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DayCAST: Wed 03/07/18

March 7, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Colorado rests comfortably beneath the eastern flank of a large-scale ridge This ridge will control our weather over the next several days as temperatures rise sharply through Saturday. Temperatures this afternoon will push into the middle 50's with widespread blue skies. Looking ahead to Mountain snow We're set to close out the work-week with 60's to near 70 for both Thursday …

DayCAST: Tue 03/06/18

March 6, 2018 / Ben Castellani

While not as strong as yesterday, stiff northwest flow remains over the state of Colorado today as a powerful storm churns to our east across the Midwest. This system has brought significant snowfall to the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Iowa, and was responsible for wind gusts nearing 60 mph on Monday across the Denver Metro area. The windiest conditions have pushed eastward with …

DayCAST: Sun 03/04/18

March 4, 2018 / Andy

Not as warm today, but still above average. We will still be under west southwesterly flow for at least part of the day. The low pressure system mentioned yesterday has moved into northern Utah (see below) this afternoon. To the east of it, snowfall is falling over the High Country today, with snow amounts in the 2-5" range. East of …

DayCAST: Sat 03/03/18

March 3, 2018 / Andy

Another very warm day across much of the Denver Metro. Below shows the surface temperature anomalies for this afternoon across the CONUS. Two main regions are evident. First, the below average temperatures over California and the Pacific Northwest in connection with the large trough of low pressure mentioned yesterday that is bringing heavy snow to the Sierras. Second, very warm …

DayCAST: Fri 03/02/18

March 2, 2018 / Andy

We end the week with the warmest temperatures of the last four days. Below shows the mid-level flow pattern for this Friday. The main player over our region is a deep and impressive trough of low pressure just offshore of Oregon state. This system has been bringing in feet of snow to the Sierras in California since Wednesday and will …

DayCAST: Thu 03/01/18

March 1, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Welcome to meteorological spring, which runs from March 1st to May 31st. Those convective clouds yesterday really set the mood for the seasonal transition! Click for time-lapse video from yesterday's clouds. A ridge axis is passing directly over Colorado today. This will lead to westerly flow, warmer conditions overall and a return of mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will be in the …

DayCAST: Wed 02/28/18

February 28, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Light snow is falling up in the Mountains today as a weak trough axis moves across the state. The main source of energy is currently located well to our south near Phoenix. The track of this system and limited moisture overall means meager snow totals for the Mountains, generally less than 1" for northern Colorado. The animation below from GOES-16 shows the …