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Another pleasant day is on-tap across the region with southwest flow bringing in warmer air to the southern Rockies. The 800 mb temperature map below for this evening shows the tongue of warmth pushing into Colorado. Unseasonably high moisture content in the flow will translate into lots of cloud cover overhead today. Despite this, we're not expecting any precipitation and …

Yesterday was the spring equinox. Though the word equinox is derived from a Latin phrase meaning "equality of night", we don't actually experience exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night on the equinox. The table below show that in Denver, the date with the closest split between 12-and-12 for day and night was March 17th. We explained the reasoning …

The tightly-wound storm system that brought snow to our region on Sunday raced eastward yesterday and prompted the issuance of the first PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Tornado Watch of 2018 from the Storm Prediction Center! These advisories are the "crème de la crème" of tornado advisories and are only issued when multiple violent and long-track tornadoes are expected with near-certainty to …

Good morning everyone! It's a tricky forecast for tonight's storm and we are still going through the morning run of weather models before we issue our final forecast and snowfall map. Ingredients are coming together to produce 0.3 to 0.8" of precipitation across the Metro area. However, it looks like the Plains will see mainly rain from this event, as we …

Quiet weather overall across the region today. We should see mostly sunny skies once again, with temperatures in the lower 60s. It will be a great day to be out and about, especially since we are eyeing a snow storm to affect us Sunday night into Monday. As for that system, we will post a storm update later this weekend …

In the wake of the rain, clouds, and wind yesterday, we turn windy as the low pressure system shifts off to our east in Kansas (see below). Northwesterly winds will ensue on the back side of the storm. Clouds will give way to sunshine in the afternoon with temperatures in the upper 50's to around 60 degrees. The main fly …