Category: This Week in Colorado Weather (Page 3 of 62)

These weekly forecast posts are published EVERY Monday morning and provide a general overview of the atmosphere and the weather conditions for the week ahead in Front Range Colorado. We give you a heads-up on the major short-term weather features and anything looming down the road.

This Week in Colorado Weather: December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024 / Andy

The primary weather impacts to the Front Range this week will occur on Monday. However, those impacts will be fairly limited, with the most noticeable change being much colder temperatures in the 30s for highs. The chilly weather continues into Tuesday, but milder readings will return by midweek. We are watching a late-week storm system but it currently looks to track through the area mostly dry. Read on for more details

This Week in Colorado Weather: December 2, 2024

December 2, 2024 / Ben Castellani

As we step into the first week of meteorological winter, the Front Range will feel like anything but. This week will feature pleasant weather thanks to a persistent and strong ridge along the West Coast. While the primary storm track remains off to the east, Colorado will enjoy above normal temperatures and dry conditions, day in and day out. Read on for all the details.

This Week in Colorado Weather: November 25, 2024

November 25, 2024 / Andy

As we enter Thanksgiving week, Colorado is bracing for a significant weather event fueled by a strong atmospheric river flowing in from the west. A potent storm system is set to sweep through the region Tuesday into Wednesday, delivering widespread heavy snowfall to the Mountains with significant disruption to travel expected. Meanwhile, the Boulder-Denver Metro area faces a more uncertain forecast with varying snowfall predictions due to warm initial temperatures and questionable upslope. Despite the midweek forecast challenges, we can all at least look forward to a definitively quiet but chilly Thanksgiving Day. Read on for a complete outlook of the weather week ahead.

This Week in Colorado Weather: November 18, 2024

November 18, 2024 / Ben Castellani

This week’s weather will be a mixbag across Colorado, with a little bit of Mountain snow, bouts of gusty winds, and one or two sizable temperature swings for the lower elevations. With the exception of a cold and windy Tuesday, the week ahead will be pretty nice for us overall. Looking ahead, a juicy atmospheric river may reach Colorado during the upcoming weekend with substantial Mountain snow in the works. Read on for all the details.

This Week in Colorado Weather: November 12, 2024

November 12, 2024 / Andy

Front Range weather will be quiet for the most part this week — a welcomed change considering how crazy things were around here recently. Temperatures will stayed near to slightly above normal in the days ahead. The only chance of precipitation will be on Tuesday alongside a shortwave trough and a cold front. However, this system will mostly hit the Mountains. We are also watching a potential late-weekend system into early next week that could bring a return chance for snow for the area. Read on for more details.

Winter Weather Update: Accumulating snow likely Sunday night and again midweek, but we’re also tracking potential blizzard conditions late week for eastern Colorado

November 3, 2024 / Ben Castellani

The first two storm systems of the season capable of producing snow across the lower elevations mostly missed the mark, with only a small portion of the Denver Metro area reporting snow so far this season. Neither Boulder or Denver have officially received any snowfall since April. That will definitely change this week, perhaps as early as Sunday night as a light round of rain changing to snow is expected. Furthermore, a complicated, unsettled weather pattern will unfold the rest of the week in Colorado keeping our temperatures well below normal with almost daily chances for more rain and snow. We’re fairly confident everyone will see additional light accumulating snow Tuesday night into Wednesday, with a potential for a more impactful storm late in the week into the weekend, including possible blizzard conditions. We truly have a lot to cover in this week’s outlook, so let’s dive in!

This Week in Colorado Weather: October 28, 2024 (Updated)

October 28, 2024 / Andy

Front Range weather will be tame to start the week with above normal temperatures for our Monday but under extensive wave clouds. However, all eyes are on a developing storm system moving onshore Monday night in California. As the system tracks across the Four Corners and into our area, it will bring the Mountain snowfall, as well as the chance of rain ending as wet snow late Tuesday night into early Wednesday in the Denver Metro area. While the midweek storm will offer a decent chance at our first flakes of the season, amounts are expected to be rather light. We break it all down for you, including the probabilities and our preliminary snowfall map. The first hard freeze of the season is also taking shape for Wednesday night.

Updated (Tue 10/29/2024 7:00AM): Our snowfall map was updated to align with the latest guidance, with details discussed in our Premium update HERE.

This Week in Colorado Weather: October 21, 2024

October 21, 2024 / Ben Castellani

As we transition deeper into autumn season, Colorado weather continues to keep us all on our toes. This past weekend, a slow-moving storm system that was expected to bring widespread light precipitation to the Denver Metro area ended up being a tad underwhelming, with the bulk of the moisture staying to our south. While Boulder and Denver received only minimal rainfall, areas of southern Colorado and New Mexico experienced heavy rainfall which led to deadly flash flooding. Looking ahead, this week promises relatively quiet weather for the Front Range, with just a brief cool down scheduled for late week. We’re also tracking an interesting storm in the pipeline for next week which could bring sub-freezing temperatures and potentially some snow to the area just in time for Halloween.