Date: 04/02/2015

A large Pacific trough is situated over southern Canada and Montana, steering a shortwave across Nevada this morning. This will advance a front across our mountains this afternoon/evening, bringing a couple of inches of snow, gusty winds, and colder temperatures. Unsettled showers linger tomorrow before a weak ridge returns for the weekend, with clear skies and rebounding temperatures.

Date: 04/01/2015

Unsettled weather is on tap for the next few days, but we aren’t looking at any significant snow producers. A large trough is making landfall over the Pacific Northwest and will lift across the Northern Rockies and Canada over the next few days, sending a series of shortwaves our direction. The first is a weak front which appears to fizzle in northern Colorado this afternoon, bringing increased winds and not much in the way of precipitation. A stronger front moves through on Thursday. It has improved dynamics, but is still working off of limited moisture, so we should see only light snowfall at best. The weekend weather looks favorable for costumes and slush huck conditions.

Date: 03/31/2015

In like a lion and out like a lamb, March wraps up with another unusually warm one as the high pressure ridge crosses Colorado today. Alpine winds will pick up this afternoon, as well as some convective clouds. A progressive storm track is developing over the Northern Rockies, and we will be on the fringe of its influences of the rest of the week. A cool front stalls over northern Colorado tomorrow, bringing a small chance for isolated afternoon showers. On Wednesday night, a stronger cold front pushes across our zone, but moisture is lacking and we’ll be lucky to see a few inches of snow.

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In like a lion and out like a lamb, March wraps up with another unusually warm one as the high pressure ridge crosses Colorado today. Alpine winds will pick up this afternoon, as well as some convective clouds. A progressive storm track is developing over the Northern Rockies, and we will be on the fringe of its influences of the rest of the week. A cool front stalls over northern Colorado tomorrow, bringing a small chance for a few showers. On Wednesday night, a stronger cold front pushes across our zone, but moisture is lacking and we’ll be lucky to see a few inches of snow.

Date: 03/30/2015

Another day of unseasonable warm weather is on tap as the stubborn ridge of high pressure remains amplified over the western United States. Convective clouds may increase this afternoon, but no precipitation is expected. Tomorrow looks to be the warmest and windiest day of the week, before a series of weak cold fronts cut across the Colorado Rockies, bringing a chance of rain and snow, with the unfortunate potential of blowing in red desert dust…

Date: 03/29/2015

Clouds moved in overnight, and acted like a blanket over our area, insulating the warm temperatures from yesterday and preventing freezing temperatures below 12,000ft. This morning those clouds will lift, creating sunny skies and very warm temperatures. The week ahead looks very spring-like, and record high temperatures look possible almost everyday of the work week.

Date: 03/28/2015

We have another mild day on tap, with mostly sunny skies and above average high temperatures. A cold front will be moving over our area this evening bringing gusty frontal winds and increased clouds. There is a small chance of a few snow showers but they would be very light and spotty in distribution. Our weather remains dry heading into next week with more above normal temperatures. There are a few hiccups in this dry flow next week but forecast models are not finding good agreement on what will happen yet. Thursday and Friday next week looks like the best chance for a bigger change in weather but we’ll have to wait for more details on that.

Date: 03/27/2015

A high pressure ridge over the great basin will keep mild spring weather in our area through Saturday. This ridge will see some flatting as a trough races through on Saturday night. This trough will likely only bring increased clouds and stronger winds to our area with a very low chance of precipitation. A few snow showers during this time are more likely in Northern Colorado. If winds will be picking up much, we’ll have that info in our forecast discussion tomorrow morning, as I’m sure the Grand Traverse Racers are debating what layers to ski in tomorrow. At this point, I would guess you’ll be dealing with a low temperature in the low 20’s for Saturday night’s race. Our next chance for a weather pattern change will be around Tuesday night as a cold front pushes through our area.

Date: 03/26/2015

Your probably tired of reading about a dry ridge over the western U.S. Unfortunately that will be the case again as another ridge is building today bringing us back to dry weather and a warming trend into the weekend. At least the spring breakers will be exited! Cold low temperatures from last night will rebound today under mostly clear skies. A small shortwave may flatten the high pressure ridge on Saturday with increased winds and clouds but any possible perspiration loots to be very light at this time. Models don’t have a handle on next week yet so we’ll just have to focus on the short term weather.

Date: 03/25/2015

A passing cold front is bringing increased snowfall before sunrise this morning. This snowfall will decrease behind the front and become more scattered today. By this evening we should see clearing skies that will lead to a cold low temperature tonight. There may be some clouds building on Thursday, but otherwise we’ll be back in a drying trend through the weekend under another high pressure ridge.