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Dry and warm weekend, mountain thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday, cool & wet on Wednesday (snow above 10,000ft.) into Thursday, uncertain after that. — Fall is taking hold across Colorado, with the leaves changing and some chillier weather making an appearance this past week. This weekend provides another reminder of summer, but despite the above-average temperatures and widespread sun, high temperatures in the mountains will be a bit lower than we tend to experience…

First real snow chances of the year tonight and Monday morning, weak system later in the week, otherwise dry and warm. — Hello everyone, we’re back to cover some exciting weather in the future. I [Thomas] spent the past week doing some alpine climbing and finishing the 14ers, and am just now seeing the buzz about our first winter-ish storm slated for tonight. A decent trough is getting into position over the…

Record heat into Saturday, isolated thunderstorm chances this weekend, less smoke, cold front on Tuesday, hot and dry to end next week. — Summary Record high temperatures today, hot into Saturday. Weak shortwave providing moisture and lift to bring isolated thunderstorm potential to northern Colorado on Saturday and Sunday. Smoke is mixing out, much less smoke by the weekend. Stronger cold front on Tuesday, better moisture, snow level could drop to 12,000ft., …

Dry, hot, and smoky. Isolated thunderstorm chances and less smoke this weekend. — Hello everyone. A summer-like pattern has firmly established itself across the western United States, with heat building under a strong subtropical high that is centered over the Intermountain West.

Drying, warming, and smokier trend through Labor Day. Thunderstorm potential along the Divide initially and in southern Colorado. — Hello everyone. Here’s a quick look at your Labor Day forecast from Friday to Monday. Right now a weak wave and residual moisture behind the remnants of Nora will keep things cooler and wetter into Friday.

Hurricane remnants, then a dryer, cooler (but warming) pattern into Labor Day weekend. Heavy smoke concerns by the start of next week, some monsoonal moisture in southern CO. — Hello everyone. Summer heat is continuing to hold on as we start this week, but changes are coming quick — and meteorological fall begins tomorrow! Summary Widespread light to moderate rain tomorrow with some heavier cells, focused on western Colorado earlier in the day but spreading east of the Divide by…

Isolated thunderstorms this weekend, heavier smoke returns, tropical storm impacts next week, cooler temperatures for Labor Day weekend. — Hello everyone. It’s been a busy week for us but we’re back to take a look at this weekend’s weather and some discussion about the long term forecast for the following holiday weekend. Summary Friday: Fairly dry, isolated weak thunderstorms across most of Colorado. Seasonally warm, 90s expected for the Front…

Cooler weekend, warmer and fairly dry next week, smoke concerns. — An exciting couple days of weather in Colorado, though perhaps you have a different way to describe it if your car got destroyed by one of the tornado-warned cells in the Denver metro area on Thursday. The system we’ve been forecasting for the past week is finally lifting out of…

More updates on our Wednesday to Thursday storm, severe weather, snow, weekend conditions, and smoke. — Hello! If you read our past article, we’re gearing up for a significant cooldown across Colorado and some heavy precipitation for parts of the state. We now have some better details on timings and impacts as the convection-allowing models are now in range. First, let’s break down the biggest storm…