Date: 01/24/2015

High pressure continues to strengthen its stranglehold on the central Rockies, and does not look to loosen its grip for the foreseeable future. A few disturbances may wiggle around the ridge, but should not produce much more than increased cloudiness for our area mountains. Winds and temperatures should remain fairly constant over the next several days. Light winds, cold nighttime temperatures and more mild days, especially above those valley inversions.

Date: 01/23/2015

Valley inversions will strengthen with the high pressure building over the west coast today through the foreseeable future. Some weak shortwaves look to potentially begin to try and sneak over the ridge every few days bringing a flurry and increasing cloudiness, but overall, no significant storms within sight…enjoy the sun and work on those early spring goggle tans…

Date: 01/22/2015

Most weather stations around the zone are showing sub zero temperatures this morning. An upper high pressure ridge expands over our region today as a closed low works across New Mexico, making for a sunny and stable day. A weak shortwave fights through the ridge on Friday, but doesn’t hold much potential for precipitation. A blocking pattern sets up through the weekend, with dry weather and a few waves bringing increased cloudiness under a warming trend.

Date: 01/21/2015

Mostly dry conditions prevail as a wet air mass misses us as it moves through Arizona, while a cold disturbance passes to our northeast before converging on the southern disturbance over New Mexico. Enough moisture could ride up north for a few flurries this afternoon. Cold, dry northerly flow will fill in behind these systems by Thursday, and high pressure along the west coast will keep our mountains out of the storm track into next week.

Date: 01/20/2015

We’ll see partially clearing skies today in the wake of the shortwave trough that passed overhead last night, bringing a much welcomed refresh to our snow surface. Lingering orographic snowfall should burn off around sunrise. A deepening Pacific trough will drop to our southwest on Wednesday morning, and an arctic air mass moves in from the north. We’ll have to exchange our flip-flops for down jackets, with more typical January temperatures returning to the valley and a chance for an inch or two of snow before things dry out through the rest of the work week.

Date: 01/19/2015

Colorado seems to be getting the stiff arm in this week’s weather pattern. The jet stream is helping to keep the storm track north of Colorado and is favoring the Northwest, ID and WY. So we’re currently looking to have a mostly dry week ahead. Us forecasters will be working hard to think of witty comments to keep everyone entertained this week. This afternoon and evening could be the exception to the outlook. A weather system will clip Northern Colorado during this time and we may see some light snowfall.

Date: 01/18/2015

Unfortunately not a lot to be exited about in today’s weather. The jet stream is to our north and helping to keep us in a high pressure ridge. We’ll see some high thin clouds today and otherwise similar dry weather. If everyone in town does the snow dance we may see a sprinkling of orographic snow in our western mountains on Monday. Midweek forecast models are yet to come into agreement about a potential low pressure trough that could help change our current dry weather pattern.

Date: 01/17/2015

The quick disturbance overnight broke the stubborn valley inversions, and brought a skiff of snow to the area. Today we will see clearing skies, and that west wind continue to blow at higher elevations. Looking ahead, the models continue to disagree what the next week will hold. One model says high and dry, the other says moist and unsettled. Time will tell as we get closer, and these models eventually come into agreement.

Date: 01/16/2015

Cold nights and mild days will continue into the weekend. Increasing clouds and a slight chance of flurries from a weak shortwave disturbance passing to our north tonight, may provide some clouds and mixing to minimize frigid valley temperatures, but in general, cold nights, warm days, light winds and sunny skies will prevail until next week.

Date: 01/15/2015

Another beautiful day is in store, with mild mountain temperatures, light winds, and plenty of sunshine the product of strengthening high pressure. Grab your powder tool of choice and climb above the inversions. We’re sitting at -12F in town this morning, but mountain temps should reach the 30’s today. High clouds will start to move in tomorrow ahead of a weak shortwave dropping in from the Northwest, which shows up Friday night into Saturday. Snow accumulations look to be a few inches at best.