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In Brief:
Moisture diminishes a bit as a strong ridge dominates the weather through Tuesday AM. We will see upper 90'sF until moisture returns Tuesday PM and temperatures drop about 10F.
Forecast Discussion:
The wind flow across the nation is bringing us air flow and moisture from the west/Pacific (Figure 1). With a ridge growing over the southern U.S. and Colorado (Figure 3) - we dry out and get quite hot Sunday-Tuesday (Figure 2).
The Longer Range Forecast:
In the more distant future, the ridge will weaken, a trough takes a bite out of it by Tuesday so we see moisture return - storm chances return as well for a bit. It is going to get quiet after the Saturday clouds, winds, and showers move on.
