In Brief:
A very warm week becomes a fairly long stretch of unsettled weather and snow.
Forecast Discussion:
This week will be the week of a thaw (Figure 1). Even the low temperatures, mid-week, will be 20 degrees warmer than the highs we had last week. Incredible bounce!
The Longer Range Forecast:
Our next change in the weather arrives with the first in a series of cold fronts that begins noon Friday. Each front will bring a pulse of precipitation (Figure 1 dashed blue lines). Those fronts will be associated with each lobe of lower heights sliding along with the jet stream (Figure 2). The first storm looks pretty healthy with heavy snow in spots (Figure 3). Note that there is rain at the southern and eastern edges of the precipitation. Temperatures are not too cold over the weekend (Figure 4). This period of snow will not feel like our last snow storm.
Over the next 10 days, areas just west of the interstate and around Denver seem to be slated for around a foot of snow. Snowfall amounts vanish as one moves to the southeast due to the warmth of the system. I'll keep and eye on it all week with updates as usual! Enjoy it out there!
