A bit more chilly and unsettled weather to work through here to end the week and start the weekend with what looks like a decent chance for much of the northern Front Range and urban corridor to pick up a bit of snow and slush later today and overnight into Saturday. The greatest snowfall totals will favor higher terrain to the west of I-25 as you might expect. Here there is a Winter Weather Advisory issued which will go into effect at 6 pm this evening and expire at 9 am Saturday morning. Any

As of noon Monday, a slow-moving upper level low pressure was situated over central Utah. On the front side, we're beginning to see some surface low pressure develop as well. This storm is bringing a lot of wind with it this afternoon, along with some widespread fire danger. As the system pivots east tonight into Tuesday, there will be a quick shot at moisture. As of now, short and mid-range data seems to have a bit of disagreement as to how much moisture we'll be able to squeeze out... let's di

Had ourselves a big ol' windbag this weekend, huh!? It could have been a good one (snow maker) if we had this system to our south rather than north - parts of Wyoming had blizzard conditions just about the entire weekend. Regardless, I think we're all happy to kick most of those winds to the curb this week. We'll be under the influence of a weak area of low pressure to our south the next few days, leading to slightly below normal temps to start the work week, gradually warming into next weeken

The fire danger remains high across all of eastern Colorado this afternoon as gusty winds, warm temperatures, and low humidity levels remain primed into this evening. Here's a look at current fire risk across the CONUS: And multiple fires across the region, including the Vision Hills Fire northeast of Pueblo which as forced some evacuations this afternoon. > UPDATE: As 1:50 pm Approximately 25 homes have been asked to evacuate due to the Vision Hills Fire. Residents half mile north of 1945

We are tracking the next storm system that will bring rain, snow, and wind to the state by the weekend, but ahead of that... warm temperatures (and yes, high fire danger)! Denver finally hit the 70°F on Wednesday (71°F officially) marking the latest first 70°F day in over 40 years for the city. We should have little issue making it back above 70°F today and tomorrow before changes arrive Friday night into Saturday. Here is the latest hourly planner for the Denver area: While temperatures wi

Oh what a start to the year it's been across the region. Thanks to this month's monster snow , the Denver area is boasting a huge surplus for accumulated precipitation year to date. The city (DIA) has picked up 3.39" since January 1, which is more than double the 1.54" we see on average through March 27th, and and the second wettest start to th

A quick-moving but pretty juiced storm system will swing through the state Sunday and bring many weather conditions to the area as it does. First, a timeline. After another mild day today, look for highs to cool about 10°F on Sunday (or perhaps more, depending on the speed of the cold front) and then to dip considerably Sunday night behind the passage of an arctic front set to move through during the afternoon hours on Sunday. The timeline below for Denver shows pretty good precipitation pro

We're just hours away from the onset of a significant Colorado snowstorm set to bury the Front Range foothills in feet of snow, and possibly bringing upwards of 12" of snow to the Denver metro area. Impacts will be greatest at higher elevations west of Denver and Boulder and across the western Palmer Divide, but the cities are looking at a significant snow event as well, and travel from late tonight through Thursday will not be advised, and in all likelihood impossible in some locations as dee

Our biggest storm since the Pi Day Blizzard of March 14, 2021 looks to be on track to arrive Wednesday night into Thursday... and fittingly, Thursday is the 3-year anniversary of that storm. This storm looks to begin impacting us Wednesday afternoon, potentially lasting into Friday morning south of the Palmer Divide. Let's get right into the details of this thing! Snowfall and timing Wednesday 9AM - 3PM Should be a fine start to Wednesday mo

There's a system set to arrive in the metro areas overnight through Tuesday, meanwhile the mountains are cashing in on snow from that system Monday. Meanwhile, Denver hits the 60s with this wind Monday prior to see a downhill trend all day Tuesday. Starting with the hourly temperatures, you'll see that downhill slide all of Tuesday. Although Monday is warm, that wind has a bit of a bite to it. While temperatures cool off Tuesday, more of that wind chill will be a factor. I certainly hope fires

After a very active start to February, we've really toned things down. We are now starting to see the atmosphere charge up again ahead of our next storm system set to move through Monday and Tuesday. Ahead of it, wind and fire danger concerns take us through the rest of the weekend, and on the back half, mountain snow developing Monday night, leading to a chance at some front range snow by Tuesday morning. Red Flag Warnings Today (pink) and Fire Weather Watches for Sunday (tan)Above is the curr

Our mini-heatwave continues today as temperatures will again climb into the mid 60s along the Front Range ahead of a bit of change in the weather later today and for your Thursday. Temperatures on Tuesday were similarly warm across the region, with more than a handful of daily record highs being set across Colorado and the central plains states. This animation shows those locations that set records, or came close. For Denver, the high of 66°F on Tuesday was well shy of the record for the date

