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Northwest flow in the mid to upper-levels will persist today. For at least the beginning of the day, winds may gust up to 30 mph along the Plains and up to 45 mph in the Foothills. This is thanks to a weak shortwave system sliding through in the northwest flow. This system will bring snowfall to north-central and northwest Colorado …

Warmer temperatures today in the lower 50's across the Plains. In the upper-levels of the atmosphere, the jet stream is stretching from Montana, through the Midwest, and into the southeastern United States. Circled in orange in the figure, we point out that Colorado is in the right entrance region of this polar jet stream. That along with elevated relative humidity …

Winds have shifted to northeasterly this morning as a shallow cold front moved through just a few hours ago. Models show this dry front draped across the Denver Metro area through the day. As a result, temperatures will be much cooler this afternoon compared to yesterday, likely topping out near 50 degrees for the Plains and Foothills alike. Today's forecast …

WARMTH The 500 mb ridge axis that brought nice weather to the region yesterday has now shifted east of Colorado, with strong westerly downslope flow taking over across the region. Maximum temperatures today will be in the 60's, though thick wave clouds may limit warming this afternoon. Due to the cloud cover, we aren't expecting any record highs today. Still, …

Today's temperatures will be warmer by a tad....near 50 degrees this afternoon over the Denver Metro region. The large-scale pattern has us remaining in that northwest flow aloft, as the ridge center is still off to our west somewhat. Below shows that the low-level winds are creating a downslope signature near the Foothills. Winds aloft are in the 40 to …

All is quiet on the western front! Below shows the upper-level jet stream pattern on this Saturday afternoon. The polar jet is split between the western U.S. and the Eastern U.S. Over Colorado, northwest flow is evident. However, at the surface, this will translate into westerly downslope winds to lead to a slightly warmer day compared to Friday. We should …

Happy Friday! Not sure about you, but it has been a very long week for me.... I am glad it is coming to an end! We had a cold front move through last night around 8:00 PM, so we will be cooler today with highs only in the low to middle 40's under partly cloudy skies. Surprisingly, our weekly outlook was …