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Weak westerly flow will be in place across the upper-level of the atmosphere today, with the main storm-track continuing to remain well to our north. After a week of intermittent storms, today will quiet down a little, at least across the Plains. With more stable air overhead, storms will be confined to the Mountains and Foothills this afternoon, mostly south …

Mostly sunny with increasing clouds and widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs in the low 90's.

As we mentioned in our weekly forecast posted Monday, we expected today to give us the best chance of rain across the region for the week. That still looks to be the case, unfortunately. There is still general ridging across the state, but we'll see a better influx of moisture today at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere. After …

The 500 mb pattern right now is mostly zonal, with slight ridging present across the core of the Rockies. As has been the case recently, the weak ridge isn't enough to keep shots of cold air at bay. The piece of energy above located across Minnesota has a trailing cold front that moved into Colorado very early this morning. This …

Mostly sunny and very hot with just a slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm, particularly across the higher elevations south and southwest of Denver. Expect today's high to top out near 100 degrees, with many locations approaching record highs for the date. Cooler weather returns tomorrow behind a cold front which passes late tonight.

The upper level ridge of high pressure builds and flattens today as a trough swings into the upper Midwest (seen below north of North Dakota). It will be another scorcher out there across the Front Range this afternoon. In fact, even a few degrees warmer than yesterday under mostly sunny skies. Highs will top out in the mid to upper …

The size and strength of the upper-level ridge has become very impressive. At 500 mb, geopotential heights are set to exceed 5900 meters! Quite the warm air mass! Notice the position below of the ridge. It's a little titled, but the axis is right across eastern Colorado. Weak upper-level flow, warm air aloft, and next to no moisture available will once again …