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The trough axis has pushed south and east today. High pressure remains anchored over Arizona (below). A weak area of low pressure is present over northeast Nevada. This system will bring shortwave energy up and around the ridge of high pressure, drifting into central Colorado this afternoon and evening. Much of this energy, however, will stay in the higher terrain …

Another day of storms, heavy downpours possible High pressure remains situated to our south and west today at 500 mb (below). The tail-end of a weak trough axis that moved through overnight is still lingering across our area this morning with patchy cloud cover and even some light showers hanging around as well. The passing trough has helped to bring …

Hot & stormy with a sprinkle of ozone Storm coverage yesterday was disappointing as convection was confined almost exclusively to the Mountains and Foothills. This was due to subsidence from high pressure in western Colorado, but also a pronounced capping inversion which was present over the lower elevations.  The "cap", as we call it, is easily visible below on the left as the bump …

Lessened chance of storms The reason for decreased chances of storms today is two-fold: 1 --- Moisture levels in the atmosphere have dropped down to just below 1" across the Metro area today which will reduce overall instability to support storms later on. Notice we say reduce and not eliminate. Given the sunshine, we still expect storms to form through …

What a nice feel in the air this morning...quite a gorgeous change from where we were on Friday. After morning clouds, we should see afternoon sunshine break out with highs on the cooler side in the lower 80's. Much of the same pattern that was with us yesterday is in place this afternoon and evening. The cold front is stalled …

Severe thunderstorms likely this afternoon/evening as front interacts with moisture and mid-level shortwave!  The extreme heat is over, at least for the next few days, thanks to a cold front pushing through this morning. The front will also interact with a mid-level shortwave (below) to make the atmosphere primed for severe weather later today and this evening. A low pressure …

See anything familiar in the below figure?? If not, it should be easy to find out why! Regional temperatures across the state to once again hit near the century mark this afternoon. As you can see, much of eastern Colorado will be at or slightly above 100 degrees. In fact, this heat extends into Kansas and western Nebraska as well. …