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The 500 mb map below for today shows a decent ridge axis in place across Colorado and Utah, while Irma continues to dump heavy rainfall across the Mississippi River Valley. We'll have a rather pleasant day in northeast Colorado. Look for mostly sunny skies this afternoon. Storm chances are very low, and should be confined to areas south and west of …

Westerly flow takes over today (orange arrow below) and that will finally help push a large part of the wildfire smoke out of the region, though we won't be surprised if there is still some haze around in the morning. The chance of storms increases slightly today thanks to more moisture building in as the high pressure weakens slightly. Highs …

Mostly Sunny skies today leading to increasing clouds and another 20% chance of scattered thunderstorms between 3 and 9pm. The smoke and haze will be with us but it will begin to make its way out of the area by late this afternoon as southeasterly flow shifts to a more westerly direction. Tomorrow, visibilities should improve drastically as well. Look …

Highs close to the mid 80's once again today. Sunshine and haze continues for the morning as northwest flow continues to bring in wildfire smoke. By the afternoon, the haze will still be with us but we'll have to deal with clouds developing from a disturbance tracking northeast from the southwest. This will help produce some isolated storms across the …

Rain returns to our forecast in limited quantities today. The 500 mb forecast map below shows northwest flow in place across Colorado. It's hard to pick up the pulses of embedded energy in the northwest flow from this perspective, but trust us...they are there! This energy will fuel a isolated afternoon thunderstorms between 3PM and 9PM. Storms will be high-based, …

Beautiful weather will prevail once again today with mostly sunny skies and temperatures topping out near 80 degrees. Any precipitation will be spotty and confined to the southern half of the state (see map below). The main storyline will be the continued presence of smoke/haze across the region. Northwest flow in the mid and upper-levels of the atmosphere will limit …

Happy Labor Day! We hope you have a wonderful time with friends and/or family, grilling or enjoying the outdoors. There will be  a cold front sliding in from the northeast later this afternoon and evening. High temperatures should warm back up before the frontal passage to the lower 90's with only a few spotty storms. Most storms will remain to …