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Lots of sunshine today as high pressure remains in control across the region. We should see high temperatures well into the middle 80's this afternoon, with some locations in the Denver Metro seeing upper 80's. Clouds will increase late in the afternoon with the development of a few widely isolated storms in the High Country. Most of these storms will …

A warming trend is in store today, which also continues into Friday. This is thanks to a combination of southwesterly mid-level flow, as well as a ridge of high pressure making its way back into the area. The bottom left figure shows the 700 mb temperature and wind pattern today. Evident is warmer air pushing in from the desert southwest. …

As we discussed in the weekly outlook, a cold frontal passage last night served to enhance showers and storms across the Denver Metro area. Most places saw anywhere from a few sprinkles up to a quarter of an inch of rain. A few localized spots exceeded 1" ! The overcast and showery conditions this morning are the result of lingering upslope flow …

We'll begin this morning with mostly sunny skies, but clouds will be filling in by early afternoon. Widely scattered storms will be possible this afternoon, evening, and night as a trough moves across northern Colorado. It's hard to say for sure, but a weak cold front arriving after sunset tonight may help enhance storm activity, especially east of Interstate 25. …

The GFS model in particular shows this weak area of low pressure to drift into central Colorado today (see below). While the GFS depicts this system, the other models do not show this feature, although they indicate some disturbances rippling through from west to east from Utah. Thus, there is some uncertainty in the forecast today. But nevertheless, we are …

Lots of sunshine today, and warmer and drier once again. We should see highs top out in the lower 80's to middle 80's in most places. While there is a lot of wind shear in the atmosphere, there is not much instability for lift to generate thunderstorms. Nevertheless, we do have the threat of a few isolated storms. We'd put …

Happy Friday! Glad the weekend is upon us! Yesterday's cold front which brought us the rainfall has pushed through and behind it, southerly flow will take over for this afternoon. In the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere, however, west and northwest flow will exist with winds over 80 mph thanks to the jet stream overhead. With that, large …