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Premium Storm Update A quick check on the latest model runs

January 21, 2019 / Ben Castellani

As we discussed in our forecast update earlier this morning, despite the storm system already bearing down on western Colorado with widespread snowfall, the European model continues to stand-alone in its prediction of the storm's speed and track over the next 12 to 24 hours. The graphic below shows 500 mb heights at 3:00 AM Tuesday morning. We have added in …

DayCAST: Sun 01/20/19

January 20, 2019 / Andy

Clouds will continue to be on the increase today as moisture continues to stream eastward over the ridge centered to our south in New Mexico. We can expect a mixture of clouds and sunshine giving way to mostly cloudy skies by late afternoon/evening. Expect high temperatures warmer than Saturday in the middle 50's. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Snow Potential …

DayCAST: Sat 01/19/19

January 19, 2019 / Andy

Warmer weather is in store today and tomorrow Our weather will be dominated this weekend by a dome of high pressure situated over southern California (below). The ridge will slowly push east today, with the axis reaching western Colorado this evening. This along with early day sunshine should help melt the snow that fell yesterday. Although the ridge will be …

DayCAST: Fri 01/18/19

January 18, 2019 / Andy

We end the week with some colder temperatures on the way. Below shows the 700 mb temperature, wind, and height pattern across the west this evening. Our weather today will be dominated by a north-northwesterly flow over Colorado. This pattern will favor largely downslope flow across the Plains and upslope conditions across the High Country. As you can also see, …

DayCAST: Thu 01/17/19

January 17, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Ridge today, gone tomorrow A short-lived ridge is passing through today, with drier west-northwest flow present across Colorado (see below). This will help taper-off any lingering snow showers across the High Country well before sunrise this morning. The break in the action will be brief, though... You can also see the next storm headed our way tonight and tomorrow. As strong …

DayCAST: Wed 01/16/19

January 16, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Mountain snow today, dry but overcast in Denver Widespread snowfall is underway across most of the Mountains of western Colorado this morning. The focus the first half of the day will be across southwest Colorado, with this favoritism shifting to northwest Colorado for the afternoon and evening hours. The reason for this shift is two-fold: There are actually TWO separate …

DayCAST: Tue 01/15/18

January 15, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Mountain snow tonight and tomorrow The amplified (blocking) ridge of high pressure across the northern Rockies is showing signs of breaking down this morning. It will still bring yet another quiet period of weather to the state for today. However, general troughing across the western United States will consolidate, under-cut the ridge, and move into Colorado by midnight tonight. The …