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Forecast Discussion:
The winds blew and temperatures climbed Wednesday to 61F (by the time I wrote this). But here comes our cold front Thursday morning. Even though the front comes through this morning, it won't be until later tonight that flurries may fall around Colorado (Figure 1).
The longer range forecast:
Tomorrow morning, there will be clouds, freezing temperatures and some amounts of snow falling out on the Plains (Figure 2). The mountains continue to have periods of snow almost every day.
The GFS paints Longmont in the 0.1 to 1 inch snow area by Saturday AM (though it ends Friday AM) [Figure 3].
Figure 4 is the WPC 50th percentile take, and it gives us about 1 inch of snow.
Figures 5 and 6 are the upper air pattern for Monday and Tuesday next week. A big trough dominates the West bringing in cold Arctic air and and increasing snow chances. One model has 3-5" of snow for Longmont. We'll see!
