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Forecast Discussion:
The melt is already underway. We climbed to the mid 40's in Longmont on Wednesday after waking up to about 1/2" more snow across the town (Figure 1). The total snow depth with compression and some melting (from below) was about 3" Wednesday morning.
Today (Thursday) - a 'back door' cold front - or cold front coming from the northeast - will keep us only in the mid to upper 40's for a high today (Figure 2). We could be warmer except for the dry front with a ridge overhead today (Figure 3 blue line). There is quite a jet stream flow heading towards and north of our state (pink arrow). But things are dry and warming.
The longer range forecast:
Things are still quiet and semi-warm in the 7-10 day forecast. As an example, Figure 4 is the upper air pattern for Sunday night, and there is a ridge overhead again. The fast flowing jet even retreats to the west. Enjoy the mildness!
