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In Brief:
A cool front Thursday evening and another Friday evening will not only drop our temperatures to very comfortable levels over the weekend but bring back a chance of afternoon showers. We hang out within a few degrees of 80F for the next 10 days (for highs) with a system that might drop significant rain over the region Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
Forecast Discussion:
Our normal high for today is about 76F with a normal low of 46F. We are above normal, even with last night's cool down. For Wednesday, there is a chance of a few showers or thundershowers around the Front Range (Figure 1). The Tuesday PM front is draped through the state to our south.
For Thursday - there is still a general chance of showers and thundershowers over the eastern 2/3rds of the state (Figure 2) with our next cool front coming down in the evening after we hit the mid 80'sF again.
The Longer Range Forecast:
From lower 80'sF on Friday we cool to the mid/upper 70'sF over the weekend. Those mid 40'sF at night will have a snap to them (Figure 3). Over the next 5 days, very little rain will hit the state (Figure 4). Note, temperatures are still a few degrees above normal even on our upcoming coolest day.
A more significant (and slow moving) storm may roll over the state Tuesday/Wednesday next week and drop real rain over most folks. The GFS paints the foothills above Boulder and Denver with 3 inches of rain over the next 10 days! (Figure 5). The plume of tropical rains visible in yesterday's update down in the four corners area is gone - such is the way with tropical moisture sources.
For fun, the next 10 days snowfall puts down over a foot of snow in the higher elevations the middle of next week (Figure 6). We'll see!
