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The Front Range Forecast: Dry with above normal temperatures

In Brief:

Dry and very warm weather this week.

The Forecast Discussion:

Other than a few weak cool fronts, the week ahead will see temperatures near record warmth at times.  There is a very small chance of showers (and a clap of thunder) Saturday night and on Thursday (Figure 1). Thursday's small cool down and chance of showers comes in ahead of a seemingly impressive trough in the upper atmosphere (Figure 2).  Sadly, without available moisture, it doesn't look like much comes of the system.

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Figure 1: the 10 day graphical forecast for Denver from weatherunderground.com
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Figure 2: the 500mb upper air map for midnight Wed/Thur from the GFS and tropicaltidbits.com

The Longer Range Forecast:

Looking out at the next 10 days, the GFS doesn't paint any moisture along I-25 (Figure 3 and 4). If things do start to get exciting again, I'll post an update here!

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Figure 3: the precipitation totals forecast for the next 10 days from the GFS and weather5280.com
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Figure 4: the snowfall totals forecast for the next 10 days 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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Current Weather

Sunny

Sunny

54°F

UV Index
4 Moderate
Pressure
30.18 Steady
Visibility
8 miles
Dewpoint
24 °F
Humidity
31%
Wind
ENE 1.9 mph
Gust
4.9 mph
Wind Chill
54 °F

Hourly Forecast

Today
10 AM
54°F
Partly sunny
Today
11 AM
56°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
12 PM
58°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
1 PM
59°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
2 PM
60°F
Mostly cloudy
Today
3 PM
62°F
Cloudy
Today
4 PM
61°F
Showers
Today
5 PM
59°F
Cloudy
Today
6 PM
57°F
Cloudy
Today
7 PM
54°F
Cloudy
Today
8 PM
52°F
Intermittent clouds
Today
9 PM
50°F
Mostly cloudy w/ t-storms

7 Day Forecast

Mostly cloudy w/ showers

Tuesday

62 °F

Cooler with some sun, then turning cloudy; a couple of afternoon showers


Partly cloudy w/ t-storms

Tuesday Night

39 °F

An evening thundershower; otherwise, partly cloudy


Mostly sunny

Wednesday

76 °F

Pleasant and warmer with sunshine and patchy clouds


Partly cloudy

Wednesday Night

41 °F

Patchy clouds


Mostly cloudy

Thursday

75 °F

Turning cloudy, warm; breezy, a thunderstorm around in the afternoon


Cloudy

Thursday Night

48 °F

Considerable cloudiness


Showers

Friday

69 °F

Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers


Thunderstorms

Friday Night

46 °F

Cloudy; thundershowers in the evening followed by periods of rain late


Showers

Saturday

53 °F

Cloudy and cooler with a couple of showers


Showers

Saturday Night

39 °F

Cloudy with occasional rain and drizzle late


Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise
6:10 AM
Sunset
7:48 PM

Based on AccuWeather data