We’ve been out east for quite some time, so to conclude January, we are going to the Front Range to see what is going on in the Mountain Time Zone.
At 1254PM, MT, Colorado Springs was reporting a temperature of 47 degrees with clear skies. Flow was scattered throughout the region, but upsloping a bit near Colorado Springs, making it the cold spot in the area. The pattern right now is rather outsized, with a deep area of low pressure in the mid-Atlantic, and another large feature moving into the Pacific Northwest. Expect some dampening to the pattern over the weekend, however.
The feature in the northwest will start pressing into the northern Rockies, putting eastern Colorado into a warm sector, though more upsloping may prevent Colorado Springs from getting as warm as the atmosphere would otherwise allow. By Sunday, a westerly flow will arrive, thanks to jet support flattening out. Warm air already in place will remain in southeastern Colorado, while precipitation will be stowed in Big Sky Country, leaving Colorado Springs a nice weekend.
Tomorrow – Mostly cloudy, High 51, Low 28
Sunday – Partly cloudy, High 57, Low 30
TWC: Tomorrow – Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 55, Low 35
Tomorrow – Partly cloudy skies. High 60, Low 36
AW: Tomorrow – Mild with times of clouds and sun High 61, Low 33
Sunday – Mild with sun through high clouds High 66, Low 38
NWS: Tomorrow – Partly sunny, High 55, Low 28
Sunday – Mostly sunny, High 58, Low 33
WB: Tomorrow – Partly sunny, High 49, Low 26
Sunday – Partly sunny, High 57, Low 31
WN: tomorrow – Partly cloudy, High 55, Low 28
Sunday – Partly cloudy, High 57, Low 36
CLI: Tomorrow – Mostly cloudy, High 54, Low 31
Sunday – Partly cloudy, High 60, Low 36
Man, temperatures are all over the map, aren’t they? I’m feeling a little bit uneasy about going any higher tomorrow, but temperatures today are having such a tough time getting any warmer, so I’m going to live with it. Here is the satellite, with some low clouds north of the Palmer Divide, and some higher stuff back in the western Colorado Rockies.
