In Brief:
Unusually warm weekend then an early week chill.
Friday Update:
This is just a quick update before the weekend! Other than a couple of cold fronts Monday/Tuesday next week that "may" bring some showers - we have a FANTASTIC warm dry weekend ahead and quiet weather for the end of next week. Go enjoy!
End Friday update.
Forecast Discussion:
As I type, snow is falling outside on the fairly warm ground (the near 100% chance of precipitation on the left edge of Figure 1). Cold air is flowing down onto the Great Plains (Figure 2) but is too shallow to make it far up into the mountains. Western Colorado is still warm. This cool air is flowing upslope with occasional short waves and "jet maxes" or faster bits of the jet stream kicking of enhanced shower action (Figure 3). It is a nice taste of late fall/early winter.
The Longer-Range Forecast:
Most of the precipitation that will fall over the next five days (total precipitation Figure 4, total snow Figure 5) will occur Monday and Tuesday before the cold air slides off to the southeast. Next weekend looks very pleasant, at this time.
