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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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! 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

Bitter cold air has filtered into Eastern Colorado today and it's not in a hurry to go anywhere either. The arctic chill sticks with us through Wednesday night before moderating a bit on Thursday. Current temperatures from across the region show we aren't alone, with single digit to sub-zero temperatures all across the High Plains as of midday Tuesday: The temperature outlook from the NWS in Boulder shows highs in the teens again on Wednesday (most of us aren't even that "warm" right now) th

Get out and enjoy the day! Highs in Denver are expected in the low to mid 60s today, with anomalous warmth expected across the state today ahead of a shift to cooler and more unsettled weather as we head into the weekend. Saturday will be some 20-degrees colder across Northeast Colorado, with highs in the 40s both Saturday and Sunday along the Front Range. A reinforcing shot of cold air arrives early next week which could mean a couple days with sub-freezing high temperatures for the metro are

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

Time to check in with La Niña, and see what the latest status is and outlook as we move deeper into the new year. We often like to use a different metric than just the usual sea surface temperature anomaly map. The map below shows the difference between the current sea surface temperature anomaly and the global mean sea surface temperature anomaly. This metric actually gives one a better understanding of the strength of the current La Niña, as well as other "cold" and "warm" anomalies around

We hope everyone is staying warm! A quick post this afternoon to update you on the current cold spell and a mention of a quick chance for snow tonight into Monday morning. First, a quick look at snow totals from the last couple of days. Overall it looks like most locations managed at least the low-end of our snowfall forecast, but certainly some winners and loser from round one. DIA picked up 2.4" of snow, with the greatest totals hugging the hills west of I-25 and the Palmer Divide. Very co

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

It'll be night and day different around here by this weekend as we go from the sunny warmth to the deep-freeze and there'll be snowfall too...sounds like winter to me. First, we are likely headed to well below zero temperatures this weekend and early next week. Sure, some of the daytime highs may be record setting for how chilly they are but overall we are not looking at record low temperatures. Maybe I'll start there, a list of existing record cold temperatures for Denver: January 18th: -19°