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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

Clear

Clear

59°F

UV Index
0 Low
Pressure
29.6 Steady
Visibility
11 miles
Dewpoint
29 °F
Humidity
32%
Wind
N 3.7 mph
Gust
8.9 mph
Wind Chill
59 °F

Hourly Forecast

Today
3 AM
57°F
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Today
4 AM
54°F
Clear
Today
5 AM
52°F
Clear
Today
6 AM
49°F
Sunny
Today
7 AM
52°F
Sunny
Today
8 AM
58°F
Sunny
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9 AM
63°F
Mostly sunny
Today
10 AM
67°F
Mostly sunny
Today
11 AM
69°F
Mostly sunny
Today
12 PM
72°F
Mostly sunny
Today
1 PM
73°F
Mostly sunny
Today
2 PM
72°F
Partly sunny

7 Day Forecast

Intermittent clouds

Tuesday

88 °F

Very warm with the temperature approaching the record of 92 set in 1962 with increasing amounts of sunshine


Clear

Tuesday Night

49 °F

Clear


Partly sunny

Wednesday

73 °F

Cooler with sunshine giving way to clouds; windy this afternoon; elevated fire risk due to gusty winds and low humidity


Cloudy

Wednesday Night

45 °F

Overcast


Intermittent clouds

Thursday

70 °F

Breezy and pleasant with intervals of clouds and sunshine


Mostly cloudy

Thursday Night

45 °F

Overcast in the evening, then partly cloudy late


Intermittent clouds

Friday

73 °F

Beautiful with times of clouds and sun


Intermittent clouds

Friday Night

47 °F

Partly cloudy


Mostly cloudy

Saturday

71 °F

Turning cloudy with a passing shower in the afternoon


Mostly cloudy

Saturday Night

45 °F

Mostly cloudy


Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise
5:47 AM
Sunset
8:07 PM

Based on AccuWeather data