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FXUS65 KBOU 042047
AFDBOU

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
147 PM MST WED MAR 4 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 109 PM MST WED MAR 4 2015

WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY IN THE BOUNDARY
LAYER COMBINED WITH UPSLOPE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS SOME CONVECTIVE
SNOW HAS FORMED OVER EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY. THESE
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS
SWITCH OVER TO A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION THIS EVENING. IN
ADDITION ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS UNTIL
LATER THIS EVENING. CEILINGS WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT ON THE PLAINS
BRINGING TEMPERATURES DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS. WITH DOWNSLOPING OFF
THE PALMER DIVIDE ALONG WITH WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS OFF THE
FOOTHILLS THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MOST REGIONS ON THE PLAINS TO STAY
FOG FREE. HOWEVER...SOUTHERN WELD WILL HAVE LIGHT WINDS AND
COMBINED WITH LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY COOLER AIR WILL BE ABLE TO POOL IN
LOW LYING AREAS BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME PATCHY FOG
FORMATION EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

FOR THURSDAY UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN MORE NORTHWESTERLY
BRINGING A DRIER AND WARMER FLOW TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL
REBOUND TO JUST BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 109 PM MST WED MAR 4 2015

ON THURSDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO DOMINATE
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES...WITH A LARGE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST. COLORADO LIES BETWEEN
THESE TWO SYSTEMS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT. THIS PATTERN WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS TO NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
A FEW HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES OVER
EASTERN COLORADO WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES ON FRIDAY AS
WARM AIR ADVECTION COMBINES WITH WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW. COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS OVER THE
WEEKEND...IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLE OF WEAK COOL FRONT MOVING ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ECMWF HAS A LARGE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION...WHILE
THE GFS HAS A MORE ZONAL FLOW. EITHER WAY IT LOOKS TO BE WARM AND
DRY....WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 IN DENVER BY WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 109 PM MST WED MAR 4 2015

VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE
SOUTHEAST BEFORE RETURNING TO DRAINAGE BY 02Z. CEILINGS WILL
SLOWLY LIFT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LOCALIZED AREAS
OF POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS. WARMER
DRAINAGE FLOW WILL HELP TO KEEP FOG OUT OF THE AIRPORT AS CEILINGS
SCATTER OUT OVERNIGHT.

&&

.BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...BOWEN
LONG TERM...KALINA
AVIATION...BOWEN