The next system we are tracking is one to impact our area Friday through the weekend. Until then, expect quite warm conditions - especially Wednesday when Denver will be near 70 degrees. During the past week, heavy periods of snowfall impacted the mountains and the metro areas benefited from a bit of snowfall also. In terms of percent of average, here is how the past week performed: Temperatures over the past week averaged cooler than a 'normal' week. Looking ahead to the upcoming week, we ha

A quick update this morning to look ahead to the weekend and what looks like another period of mild weather back in the forecast as we head into next week. A fast moving system will bring a round of moderate snowfall to the high country tonight and Saturday, but mostly wind for Eastern Colorado. A few showers may spread east of the mountains on Saturday, but aren't expected to amount to much. The hourly planner for Denver shows a chilly day the chance we see some rain and snow showers around

With La Niña in control, we enter most of our forecasts with a drier and warmer than average bias – unless the PNA and NAO combine to offer a trough-favored pattern, which isn't the case through much of the next month. October was interesting in that we had enough significant cold over the plains for the eastern half of Colorado to have had near and colder than average conditions. Precipitation was just as expected... lacking in most areas: Going forward, we believe that there may be some re