The big weather story around here will be the continuation of our recent warm and dry weather pattern for the next few days with afternoon highs well up in the 60’s. It does turn colder by the weekend, but temperatures will still be in the moderate zone with highs on Saturday and Sunday near the 50-degree mark.
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The big story today will be another round of very strong down sloping winds which can gust to 50 mph in the metro region and foothills. It will be warm today with afternoon highs near the 70-degree mark and then cooler on Saturday and Sunday. The overall pattern going forward looks warmer-than-normal across the central US and Rocky Mountain States with sustained above-normal temperatures.
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The big story today will be the very strong downsloping winds which can gust into the 50-60 mph range in the metro region and even higher than that near the base of the foothills. It will be cooler on Thursday and not as windy following the late-night passage of a frontal system that can produce some rain and/or snow shower activity.
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Mild and dry weather will continue for another with afternoon highs in the 60’s to go along with some sunshine. It remains on the mild side into the mid-week with the 60’s likely again for highs on Wednesday afternoon and then chillier air pushes into the area late Wednesday night and Thursday.
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An unseasonably mild and dry day to start the new work week with afternoon highs in the 60’s to go along with some sunshine. It remains on the mild side into the mid-week with the 60’s likely again for highs on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
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The next several days will feature multiple “clipper” low pressure systems across the northern US which are typically rather quick movers from northwest-to-southeast. One such system will track well to the north and west of the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor later today bringing windy and slightly milder conditions to the I-95 corridor along with the threat of a few rain showers. A second “clipper” system will push towards the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday from the Ohio Valley. While this system may begin to weaken upon its approach, it can still produce some snow on Friday in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region including the DC metro and parts of Virginia (a hot spot so far this winter season for snowfall).
Over the weekend, yet another “clipper” system will push east-southeast towards the Mid-Atlantic region from the Ohio Valley, and this one will feature some strong support in the upper atmosphere with a vigorous jet streak. As a result, this is the most impressive to me of all of these “clipper” systems with the highest potential of producing accumulating snow in the Mid-Atlantic region (late Saturday into early Sunday). One final note, the Arctic blast that reaches the north-central US by early this weekend and then the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US by early next week will feature some of the coldest air yet in this relentless cold weather pattern that began around Thanksgiving Day. Temperatures can drop to twenty degrees below zero by Sunday morning across a wide portion of the Upper Midwest from Minnesota-to-Iowa-to-Wisconsin.
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Winds were very strong on Tuesday and they’ll continue gusty here at mid-week from a west-southwest direction. In fact, there can be damaging winds from the overnight hours into the early part of the day on Thursday with a powerful upper-level jet streak in the vicinity.
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An extreme wind event is in store for the foothills and east-facing mountains today with gusts past 55 mph or so. In fact, the ingredients are there for even higher wind gusts in some spots that can reach hurricane-force levels. Locally strong winds will likely spread into the wind-favored lower elevations later today as well. Another high wind event is in the offing for late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning along the Front Range mountains.
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The work week starts with nearly seasonal temperatures both today and tomorrow and the breeze will be quite noticeable. A low pressure system can produce some snow and rain around here at mid-week and the noticeable winds will continue.
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After yesterday’s snowfall, it’ll become partly sunny today and milder weather is on the way for the upcoming weekend. High temperatures later today in the 30’s will be replaced by the 40’s by Saturday and the lower 50’s are likely early next week.
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