Date: 12/03/2015

We have a warm day in store, with mountain temperatures rising near and above freezing over eroding valley inversions. The axis of high pressure shifts to our east today, issuing in southwest flow ahead of the next system. A Pacific trough moves on shore tonight, but quickly loses its mojo by the time it arrives over Colorado on Friday night. Its looking like snow flurries at best to kick off the weekend.

Date: 12/02/2015

We are stuck under high pressure for the remainder of the work week, with a gradual warming trend, light winds, and mostly clear skies. There is enough moisture spilling in for high cloud formation this evening. The pattern changes on Saturday as a weak Pacific trough passes over Colorado on Saturday.

Date: 12/01/2015

After a final wave of snowfall worked its way through the Elk Mountains overnight, clouds will continue to clear out of the higher elevations, and winds will subside as high pressure moves overhead. Cold valley inversions will strengthen for the rest of the work week. An unimpressive disturbance toward the weekend may temporarily scour inversions and drop a few inches but nothing to fake a cough for…

Date: 11/30/2015

Our latest storm is just like the broncos. It just won’t quit. Or maybe its like a Broncos fan leaving the bar? This same wobbling low pressure system has been creating unsettled weather since last Thursday. Come this afternoon, it gets the boot into the upper Midwest. This exiting low pressure system will swing the winds to the northwest for one last shot of orogrpahics and cold air advection to wring the atmosphere over our high peaks from Kebler to Schofield passes for another few inches. Look for gusty winds near and above treelike to blow the new low density snow around, and bundle up. Windchills could be bitter.

Date: 11/29/2015

With the center of this low pressure centered over Evanston, WY, we will see continued southwest winds across the Elk Mountains, which tends not to be our prime orographic snow producing direction. Although southwest flow is not ideal, this low pressure has a -30ºC cold core, which will bring some enhanced snowfall in the form of cold air advection over the higher terrain through most of the day with a stronger pulse of snowfall this morning, before exiting our region this evening. High pressure moves in for most the work week before another evolving storm rattles into our area around Friday or Saturday.

Date: 11/28/2015

The cut-off low continues to hover over Utah, spinning weak energy and a chance for light snowfall into the Elk Mountains today. The system finally looks to exit towards the Great Plains on Sunday night, with increased snowfall into Monday. The rest of the week looks dry.

Date: 11/27/2015

A closed low pressure system bobbling around to our West will continue to keep our area under southwest flow. This system lacks deep moisture, but enough moisture at the surface should allow a few scattered snowfall showers to pass through. Some enhanced lift will spin around the low pressure and pass up through Western Colorado later this afternoon and this evening. If the Central Mountains get a piece of this Vorticity, we’ll hopefully see some enhanced snowfall and pick up a couple inches of snow. For the weekend we’re likely to only see a few more light snow showers but the track of this closed low could still vary slightly and change that outcome. Moving into next week a ridge starts to build over the Western US and we’ll see dry weather move in.