 Welcome to the weather forecast for the week beginning Wednesday, April 11th, 2024 This is chief meteorologist John and is worth for the Longmont public media. We have on Monday First quarter moon the first phase after our clips. I did get to Texas and got Clouds cleared and we got a beautiful view. We had some serious, but That's my second eclipse after my life. See I get 2017 eclipse The next one is in 2045 and it actually goes across southern and central Colorado. So 21 years from now August 12th We have one some spot really notable facing the earth another one starting to rotate in looking at Drought conditions from last week to this we had drought relief up on the northwest corner Looking nationwide not much change as they've outlined some of this in long term, but that seems to be kind of transient Looking for smoke conditions. We have nothing in the west and things are not really wet We had a foot of rain fall round emeralds. We were driving back from the eclipse So even saw a couple brief tornado touchdowns to the after the road It was exciting the afternoon after the eclipse take a look at our quasi animation Of snowpack that kind of lingered below until recent storms and here we are Just about at the peak of the season. So I think it's about this time that ski resorts Started announcing when they're gonna close because they kind of know how fast this is gonna go But the snowpack up there is really good. So we should see some staying open longer For precipitation we did get some mountain rains and some up the northeast Urban corridor kind of got nothing with sprinkles Looking at severe weather chances The climatology says a little bit of severe weather can be expected out on the eastern plains This time so it's gonna keep it expanding until we have that right here Look at the actual severe weather the remains of all the severe weather and that impulses down here in Florida the Gulf Coast and it goes up the east coast and then for Friday a Little bit of chance of convection in a couple spots, but nothing around here looking locally or dry dry and dry Those are the wrong days. So that was Wednesday Thursday Friday a normal temperature going from 60 to 63 normal low 32 to 35 Really are entering spring we can still get a good shot of snow and some cold weather, but it doesn't linger well anymore So it's here and gone and melting In the short term very dry and then a lot of unsettled weather next week with cooler temperatures So take a look at that in a moment lots moisture in the west. There's a subtropical plume way out there looking at Highlights so next Tuesday, so yeah, well not quite a week, but We have a upper level low carving into the State and we have looks like temperatures too warm for low-lying snow just some mountain snows Then Wednesday another impulse comes pushing as that one heads out and that does bring more cold air with it We might see some snow if not here very close to the urban corridor And then next Saturday so week and a half from now We have this kind of zonal flow looking thing and pretty good period of upslope. So let's take a look at that in the animations So there goes the low it's cringes of your weather on the east giant hot ridge. We're really going to be warm Through the weekend here comes this cutoff low rotating around and then Monday across this the state and this next lobe starts to bring itself down a Little further north this time and then way out next weekend Comes a little ripple coming through is this trough Hangs out out there also forming a cutoff low that in the long-term will probably affect us We have cool air now. It's a little cold front comes yesterday and some light showers and then real heat in the west All the way through the weekend and it pulls out on the planes and the colder air starts coming in Monday Tuesday and that Sweeps down giving us maybe our snow chances, but the real front doesn't come down to a Thursday Look how sharp that is and how extremely cold that is. So yeah, we're not done with feeling cold But it just stays on the east side of the Rockies Dense cold shallow air. You can see just keeps getting reinforced and like that So see what happens moisture-wise again. This is Interesting tool to look at it matters a lot in the summer looking for thunderstorms But you can see we'll get some cloudiness over the weekend. It comes that next low It comes the deep tropical moisture It kind of surges up on the planes and wraps are on the low other Bit of abnormally high perceptible water behind that And that's good for that interesting to watch the dew points here watch the Higher dew points in the 30s and 40s. They keep trying to sneak into the state Drive through the weekend and on Monday that loaf orms And it wraps down from the north continues to Get pushed up into The planes until the super cold front comes through So let's take a look at what this looks like in the surface precipitation Again very dry through the weekend real rain showers look like in the mountains nothing big Temperatures are quite warm. So you're gonna see some melting happening See the snow pit take a little dip Okay, and then this low forms and get mountain snows and storms and rain on the planes Here comes the snow with the second low and it looks like a rain snow mix at the lower elevation Pretty heavy snow and here comes this long period of upslope that seems to Create snow and rain, but just keeps going Throughout the end of the weekend into the following weekend So over the next five days not much happening rain or snow the next 10 days This is significant water again in the mountains and significant snow another 10 inches plus in a lot of places so we have 60 70s and then possibly 80 on the weekends Well, this could be your first 80 since the last year and then we cool down with rain chances returning Monday and Tuesday So check out long mile leader for frequent weather updates and local news This has been chief me orders China is worth urging you to keep looking up