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Another warm day across the area this afternoon. Highs in the upper 80's can be expected. Lots of sunshine expected, with some clouds developing once again the mid to late afternoon. Today's weather shows (below) that low pressure system inching closer, now in central Utah. Southwesterly flow continues to be present in the mid-levels of the atmosphere. This storm system …

Another hot one today on this Saturday. Below shows that the entire region is under a large dome of high pressure, which is centered over Texas. An area of low pressure is in southern Nevada. Another day of full sunshine with temperatures in the upper 80's to possibly 90 in some spots! As we go into Sunday and Monday, the …

Below shows the low-level near-surface temperature pattern across the CONUS today. Notice the strong warmth out west, including Colorado. Thanks to an area of low pressure in California, southerly flow has been enhanced to bring in hot and dry air from the Desert Southwest. We can expect another day of lots of sunshine with temperatures in the upper 80's in …

Ridging and drier air will combine today to produce stable and thus quiet conditions across our region. The ridging can be seen in the 500 mb map below stretching from New Mexico into the Pacific Northwest. Lots of morning sunshine will fill into partly cloudy skies through the day today. There's no chance of rain with temperatures in the low …

The overall weather pattern has changed little since yesterday. The storm system we've been tracking is now located across eastern Idaho with southwest flow continuing to flow into Colorado. However, one change is that the southwesterly flow is actually now advecting in much DRIER air than it was doing earlier in the week. The GFS moisture anomaly forecast map below shows …

A storm far, far away... The large Pacific storm system is spinning well to our west today as it continues to weaken. The 500 mb map below shows the position of the upper-low near Las Vegas this morning. We have included the forecasted track of the storm in pink. The storm itself is not expected to get any closer to Colorado …

We woke up today with lots of clouds, fog, and drizzle, especially in and near the Foothills. The visible satellite image is shown below. Thanks to northerly flow, the moisture has remained in place and continued the dreary skies. As we work our way into the early afternoon, the clouds will break up a little from south to north thanks …