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The longer range forecast:
As a giant nor'easter gathers itself on the East Coast, we are high and dry out west (Figure 1). I did want to check on smoke levels and some smoke has leaked across Colorado and into the Midwestern states (Figure 2). There is not 'too' much smoke in the air currently, though. Winds in California have relaxed with high pressure building in from the northwest.
The longer range forecast:
As of Saturday a.m., a low is deepening over northern Colorado and snow is picking up in Wyoming and starting to slip down into our state. The snowfall should fall mainly 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday (Figure 3).
Weather underground is still at 1-3" of snow.
Figure 4- the GFS -has us in the 1-2" of snow.
The NAM, Figure 5, has us around 2-3" of snow (but lower just east of downtown Longmont).
No matter what, it will be cold - below freezing for a day, again.
We'll see!
