Date: 12/06/2017
It’s pretty simple. Cool, and dry for the foreseeable future. This afternoon and through tomorrow, we’ll see a few clouds and an increase in winds as a small arctic blip strafes over the Front Range.
Bottom line, our deflector shield of high pressure parked over the Pacific coast remains operational. This anomalous ridge on the left coast coupled with a deep digging trough of low pressure over the Midwest will keep the north flow pouring down on the Rockies and Crested Butte today, and tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after…
Have you ever seen Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream? Well that’s what the atmosphere over the Pacific looks like right now.
Today
High Temperature: 15
Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, gusting 30, Northwest
Sky Cover: Mostly Clear
Irwin Snow: 0
Elkton Snow: 0
Friend’s Hut Snow: 0
Tonight
Low Temperature: -5
Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, gusting 30, North
Sky Cover: Increasing clouds
Irwin Snow: 0
Elkton Snow: 0
Friend’s Hut Snow: 0
Tomorrow
High Temperature: 12
Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, gusting to 40, North
Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
Irwin Snow: 0
Elkton Snow: 0
Friend’s Hut Snow: 0