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Front Range Forecast: Mild and quiet

In Brief:

Quiet near-normal temperatures dominate the next week.

Forecast Discussion:

After all this excitement, the weather really calms down for the week to come. Temperatures are very close to normal with just a couple of cold fronts to briefly cool us for a bit. Watch the melt continue each day (Figure 1).

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Figure 1: the 10 day graphical forecast for Denver CO from weatherunderground.com

The Longer Range Forecast:

Before our next (small) chance of rain/snow - there will be another brief warm-up to about 15F above normal (Figure 2).  There are small precipitation chances east of the Rockies (Figure 1). That is caused by a quick moving small short wave trough to our north (Figure 3). The GFS is hinting at 1-3 inches in patchy spots (Figure 4).

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Figure2: the temperature anomaly (departure from normal) for Tuesday noon.
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Figure 3: the 500mb upper air map for noon Tuesday from the GFS and tropicaltidbits
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Figure 4: The 5 day snowfall total (10:1) from weather5280 and the GFS.

 


About the Author: John Ensworth

John Ensworth used to work from Longmont as the PI for the NASA through the IGES (The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies). He now teaches technology, algebra, astronomy, meteorology, film school, and Lego robotics to middle/high school.
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Current Weather

Sunny

Sunny

63°F

UV Index
4 Moderate
Pressure
30 Falling
Visibility
9 miles
Dewpoint
36 °F
Humidity
36%
Wind
SE 2.6 mph
Gust
7 mph
Wind Chill
63 °F

Hourly Forecast

Today
4 PM
65°F
Partly sunny
Today
5 PM
66°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
6 PM
65°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
7 PM
63°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
8 PM
60°F
Mostly clear
Today
9 PM
57°F
Mostly clear
Today
10 PM
54°F
Mostly clear
Today
11 PM
51°F
Mostly clear
Tomorrow
12 AM
49°F
Mostly clear
Tomorrow
1 AM
48°F
Mostly clear
Tomorrow
2 AM
46°F
Mostly clear
Tomorrow
3 AM
45°F
Mostly clear

7 Day Forecast

Intermittent clouds

Saturday

66 °F

Not as warm with intervals of clouds and sunshine


Mostly clear

Saturday Night

39 °F

Clear to partly cloudy


Mostly cloudy

Sunday

78 °F

Cloudy most of the time, breezy and warmer


Mostly cloudy

Sunday Night

47 °F

Rather cloudy and windy


Windy

Monday

60 °F

Very windy; cloudy and cooler


Intermittent clouds

Monday Night

41 °F

Partly cloudy


Intermittent clouds

Tuesday

59 °F

Cool with times of clouds and sun; windy in the afternoon


Partly cloudy

Tuesday Night

32 °F

Partly cloudy


Intermittent clouds

Wednesday

60 °F

Times of clouds and sun


Intermittent clouds

Wednesday Night

35 °F

Partly cloudy


Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise
5:55 AM
Sunset
7:59 PM

Based on AccuWeather data