Hey all – for those looking for something quick, I've got a brief description below: THE MEAT & POTATOES: Strong winds and fire danger here on Thursday afternoon will be replaced QUICKLY by a strong cold front around sunset tonight. That cold front will swing temperatures from the mid 70s into the mid 40s in just a few hours. Clouds will increase through the night and with snow increasing in the mountains around midnight, and around the Denver Metro by sunrise Friday. Snow lasts for most of the

Ok... maybe heat wave is a bit of a stretch... BUT, it will be VERY warm the next few days, continuing into the weekend. Let's start with the overall setup: Above is a look at lower-level atmospheric temperatures averaged out over the next 5 days. An impressive ridge will set up bringing several days of well above average temperatures. Our warmest day looks like it will be Saturday, where highs will likely run 15-25 degrees above normal! Here are potential high temperatures for Saturday, ac

An active weather pattern continues across Colorado. We're seeing relatively calm conditions this morning, with some scattered snow showers in the southwest quadrant of the state. This ripple of energy will slowly slide east throughout the day today, eventually setting up showers for the front range and I-25. Above is the setup for Thursday morning with moisture pinwheeling in from southwest to northeast. Below is the evolution of the weak shortwave, with some areas of convection that are no

Hello weather friends! Our first rainy system of the spring is on the way! If we break down the important bits: 1) Several waves of rain showers are likely 2) Some lightning & thunder is possible 3) SOME snow is possible as the system pivots out Sunday, but those chances seem limited... Let's get right into it, shall we? We're kicking things off, as I often like to do, with the 500mb charts. This gives us a very clear indication of where calm vs unsettled weather is planning on taking shape

Hey all, the weather has been really quiet lately, and as such, there hasn't been a whole bunch to update you on. To start things off, this week has been an absolute treat! Winds have died down and we've warmed up quite a bit! Responsible for that, is this thing below: A significant fold in the jet pattern, setting up a nice ridge of high pressure along the Canadian Rockies, stretch down into the western high plains. That ridge hanging out around 18,000 ft aloft trickles down to our weather h

Hope y'all had a good weekend! We should stay mild for Monday – unfortunately we'll combine that warmth with some strong winds, leading to widespread fire danger. Wind gusts are ahead of our next cold front which will keep us windy Tuesday, with snow possible Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Let's break down the details. First off: quite the rollercoaster on the 10 day temp charts. You can see the mild air in play early this week. We'll see cooler temps with the front midweek... and way

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: There are a few factors which we'll discuss here that should prevent significant front range, I-25 and plains impacts like we've seen with bomb cyclones in the past. A lot to talk about today so let's get right into it! We are still looking at a rapidly developing storm system for Friday over the central high plains. This storm system has the potential to drop from ~1000mb, to 976mb, over a 24 hour period, which would constitute a "bomb cyclone". Essentially, we are seeing

Hello weather friends, we're launching into another wave of action across Colorado. Thankfully we'll have less wind this time! Let's jump right into the charts: Our next wave of energy is already pushing onshore of California as of Wednesday evening. This system will push east-southeast across the four corners, coming as a split of two areas of energy. The northern split will influence weather in the mountains as early as Wednesday night into Thursday morning, leading to increasing snow across

A bit of a complex storm setup with this last one . A few key features of this took a little too long to ramp up, yielding lower snowfall totals than what was expected. Regardless of snow totals, the wind was an absolute nightmare to deal with on Tuesday. Colorado Springs was the strongest report I was able to find just picking at local airport data. Definitely some wicked stuff out there. T

Happy Friday and what an end of the week AND weekend that we have in store! Temps should have no problem getting well into the 50s, with plenty of low 60s around too. Getting out shouldn't be a problem at all, but much like the last few days, gusty winds at times are possible each afternoon. Winds will probably hover around 10-20 mph. Now, for the elephant in the room... A pretty potent storm will crash on shore of the western United States Sunday night into Monday morning. As we move thro

