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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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Sunny

Sunny

63°F

UV Index
2 Low
Pressure
30.18 Steady
Visibility
5 miles
Dewpoint
55 °F
Humidity
75%
Wind
NW 1.1 mph
Gust
1.6 mph
Wind Chill
63 °F

Hourly Forecast

Today
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70°F
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9 AM
76°F
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10 AM
82°F
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11 AM
86°F
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12 PM
89°F
Mostly sunny
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1 PM
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2 PM
92°F
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3 PM
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Mostly cloudy w/ showers
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4 PM
93°F
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5 PM
93°F
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6 PM
91°F
Cloudy
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7 PM
89°F
Cloudy

7 Day Forecast

Partly sunny w/ showers

Sunday

93 °F

Partly sunny with a passing shower this afternoon


Partly cloudy

Sunday Night

62 °F

Partly cloudy


Mostly cloudy w/ t-storms

Monday

94 °F

Some sun, then increasing clouds with a thundershower in spots in the afternoon


Mostly clear

Monday Night

59 °F

Clear to partly cloudy


Intermittent clouds

Tuesday

92 °F

Sun through high clouds


Partly cloudy

Tuesday Night

60 °F

Partly cloudy


Intermittent clouds

Wednesday

72 °F

Times of sun and clouds with a thunderstorm in the afternoon; thunderstorms can bring hail and damaging winds


Mostly cloudy

Wednesday Night

58 °F

An evening thunderstorm; otherwise, mostly cloudy


Mostly cloudy

Thursday

86 °F

Warmer with variable cloudiness; a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon


Intermittent clouds

Thursday Night

58 °F

Clearing


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5:42 AM
Sunset
8:30 PM

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