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Severe WeatherColorado Weather: Severe storms possible Thursday, less likely Friday
By Luke Victor
Thu, Apr 24, 2025
Our first round of severe thunderstorms this spring rumbled over the eastern plains Wednesday afternoon and evening – some of those storms creating picturesque views in the Pikes Peak Region. We saw a fairly significant supercell that passed along the southern fringe of the Palmer Divide, impacting areas along HWY 24, and eventually moving north towards I-70; this was our one big storm of the day. For a time, it also had a tornado warning to go along with it. We're not done there either! More
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Denver Area Weather: Spring chill lingers with snowy weather through Saturday, warmer by Easter
By Matt Makens
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
After a stretch of 70s earlier this week, colder weather has made a return just in time for the weekend across the Front Range. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 3 PM Friday through noon Saturday for areas including Castle Rock, where several inches of snow is possible. While the snow won't last long, it will bring travel impacts—especially for the Friday evening commute and perhaps for Saturday morning, too. 🔑 Key Messages for the Weekend: * Friday PM commute could be slick, especi
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Colorado snow for Easter Weekend
By Luke Victor
Thu, Apr 17, 2025
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
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Weather5280 Insider: Seasonal forecast update, September 2024
By Brian Bledsoe
Mon, Sep 09, 2024
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Denver WeatherFrom Spring to Snow: A Dramatic Weather Shift Ahead for Denver and the Front Range
By Matt Makens
Wed, Apr 16, 2025
If you’ve been enjoying the warm sunshine lately, take it all in today and tomorrow—because a dramatic shift in the weather is on the way for Denver and the Front Range. We’ll go from springlike warmth and breezy afternoons to 'wintry snow' and wind chills, all in a matter of hours. Let’s walk through what’s ahead—and what it means for your weekend plans. ☀️ Wednesday: Warm and Pleasant Today will be the warmest day of the week, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid-70s. Winds will stay
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Colorado weather: Weekend heatwave eases Monday, then briefly warmer ahead of end of week chill
By Brendan Heberton
Mon, Apr 14, 2025
We're in rollercoaster season for weather along the Front Range, no doubt about it. We had record heat on Saturday, and spotty banded snowfall early this morning. This afternoon will feel pleasantly like spring, with little memory of snow to be found. Saturday's high of 86°F in Denver set a new record high for the date, beating the old one of 85°F that was set in 2023. > Denver International Airport observed a high of 86 degrees this afternoon, which is a new record for today. It breaks the p
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Colorado weather: April "heat wave" on the way
By Luke Victor
Wed, Apr 09, 2025
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
Denver Forecast
Rain and snow today, weekend system trending down
By Luke Victor
Thu, Apr 03, 2025
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
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Colorado weather: Rain, snow, and generally unsettled through the weekend
By Brendan Heberton
Tue, Apr 01, 2025
Looking at the forecast through the remainder of the week, the word "unsettled" comes to mind. We'll see rain, snow, mixed precipitation, and of course sun off and on through the weekend. Here's the rather damp outlook for Denver from the NWS: For today, the focus will be rain for a lot of us, but mountain snow will cause tough travel conditions across the higher elevations of the state, and we may have enough snow/slush to deal with south of the city. Here is a look at potential slower travel
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Colorado Weather: Waves of rain, thunder this weekend, some snow possible
By Luke Victor
Fri, Mar 28, 2025
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
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Weather5280 Insider: Warm end to March, active first half of April?
By Luke Victor
Wed, Mar 26, 2025
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
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Denver Weather: What to know this week, from 70s to possible snow showers
By Matt Makens
Mon, Mar 24, 2025
Alright, let's get you prepped for the week and weekend ahead when showers may return. Here's your quick weather rundown, a Monday briefing - if you will. Early Week: Expect pleasant, spring-like conditions. We're looking at mostly sunny skies and warming temperatures. Highs are forecast to be in the 60s Monday and Tuesday, then reaching into the 70s Wednesday. So get ready for some nice days. It will be a great time to get out for lunch, or any after work activities or take the pups for a rai
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Colorado Weather: Fire danger Monday and Tuesday, snow Tuesday night?
By Luke Victor
Mon, Mar 17, 2025
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
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Colorado Weather: Possible Bomb Cyclone and a Lunar Eclipse
By Luke Victor
Thu, Mar 13, 2025
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
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Colorado weather: Mild start to the week, but keep an eye on the forecast
By Brendan Heberton
Sun, Mar 09, 2025
We are well into the month of March now – Denver's snowiest month on average – and moving along quickly. Thus far, March 2025 hasn't delivered much of any snow for the Mile High City, and for the next several days at least I don't see a lot of reason to believe that'll change! In fact, the next four days or so are set feature absolutely beautiful temperatures along the Front Range, with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s expected through about Thursday. The blend of models (below) is a bit on t
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Mountain snow into Thursday – what about along the Front Range?
By Luke Victor
Wed, Mar 05, 2025
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
Colorado Weather
Wind storm moves east, another system moves in Thursday
By Luke Victor
Wed, Mar 05, 2025
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
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Spring storm update: Blizzard Warning expands for Eastern Plains
By Brian Bledsoe
Mon, Mar 03, 2025
The graphic below shows where the current Blizzard Warning is located. It essentially encompasses the Palmer Divide, I-70 Corridor east of Denver, and parts of the east/northeast Plains and northeastward. There remains a great deal of uncertainty as to how much snow will fall Monday night into Tuesday. However, we continue to stress this message...you won't be able to measure it, and it won't take much snow at all to cause blizzard conditions. Why? Because we know for certain that the wind is
Colorado Weather
Colorado weather: From high winds to heavy snow, early week storm will have a bit of everything
By Brendan Heberton
Sun, Mar 02, 2025
We've flipped the calendar to March, and like clockwork we have rather classic setup for wind and snow getting set to fly through the state early this coming week. While the devil is in the details, some folks will should expect an impactful event Monday night into Tuesday, with the greatest confidence for this along the Palmer Divide between Denver and Colorado Springs and the adjacent eastern plains. Here we already have a Winter Storm Watch in place. It goes into effect Monday evening and c
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Colorado weather: Snow and wind possible next week
By Luke Victor
Fri, Feb 28, 2025
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
Denver Weather
Beautiful winter weather ahead, signs of *something* next week
By Luke Victor
Mon, Feb 24, 2025
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