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Forecast Discussion:
I'm issuing an extreme mild advisory for today and the next week. The upper level trough is pulling off to the east as surface high pressure builds in over the entire region (Figure 1). We dropped to around 10°F this morning, but we climb about 15°F over the next 24 hours.
To catch up on snowfall reports since 7 a.m. yesterday, Figure 2 shows Longmont picked up another 1/2 inch or so, Boulder received another 1/2 to 2 inches. Figure 3 shows that Ft. Collins only got a dusting more. Estes park almost received another 2 inches while Berthoud received 1/2 to 2 inches more as well. Finally (Figure 4) southwestern Colorado picked up 2-3 inches more and the airport received 1/2 to 2 inches around the region.
The longer range forecast:
It will warm a bit and stay dry for the next 10 days or more (Figure 5). Too bad this stretch didn't occur when I go on vacation (there will be no updates to this column for the period October 26-Nov 4).