Hey all, just wanted to throw a brief update for you. As we've mentioned we are sitting pretty this week! If you enjoyed Sunday's weather, you've got that copy and paste through the weekend. Might run into a tiny speed bump on Wednesday, but even then, that gives us better weather than what we have had for most of this month. As the ridge maxes out later in the week, that's probably when we see the warmest temperatures. Almost like a wave cresting in the ocean, what goes up, must come down. Yo

Hey all! Foothills and Palmer Divide classic last night! That slow-ish moving upper level low had no trouble getting started in the late afternoon Thursday and really picked up steam once the sunset. Look at that firehose of moisture that slammed up against the hills overnight! I captured this video below last night in Colorado Springs as the first wave of energy moved through the Pikes Peak Region. Kicked us around good for about an hour or two before it shut down for most of the night. 103 r

Hey all! More winter weather is on the way today, which means it's time to make another post! We're working our way out of a pretty stiff round of cold air that brought subzero temperatures to Denver Wednesday morning. We won't be AS cold today, but another quick-moving system should shake things up by Thursday evening, bringing us another cold front and some of us a pretty solid shot for snowfall. Before we dive in, check out these frigid temperatures across the high plains this morning. No

Hey everyone! We have a pretty interesting setup for you on Saturday afternoon. You think back to summertime around here and how certain days/weather patterns can produce daily afternoon thunderstorms. Well, today is a pretty similar set up to one of those days, except it's cold enough for snow. As much, the likelihood for thunder is very low, but NOT totally out of the question for maybe a rumble in the Pikes Peak Region. With the convective nature of these afternoon snow showers, we could,

Not so bad for our Monday. Most folks along the front range are in the 30s and 40s. We'll see a mix of clouds and sunshine throughout the day, with a bit more clouds for Denver by Monday evening. Big changes arrive tonight into Tuesday. A cold front will sweep across the state after sunset, with temps falling into the 10s and 20s... and likely not making much of a recovery Tuesday afternoon. Below are projected high temperatures from the HRRR model for Tuesday: Even colder when you push the mo

Nothing of huge import to update you on today – I mean, it's a bit windy for sure, but generally impacts will remain relatively low. Below are 12:00pm wind gusts across the state. Winner winner chicken dinner at DIA with a state-high 47 mph gust! We're seeing a collection of 20, 30 and 40 mph gusts from Colorado Springs out on the southeast plains, with mostly 20 and 30 mph gusts in the mountains. These downsloping winds are giving us really mild stuff too, plenty of 50s and 60s along I-25.

While the Denver metro and points north didn't see a ton of snow yesterday it was a vastly different story for the Palmer Divide and Pikes Peak region where in about 4 hours Thursday morning, 6-10" of snow fell. The snow was accompanied by 30-45 mph winds creating whiteout conditions for most of the first half of the day. Limited visibility in northeast Colorado Springs Thursday, January 30th, 2025It was a bit of an unusual set up, because typically a strong north wind will lead to drying and d

Big time thaw-out in action out there Monday and Tuesday! Temperatures Tuesday afternoon are in the mid-to-upper 40s for many throughout the Urban Corridor. The next big question on our plate is what happens with this thing: That's satellite imagery of the upper-level low pressure system expected to move through Colorado Wednesday into Thursday. A lot of question marks have been hanging on this thing as model data has had a tough time trying to figure out exactly what this wants to do. Here

It's been a CHILLY one for much of January. After last week's arctic weather, we've kind of recovered. Here on Friday, we'll get another tiny break with 40s and !50s! making a return... before another strong cold front sweeps through for the weekend. This will bring more snow to Colorado as well. First: the good stuff! Enjoy today, got real nice stuff out there compared to much of the last week or so! Below are about as warm as we get this afternoon... we'll take it! Sorry to burst your bubble

We've been on top of the big changes ahead for this weekend. Here's a little update on what we're working with! The latest: NWS has issued a winter weather advisory for much of the Front Range and parts of the Plains: Regarding what we've been tracking for you this week - generally speaking, not a whole lot has changed. Today is likely our nicest afternoon for awhile... We'll see a bit of a dip by tomorrow... generally 40s. By Saturday we attempt to get to 20 by sunrise before a precipitous

