Category: Premium Content (Page 353 of 452)

Both the NAM and GFS models are quite optimistic for seeing widely scattered thunderstorms across the Metro area today. We have the chance of rain at 20 to 30% region-wide. The main driver is a small-scale shortwave embedded in the northwest flow. This wave, while fairly weak, will be well-timed with afternoon solar heating across northern Colorado. After low clouds and …

Cooler and more unsettled weather today. A cold front has pushed through the region earlier this morning. Below shows the moisture content in the atmosphere across the CONUS this afternoon. Can you pick out the cold front??  Note that along the cold front a line of above normal moisture, with precipitable water values around 1.4 inches. The atmosphere is thus …

Well we all survived Friday the 13th! Phew :) Below shows today's atmospheric pattern. The ridge of high pressure has moved little in the past 24 hours. It resides over western Colorado now. That will spell out a return to the heat once again this afternoon with highs in the low to middle 90's under lots of sunshine. Any storms …

Yikes its Friday the 13th! Be safe on the roads and on your bike today... The area of high pressure which was in Nebraska yesterday has further moved off to the south and east into Tennessee. However, you'll also notice (see below) that another ridge is centered over eastern Utah. This secondary high pressure will impact much of our weather …

The center of the ridge of high pressure has moved further east this morning and is now situated across Illinois. This shift has allowed winds aloft to finally revert back to westerly across Colorado. Also note in the map below the speckles of vorticity across the state. Those are remnants of the upper-level low pressure the moved in yesterday. There …

Shown below is the GOES-16 visible satellite loop from yesterday evening in northern Colorado. A few things to note from the animation: Totally sunny skies across the Plains, with thick clouds and lots of thunderstorms west of the Continental Divide. This was the area tapping into some monsoon moisture yesterday and it will do so again today. All of the …

Another hot and sunny day is expected across the Front Range today. The 500 mb map below shows the large-scale features for today: The broad and persistent ridge of high pressure remains across the south-central United States, centered across Nebraska today. Embedded in the core of the ridge is a peculiar-looking closed-low which is actually tracking in a westerly direction. This low …