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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 7 years ago August 22, 2016

Pictures from being above the clouds last weekend

 

Looking back over the weekend

The weather this weekend was perfect for just about any outside activity, including getting above the clouds on Saturday morning.

In the wake of Friday’s cold front, a layer of stratus clouds snuggled up against the eastern mountains. If you were fortunate enough to be in the right spot on Saturday morning, it was a quite a sight.

 

Source: Billy Edwards

 

Source: Pikes Peak Webcam

 

The upcoming week

Expect the typical weather for mid-to-late August, which means the risk of a midday and afternoon thunderstorm over the mountains every day of the week.

There could be some drying mid-week as a cold front pushes through, but the drying isn’t certain in the models.

Along the front range, we’ll see another cold front move through, and temperatures on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday should hang out in the 70s. It’ll feel awesome to be outside, especially after the relatively consistent 90-degree temperatures we’ve experienced since June (except for the cool down last weekend).

Along with this cold front, there may be another deck of stratus clouds hugging the front range mountains on Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday morning, so you might be able to get above the clouds once again. I have low confidence in this cloud forecast, though, and will update if my confidence improves.

 

Next weekend

I wish I could say that drier air would return and the chance of showers would go away, but that doesn’t look like a high probability forecast. Instead, expect midday and afternoon showers to continue.

 

Next week

Both the American GFS and European model agree that we’ll see drier air during much of next week, so there may be few or no afternoon showers over the mountains. Forecasts for thunderstorm activity beyond a few days aren’t super accurate, so take next week’s dry forecast with a grain of salt, and stay tuned.

 

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Thanks for reading!
JOEL GRATZ

 

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About Our Forecaster

Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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