Severe Drought

That's right, it has been a long long time since I last blogged. A slow summer, slow readership, and summer weather so boring you could cut it with a knife has kept me away from here for awhile.

All that said, the seasons will soon be changing, and with a renewed interest over the last weeks by many of my longtime readers, I thought I would break out the old pen and ink and talk a little weather.

After an extended period of scorching mid-90s, the National Weather Service's extended forecast shows temps peaking in the mid to upper 80s over the next week or so which will be much welcomed by many. Sunday (tomorrow) will be even cooler with highs in the 70s and overnight lows dipping into the 50s. That is not to say we have cleared any threat of extended heat waves (we will likely see upper 90s many more times before winter), but with September just around the corner, it's never too early to start talking snow!

Up next: La Nina makes a return, and early forecasts for the coming winter.

Warmer weather on the way

A beautiful Sunday will be followed by more warm Spring weather Monday. By midweek showers and cooler weather will be back in the forecast, but it shouldn't be the snowy system that most of us saw last week. The unsettled weather will be short-lived as by Friday temps could reach 80 degrees for the first time this year!

Heaviest snow should stay north

The storm track has been trending ever more favorable for Denver over the last day, meaning the low is expected to track a bit further north than once feared which should spare Denver the heavy, damaging snow. Some uncertainty does remain, however, so we are not in the clear quite yet. Even with the more northerly track we will likely see rain mixed with snow tonight and will even see a chance at some accumulation. The foothills and northern mountains on the other hand can brace themselves for 12 to 30 inches of snow.

I'll let you know if anything significant chance in the next hours! Stay warm (and dry)!

Springtime in the Rockies

Well folks, hope you enjoyed a beautiful Mother's Day today as our summer sneak-peak appears to be short-lived. Some pretty wild forecasts are getting thrown around for an approaching storm system due in midweek. Many foothill locations (Castle Rock, Genesee, Evergreen) have already been placed under a winter storm watch where upwards of 18 inches of snow is expected. For Denver, the forecast remains very uncertain. We can all hope that temperatures will stay warm enough Tuesday night keep us as all rain, but the potential exists for rain to turn to snow and for the city to see a wet whopping of snow.

There are about seven months a year that I would be SUPER pumped right about now. May is not one of them. In the last week trees have leafed like "woah" --- and the potential for a heavy, wet snow means we should brace for quite some damage. With that, break out the shovels and the brooms... and hope for rain!

Snow in May not as cool as snow in December

Unfortunately, weather happens with little regard to how we feel about it. After summer-like conditions today (highs broke 80 degrees in many locations) we are in for a reality check tomorrow. The cold, wet weather - which is not all that uncommon for Denver this time of year - is returning with a punch, dropping highs nearly 30 degrees Thursday from where we were today. Scattered rain and rain/snow mixes are in the forecast nearly every day through the weekend. While lows may drop into the 30s several nights in row, we likely wont be seeing any blizzards here in town... it'll be just cool and wet enough to make things uncomfortable at times.

Not an awesome forecast for all my faithful readers who will likely be attending a moving party Friday and Saturday and then the event-of-the-year Saturday with the Oblio's Arrow CD release at the Larimer Lounge. High Saturday are forecast to be in the low 50s with drizzle. Ugh.

Rain and snow back in the forecast, briefly

Rain and snow showers have been developing all afternoon, and that trend will likely continue through the night. The going forecast calls for a 90% chance of rain/snow tonight with lows dipping into the lower 30s. This system will be short lived with sunny skies back in the forecast tomorrow. By mid week we could be approaching the upper 70s!