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Tuesday Update: The Front Range Forecast: Our next storm

Tuesday Update:

The front will pass later this afternoon then gets a reinforcing push around midnight. We spend the next couple of days with temperatures in the lower 20s for highs (Figure 1 update). Snow should begin around sunrise Wednesday and come mostly to an end around sunrise Thursday.

Snowfall Roundup:

For Longmont to Broomfield:

My forecast is for 1.5-4 inches
Weatherunderground 3-4 inches
The GFS (Figure 2 update)  2-4 inches
The NAM (Figure 3 update)  1 -3 inches
The NWS 2-5 inches
The Weather 5280 forecasters  3-5 inches
 

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Figure 1 update: snippet of the 10 day graphical forecast for Denver from weatherunderground.com

 

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Figure 2 update: the 3 day snowfall total from the GFS and weather5280.com
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Figure 3 update: the 3 day snowfall total from the NAM 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

Mostly cloudy

Mostly cloudy

72°F

UV Index
0 Low
Pressure
30.11 Rising
Visibility
8 miles
Dewpoint
55 °F
Humidity
54%
Wind
NNE 3.4 mph
Gust
7.5 mph
Wind Chill
72 °F

Hourly Forecast

Today
9 PM
70°F
Mostly cloudy w/ t-storms
Today
10 PM
66°F
Mostly cloudy w/ t-storms
Today
11 PM
62°F
Mostly clear
Tomorrow
12 AM
62°F
Clear
Tomorrow
1 AM
61°F
Clear
Tomorrow
2 AM
60°F
Clear
Tomorrow
3 AM
59°F
Clear
Tomorrow
4 AM
57°F
Clear
Tomorrow
5 AM
56°F
Clear
Tomorrow
6 AM
54°F
Sunny
Tomorrow
7 AM
58°F
Sunny
Tomorrow
8 AM
64°F
Mostly sunny

7 Day Forecast

Partly sunny w/ t-storms

Wednesday

82 °F

Times of clouds and sun with a couple of showers and thunderstorms; thunderstorms can bring hail and damaging winds


Partly cloudy w/ t-storms

Wednesday Night

54 °F

An evening thunderstorm or two; otherwise, clear to partly cloudy


Partly sunny w/ t-storms

Thursday

89 °F

Partly sunny and warmer with a thundershower


Clear

Thursday Night

55 °F

Clear


Mostly sunny

Friday

92 °F

Mostly sunny


Clear

Friday Night

57 °F

Clear


Mostly sunny

Saturday

94 °F

Mostly sunny and very warm


Mostly clear

Saturday Night

59 °F

Mainly clear


Mostly cloudy

Sunday

85 °F

Mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon


Partly cloudy

Sunday Night

57 °F

Partly cloudy


Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
8:34 PM

Based on AccuWeather data