In Brief:
Beautiful Spring-like weather with mid-week spring showers.
Forecast Discussion:
The first day of meteorological spring is March 1st. The moment astronomical spring arrives is March 20th at 9:33 a.m. this year. The normal high today is 54F, the normal low is 26F. Temperatures rise to about 10 degrees above this. It is going to be beautiful (especially if you have Spring Break this week- Figure 1).
The Long Range Forecast:
A broad trough approaches Colorado Wednesday bringing cool (not cold) air and our next system (Figure 2). It begins with mountain snows and low-land rain (Figure 3). Later in the evening, it just gets cool enough from some snow on the plains (Figure 4). Areas north and east of Denver may not see anything but a dusting of snow. Some good snow amounts will pile up in the mountains southwest of Denver (Figure 5). Total moisture from Longmont to Broomfield looks like it will come in at between 0.05 and 0.25 inch of water (Figure 6). Then we warm up again (Figure 1)!
