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Mostly sunny skies today across the area with temperatures in the mid to upper 60's. Wind gusts out of the West will peak at 30 to 40 mph on the Plains and up to 65 mph in the Foothills.  We continue to watch the threat of snow tomorrow, with the potential for 3 to 7 inches. More on that tomorrow!

Warmth continues today as highs rebound into the low and middle 50's across the area today. Below shows the upper-level jet stream setup for this afternoon. It shows a strong 200 mph jet stream across the Midwest and Northeastern U.S., as well as a secondary jet oriented northwest to southeast from Washington into Northern Colorado. It is this secondary jet …

We will experience a return flow today ahead of an approaching trough out of Canada and Idaho tonight. Below shows the current mid-level forecast for this afternoon. It depicts general westerly flow across Colorado, turning northwesterly in Utah and Wyoming. After last night's light dusting of snow for some of us, and the cold temperatures, we should rise to the …

A vigorous upper-level jet is traversing across Colorado today. The "merger" that we detailed in our weekly outlook on Monday has completed overnight. The cut-off system that was spinning along the coast of California has joined forces into a larger trough moving across the Rockies. The resulting elongated axis will pass across Colorado tonight (see below). Until then, Colorado will …

A warm & windy Wednesday As we mentioned yesterday, the main concern today is the wind. Strong west-southwesterly flow aloft and mountain crest stability are teaming-up to produce windy conditions in the Mountains and Foothills. The GFS and NAM models are predicting 800mb height differences from Granby to Boulder of near 60 meters this morning, lessening through rest of the …

Following a cold and gloomy day yesterday, things will feel more like spring today with temperatures climbing to near 50 degrees under mostly sunny skies. The 500 mb map below shows southwest flow across the state of Colorado. This will bring in warmer air aloft and also to the surface as yesterday's cold airmass pushes eastward. Notice the elongated trough connecting …

After a cold start to the day, temperatures will warm up thanks to full sunshine in place. With snow on the ground, we won't get super warm, but enough to bring back some warmth, even though there will be that chill in the air. We should see upper 30's across the area, though some locations could reach the low 40's.