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Not much to discuss today... With a ridge in place, we'll have our first fully-dry day in quite some time. Storms likely won't even be able to form over the Mountains this afternoon, let alone down low. Expect mostly sunny skies with highs in the low 80's. Luckily, despite our concern that rain would return tomorrow, it looks as though it …

A large upper-level trough is evident to our west over California and Nevada. This system will rotate over the west through Saturday and the weekend, bringing Colorado southwesterly flow today in the upper levels of the atmosphere (seen below in the 500 mb map for mid-day). With that, temperatures will again warm, likely to the upper 70's and near 60 in the …

The remnants of the upper-trough that brought dreary weather to the region for the last five days will be passing overhead this afternoon (seen below in the 500 mb map for mid-day). With that passage, we'll begin to see warming and further drying. With weak upper-level downslope today, there will be plenty of sunshine. A few storms formed over the Foothills …

Today the nagging trough edges ever-closer to surpassing the Front Range. If you recall, yesterday it was located near Las Vegas. It has now shifted eastward and is centered south of the Four Corners region. With the trough still upwind, the threat of a few afternoon showers will remain in the forecast today, particularly over the higher topography. A bulk of …

How about the dreary and drizzly day yesterday? It's amazing what a little upslope can do to Boulder! Our next weather system has come ashore in the Pacific Northwest, bringing with it a period of unsettled weather that will continue through the middle of the week. If you notice in the vorticity map above for this evening, there is a small …

Colorado is still located well within the confines of the upper-level ridge. Westerly downslope is still in place, too. However, with moisture levels beginning to creep up ahead of the next trough, we'll see a few widely scattered storms form this afternoon over the higher elevations. A few weak showers may push out onto the Plains later in the afternoon, …

Today will be the warmest day in the stretch of nice weather we'll experience to end the week. That is due to our location in middle of an upper-level ridge. Notice how the orientation of the ridge is titled, from southeast to northwest. This is not ideal for extended nice weather and hot temperatures. In fact, it lays a welcome …