Hey everybody! Finally going to see a more favorable pattern for rain and snow across the front range later this week. It looks like a slow moving... blob... of unsettled weather is on the docket come Thursday and Friday – and by blob, I mean this thing: You can see it's not coming through all that organized, it's pretty far south and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to get it to spin up a bit more and cause more of a ruckus. Never fear, though! It does have something working in our favo

Heading into this weekend... and almost a carbon copy of last weekend , a potent storm system is expected to ride a strong push from the Pacific jet stream, keeping most of the core energy north of Colorado. With a similar storm set up, similar impacts are expected to move through the state. We'll see wind and fire danger ramp up, especially south of I-70 on Saturday, heavy mountain snow picking up Saturday night and throughout Sunday, with a chan

It's kind of like when you have trouble getting the engine started. We've had some flashes of life here and there with the weather, but outside of that, a LOT of downtime. We discussed in our last SOTA post that we're starting to shed into a pattern change. It's still looking like we'll see a decent storm for the mountains starting Sunday and lasting into Monday. Model data the past few days has had some trouble pinning down the forecast for the front range and lower elevations. The big picture

We are almost to the weekend, and the weather will cooperate for a lot of your plans. Do keep in mind that we will see chances for thunderstorms increase throughout the weekend, particularly southern Colorado and parts of the high country that will have some rain and snow. I'll have some snow and rainfall data here in a moment. For Denver, overall a quiet pattern continues. Here's a planner for the next three days. So, for Denver the trend is pretty darn quiet. There will be activity reaching

Ah September... when the temperature finally starts to drop and chatter about when we might see the season's first snow becomes a nightly routine around the dinner table. In theory anyway. The first weekend of September this year will be anything but fall-like around here with highs in the low to mid 90s through Labor Day along the urban corridor. While it looks like we'll fall a few degrees short of the record high today (98°F, 2019) and tomorrow (100°F, 2019), we'll still be about 10°F ab

As we discussed yesterday , the desert southwest is making preparations for a rare event as hurricane Hilary (will be tropical storm Hilary) is set to move inland over the weekend and into next week bringing with it in some cases more rain over a three day period than many of these places will typically see over two years. > The sun rises on #Hurricane [https://twitter.com/

Another rather remarkable weekend of weather is on tap for the Western United States as another Atmospheric River event gets cranking across California, and high elevation snow across the west continues to pile up. Here's a look at all the wet weather moving inland over the coming days, the animation valid from this morning through Sunday night: And the expected precipitation accumulation for the same period: For California that will equate to more than 5" of precipitation in the coming days

A week ago we anticipated a much different end to this week than what looks like will be our reality, at least when it comes to temperatures. We showed this chart the other day, but felt it was worth reiterating. The top pink box shows what this model had for high temperatures a week ago in Denver for today/tomorrow/Friday, with the bottom box showing the pretty big shift in recent days to the outlook. From teens and 20s for highs, in previous updates - the past several have been much warmer.

Happy Friday everyone! As we've been discussing all week, the pattern is an unsettled one. This remains true as we head into the weekend. Today will feature areas of generally light snow across Northeast Colorado, with even some mixed precipitation or rain mixing in at times. Little accumulation is expected from these showers along the urban corridor and Eastern Plains, but something to be on the lookout for if you are out and about today. Video Discussion: Forecast Details: Here is the ho

A lot is happening across the state this weekend from county fairs to concerts to one of the last pool weekends before schools start classes again. Douglas County Fair and Rodeo WeatherWeather forecasts and alerts for Douglas County Fair and RodeoWeather5280 The Heat is on: Today will be the warmest of the next three as storm chances increase daily as we head into the weekend. In fact, today may be so hot DIA could tie

Record heat in September has become something of a staple in recent years. Even last year, which saw one of the earliest snowfalls on record in Denver, boasted some extreme September heat as well. You can revisit the remarkable week in weather we had a year ago at this time below, when we went from triple-digit heat to snow in a matter of a couple days. Here’s the long list

The outlook from this week's SOTA held up pretty well, with the greatest rainfall coverage so far this week parked over the higher terrain of Colorado and the Palmer Divide. Yesterday featured some better storm coverage for Denver – missing many of us on the west side of the metro area, but some good 0.25 to 0.8" totals across portions of the city. A look at rainfall totals from the last three days, shows some areas of good precipitation, especially along the Front Range and Palmer Divide, b

After some quiet, almost silent, weather days we will see an increase in thunderstorm chances for the weekend. Let's run through a couple hourly planners. One for Denver and the second for Colorado Springs. You can customize your locations for these with your membership. DenverColorado SpringsWe can see the Springs has a higher chance of storms, but in both cases we see Sunday is more likely for some rain. Let's watch an animation across Colorado to show

