Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy New Year!

The frigid arctic air mass that has gripped the region since Thursday is finally pulling away. While we will not be returning to the mild 50s and 60s we had grown so accustomed to over the last months, sunshine and 40 should feel quite nice. Overall this week should be quite pleasant, with just a few backdoor fronts keeping our temperatures down a bit. Pick day of the week? Thursday, when highs could approach 50 degrees.

By Thursday night and Friday we start to see some model disagreement. The GEM shows a decent disturbance slicing across northeast Colorado which would give us much colder temperatures and a chance for snow, while the GFS and ECMWF keep this front more open and further north. For now will hedge towards the warmer/drier forecast, and wait to see if we can get some agreement over the next several days.

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