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Big changes in the weather over the next 24 hours. Below shows the mid-level pattern across the western United States this afternoon. Low pressure is situated across northwest Wyoming. This system will be tracking east-southeast over the evening hours, making its way into Nebraska by tomorrow. In advance of its passage, lift for thunderstorms will be present across much of …

Another warm and mild summer day to end the week. Today's weather pattern is shown below for the nation. An area of low pressure is situated across Oregon. This will be a player for us tomorrow. A second system is out over Missouri. Over us, a weak mid-level trough or ripple in the flow is evident by the green dashed …

Precipitable water values today will reach around 0.8" in the Metro area, about double what they were yesterday. This should lend to more clouds developing this afternoon and a slightly better chance of isolated thunderstorms. Still most of the shower activity will be south of Interstate 70 in southern Colorado where moisture is more prevalent. Expect just a 5 to …

Well....the capping layer of warm air did not hold yesterday. We expected that this layer would largely suppress most of the thunderstorm activity and prevent severe weather across the Metro area, despite otherwise favorable ingredients in place. Unfortunately, models got it wrong and us as well, with scattered storms developing. Several of these storms produced 1" hail and 60 mph wind gusts …

Once again, we have a very similar airmass across the region as we did yesterday. It's been a rather benign weather pattern these past few days. Below shows the 700 mb temperature and wind pattern this afternoon across the western United States. The extreme heat remains to our west across Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and the Dakotas, as well as parts …

Not much has changed today in terms of the weather pattern. As you can see below, the 500 mb mid-level ridge of high pressure has remained situated across Utah. That has kept our region in the northeasterly flow from the mid and upper-levels. While our weather remains quiet, of note are four areas of low pressure that are over the …