With Wednesday's narrowly scoped snow band that set up over portions of the Denver metro area, the city's seasonal snowfall total eclipsed the 80" mark for the first time since 1983! Season to date DIA has now recorded 80.2" of snow, an impressive feat, especially given the backdrop of La Niña conditions this winter, and his pushed this season into the number 9 spot of snowiest seasons on record for the city. Again, this is for DIA where official records are kept for Denver, but many metro locat

Get out and enjoy today and tomorrow, for if we can kick the inversion in place highs will climb into the 60s for many along the Front Range. By Sunday our next system will be making an appearance, with rain and snow back in the forecast by Sunday afternoon and night. Highs Sunday will top out in the low 40s, with about the same expected for your Monday. Summary We are watching a system that will deliver rain and snow to the area later this weekend and into Monday. If nothing changes to the sy

Yesterday's precipitation ended up a bit north of where some models had it projected, but overall was pretty well captured in the data. For those that didn't see much rain, Thursday was still a nice break from the heat. Yesterday's temperatures topped out in the low 70s, more than 20 degrees cooler than the near-record heat of the day prior. Today the cooler than average weather continues, as well as another chance of rain. Rainfall totals for Denver added up to just a few hundredths across

We hope everyone is enjoying this stretch of beautiful spring weather. We have one more pleasant afternoon to go before sharp changes arrive for the latter half of the weekend. If you have plans for a back yard Easter egg hunt, you may want to consider moving it to Saturday, as Sunday will be quite chilly with areas of snow across much of Northeast and East-Central Colorado. The outlook shows just how big a crash in temperatures we're anticipating over the coming days. From the low 70s today, t

Yesterday's storm has departed, leaving in its wake a blanket of snow across the Front Range and eastern plains. While we continue to see those chilly temperatures and pockets of snow/flurries this afternoon, the appreciable snowfall is over. Another coating to 1" will be possible for those that see these showers, but otherwise just a cold start to spring across Northeast Colorado. At our place, we picked up 5.75" of snow, right within our low-end 5 - 10" range forecast issued for west Denver.

As we near the weekend, there is a system to move through the region Saturday and will deliver some rain and snow to Colorado, but for what increasingly looks like for only isolated areas. Earlier this week we discussed this incoming system with the Insiders and mentioned: > However, if the trough should trend to be any more shallow and/or faster the total area of impact will decrease, that's the trend we are leaning toward at the moment. That trend certainly has been realized as the incomin

Denver and the Front Range will go from a very warm Saturday to another wintry mix by later Sunday. Like the last system to swing through here, this one may bring some slick areas to the Monday morning commute. For Friday and Saturday, calm conditions around the state with temperatures well above average. Friday, afternoon temperatures will range from 5 to 15 degrees warmer than average: Saturday, afternoon temperatures will range from 10 to 20 degrees warmer than average: Here are hourly

Today's heat will carry into the weekend, and likely through next week as well. After a slow start to the summer heat, the upcoming period will certainly feel like mid-July across eastern Colorado. For Denver, this will equate to a long stretch of days in the low to mid 90s, likely pretty consistent each of the next seven days or so: For Colorado Springs, a similar outlook but a few degrees cooler on average: And finally, across the Northeast Plains, a lot of heat t

Well, nowhere near record heat today across the region but certainly a warm one. Denver's record high for the date is 98°F last set back in 2006 , about 10 degrees warmer than most of us will be this afternoon. Showers and storms will push through the urban corridor through mid-afternoon, before gradually pushing east this evening. Not a damaging storm threat today overall in the metro areas, but like yesterday a few areas could see some lightning

The dreary weather pattern is clearing the state Friday night but that doesn't imply a dry weekend as we see another system to move through Saturday into early Sunday. While dreary, we at least saw some great moisture in spots over the last week. Seven day totals show many areas in and around Denver picking up more than 1" of liquid, with the Central Mountains, South-Central Colorado and the extreme Southeast Plains doing very well as well: Overall, temperatures do warm progressively over th

With this week's rain and snow now long gone, a look ahead shows beautiful weather on tap for the next several days, before the pattern turns cooler and unsettled by late Monday. Much of the state has seen some appreciable moisture over the last seven days. This is especially true for the High Country, as well as communities along and west of I-25 at lower elevations. Across the Northeast Plains we saw more spotty storm coverage, with an overall dry week for Southeast Colorado: The precipita

Well, say it ain't snow. Denver's weather will end the week and start the weekend feeling quite summer-like, with highs in the upper 70s today, and low 70s in the forecast for both Saturday and Sunday . But later in the day Sunday our attention turns to a chilly and wet change to our weather pattern. But first, to our storm chances today. Not great odds overall east of the mountains, but a few storms will make their way off the mountains later this afternoon and evening, an