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Tuesday Update: Longmont Weather Forecast: Seasonable, but dry weather - Snow??

In Brief:

Seasonable cool weather with little rain for the next week. But rain/snow next Tuesday/Wednesday??

Tuesday update:

The short term forecast, seasonably warm and dry conditions, is on track.  BUT I thought I'd give everyone a heads up that the GFS model is creating a snow storm for the mountains and nearby Plains for Tuesday/Wednesday next week (Figure 1 update).  This certainly might vanish from the forecast, but it has held strong for 3 days now in the model runs.  More later!!

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Figure 1 update: the 10 day 10:1 snowfall ratio forecast from the GFS and weather5280.com

End Tuesday update.

Forecast Discussion:

Very seasonably cool/mild weather is the story for the next 10 days (Figure 1). We have northwest winds across the state with very little moisture around (Figure 2). Enjoy a walk in this example of wonderfulness.

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Figure 1: the 10 day graphical forecast from weatherunderground.com for Longmont, CO.
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Figure 2: the 500mb upper air forecast map for Monday noon from the GFS and tropicaltidbits.com

 

The Longer Range Forecast:

A ridge builds over the state by the start of the week, warming us to the lower 80's (Figure 3). This is only a bit above normal for this time of year. Our next (small) chance of rain arrives Wednesday with a shortwave (Figure 4 and Figure 1).  It doesn't look like a lot of moisture will fall on the plains, at present. The GFS gives only the southwestern slopes of Colorado a bit of rain over the next 5 days (Figure 5) and only the western slopes (mainly) over the next 10 days (Figure 6),

 

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Figure 3: the 500mb upper air forecast map for Wednesday noon from the GFS and tropicaltidbits.com
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Figure 4: the 500mb upper air forecast map for Sunday noon from the GFS and tropicaltidbits.com
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Figure 5: the 5 day precipitation total from the GFS and weather5280.com
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Figure 6: the 10 day precipitation total from the GFS and weather5280.com

 


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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