We continue to track the week-end storm, which will bring pockets of good accumulating snow to the northern mountain to kick off the weekend, and it looks increasingly like a few bands of snow will develop along the hills Friday evening – with perhaps a few communities along the urban corridor picking up a quick 1 to 3" of snow under those bands. Here's the hourly planner for the Denver area, you can see it's a relatively brief window Friday afternoon/evening for that snow to occur, but a fair

Back-to-back weekends in early February brought wintry weather to Colorado. Do we see any more on the way as we look forward? Our prospects don't look all that exciting, but the passage of a broken upper-level jet streak will provide the mountains with a chance of snow through this weekend, and might we manage a bit at lower elevations? Here is a look at the current basin-level snowpack, these are within a normal range but will decrease a bit with a calmer pattern for the next bit. What about

As we discussed last night , this system has had a few tricks up its sleeve. A snow band last night delivered the goods, and oh-how-close it was to finally delivering Fort Collins a boom! While Fort Collins did manage some accumulating snow as convective showers peeled off the hills, the main band setup just to the east of the city, extending from the northwest Denver suburbs up through G

We're tracking more accumulating snow for much of the state Friday and into the weekend as more wet weather moves our way to end the week and our unsettled pattern continues. For the urban corridor that means an uptick in snow chances Friday, then again Friday night and Saturday before odds drop off Saturday night. Temperatures will cool into the low 40s Friday, and hover around freezing on Saturday with that off and on snowfall. The forecast remains a bit messy, even as we could see some fo

A quick post this evening to share precipitation and snowfall totals from our storm yesterday. It was a wet one, really by any measure, but particularly for the first days of February. Denver International Airport picked up 5.5" of snow, we had forecast 2 - 6" for the city. The storm also delivered 0.76" of precipitation, which is nearly double the monthly average for the month of 0.41". Wow! AND DIA was some surprise (surprise) not all that representative of what we saw over the core of the c

We've been a bit quiet, but there hasn't been much to report on with regard to the upcoming system either. Most of what we outlined on Monday remains true, though the paths to a big time snow at lower elevations are certainly far fewer this morning vs what we were seeing in guidance a few days ago. But so it goes. The storm track has been relatively stabl

We've been talking about the early days of February for a couple of weeks now on Weather5280, and for Insiders we had an update on what we're watching for the month yesterday as well. From a forecasting perspective, things certainly look "interesting", while the uncertainty remains quite high as to how things will ultimately pan out. We'll get in the weeds a bit here, and then breakdo

Temperatures have warmed and the storm track has quieted after a pretty good stretch of winter over the first part of January across the region. Much of eastern Colorado is running from 8 - 12°F degrees below average through the first 20 days of the month. Last week's cold was impressive, and not just in our backyard but across much of the country as you can see below: We have also finally seen some meaningful snow across parts of the state, and after a dismal start to the new year for snowp

We've got another system swinging through the state today and Thursday which will bring more wintry weather to parts of the state. The northern and central mountains will see another 1 to 2 feet of snow by the time things wrap up on Thursday, in particular across the higher terrain of the Gore and Park Ranges. For lower elevations, snow with this system will be sparse – in fact, the latest HRRR (below) shows nothing along the urban corridor through Friday morning. Still, some snow showers may

A good chilly morning to you all! We hope everyone is somewhere warm and safe this holiday Monday, and enjoying a wintry weather day that may be reminding some of you of the good ol' days in Colorado. ☃️ Here's a look at current temperatures across the northern high plains this morning – Colorado almost looks warm compared to our neighbors to the north, but look at those single digit values all the way down into Oklahoma this morning. Brr! The snow and cold has been real with this impressive

Winter will make itself known across Colorado this weekend! Several cold fronts, plenty of arctic cold, lots of mountain snow and a shot at some Front Range snow as well. Winter lovers, this is your kind of weather coming up. The 5-day temperature anomaly shows us that this is cold isn't just going to be a quick in-and-out type of event. It's likely that parts of eastern Colorado see 3 consecutive days of near and below zero wind chills – potentially dangerous stuff if exposed too long. A W

I fully realize that in that title there are plenty of folks rolling their eyes a bit, especially if you live along the urban corridor north of Denver. What active pattern, amirite? Yesterday's snow was really not exception to the pattern we've seen over the last weeks – Denver and north hard-pressed to squeeze meaningful snow out of the system, with the Palmer doing pretty well, and happily more than 2 feet of snow for parts of our southern mountains over the last three days. We've seen som

It still looks like a wintry weather pattern over the next 10 days, kicking things off tomorrow with some snow across parts the state, and cooler temperatures for everyone along the Front Range. Here's the latest 10-day temperature outlook for Denver from the ECMWF model: As mentioned, a storm system will impact mainly southern portions of the state with snow on Thursday, another storm system flies through Friday evening, and another is possible Sunday night and Monday – but that one has been