduring of late. In our weekly outlook, we discussed the original cold front that moved …

The weekend ends with a blistering heat. We remain in a west-northwesterly flow aloft. This is continuing to bring in warm and dry air from the desert in Utah and Nevada. The low-level temperatures near the surface will be approaching 30 degC late this afternoon/evening, supporting highs into the upper 90's today. We should also see a lot more sunshine …

West-northwest flow in full swing today and tomorrow, keeping us in that dry pattern for late August. Below shows the average cloud cover this afternoon. As you can see, the main action is situated across Nebraska and Kansas. This is tied to an area of low pressure which was originally in Wyoming on Friday. This is where much of the …

On this Friday, the mid-levels of the atmosphere have a lot going on! Below shows that there is a region of low pressure in north-central Wyoming, with a trough axis draping southward through Colorado, moving through the region this evening. Shortwave energy will push southwest to northeast this afternoon and evening across our state. This will aid in lift for …

Hail and flooding last night A multi-cellular complex of severe thunderstorms developed and remained stationary across downtown Denver and Aurora last evening producing up to 1" hail and some flooding. Impacts, though, appear to be limited despite more than 2" of rain falling in a very short time in a very urban area. The same batch of storms that impacted …

Another hot one Our weather pattern continues to be dominated by a large-scale ridge of high pressure located to the south across the Texas Panhandle (see below). This will be the last day with this set-up being as such... Hot and mainly dry southwesterly flow is evident across Colorado in the NAM 500 mb height anomaly forecast map below. Flow …