Ah, yes. It's polar vortex season everybody. It looks like our first true blue arctic front looks possible as we head into the weekend. There's been some discrepancies between data thus far, but we seems to be honing in on a pretty decent solution. Heading into midweek, we should have a pretty decent grip on numbers, location and duration of this potentially dangerous cold snap. A quick peek at 850mb temps here on Monday afternoon and we see the first pieces of our arctic air plunge beginning t

Following Thursday's amped up cold front that brought a lot of folks near-blizzard conditions around the Palmer Divide, we've calmed down quite a bit here on Friday to close up shop for the week. From: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19fBBjpgih/Those were scenes from northern Colorado Springs Thursday morning while I was out and about – needless to say it got a bit rocky at times... Looking ahead to the weekend, another area of troughing will develop over the western US and eventually cut off

Well, even though there wasn't a ton of snow, the cold air kept the roads nasty for much of the morning and early afternoon out there, and the night ahead will be cold! A bit of a ho-hum storm overall for totals, especially where the bump up to a Winter Storm Warning for parts of southern Colorado with meager totals to show for it. While most areas managed to fall within our forecast range along the urban corridor, many folks ended up on the low end. It happens. This was kind of fun! > A r

Hey all! Pretty impressive storm system over the center of the nation right now – it was responsible for the freezing fog reports over much of eastern Colorado yesterday. Other than that and the cold air that it's drawn in, much of the state was spared from major impacts which are being felt in the form of a blizzard over central Kansas, and a major sleet and freezing rain storm for areas around and south of St. Louis, MO. This compact, bowling-ball type system is going to race eastward quic

Big time snoozer of a weather pattern lately – outside of that dang wind which gusted has high as 90 mph near Coal Creek Canyon this morning! Several folks in the Pikes Peak Region caught gusts as high as 50-60 mph late yesterday evening. Responsible for the wind is the storm passing to our north at the beginning of the forecast animation. Something else that sticks out is the BIG time warm ridge that builds in. That's a classic look for widespread 50s and 60s going into the holiday weekend!

What a December weekend out there! Plenty of folks in the 50s and 60s for both Saturday and Sunday. Today, we're starting to see the change in the weather pattern ramping up – we've got a really neat mountain wave cloud that's setup across parts of the I-25 corridor as we turn the page into Sunday afternoon. That's the first signal that we've got some changes on the way. CDOT Camera @ Monument HillWe're expecting a pretty fast moving cold front to kick through Monday morning, with temperatures

So far so good since the snow around Thanksgiving. We look to continue a fairly tame pattern through the end of this week and into part of the weekend. THE BIG PICTURE The predominant weather pattern across the United States features large scale troughing over the east, and significant ridging across the northwest. Colorado finds itself caught in the middle of these two regimes. Our weather has been mainly a dry, northwesterly flow with some fronts here or there to keep temps up and down a

Quite an up and down November so far – this weekend will trend on the side of warm and dry, but you can see it clear as day on the extended forecast... big-time winter cold likely awaits as we turn the page into the Thanksgiving holiday. For your Saturday, don't expect any curveballs! Get out and enjoy it while you can because it's almost certainly our nicest day of the next 10 out there. Get out there if you can! It looks like almost every single part of the state will be running above average

It's been an impressive week of snowfall for many in Colorado, especially south of I-70. Snowfall totals so far this system have brought a bunch of much-needed water to many of us... Unfortunately, there are places that are still begging for moisture north of the Platte River basin. Here's a look at snowfall totals so far this week ⬇️ As of 10:00am Friday, the radar is lit up across most of eastern Colorado. You can see the moisture pinwheeling around the upper-level low... fantastic upslope se

What has been on the top-end of many of the winter storms we've seen over the last several years, we STILL have to contend with the core of the storm system as it pivots northeast out of the four corners. Below is an infographic from the National Weather Service in Pueblo where snow is expected to be the heaviest for the I-25 corridor. > Here are the anticipated snowfall amounts through Saturday morning along I-25 from the Palmer Divide southward across Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Walsenburg, and