Summary:

Sunny and dry for the rest of the week. Perhaps a few showers around this weekend and early next week. We will likely need to wait until the end of the month to see another significant storm.

Details:

Monday was a chilly day with snow on the peaks and mostly sunny skies (except for some lingering clouds along the divide).

This morning is gorgeous without a cloud over Colorado. Visibility from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs is over 60 miles as you can clearly see the snow-capped peaks of the Sangre de Cristo range to the southwest.

^{Source: Pikes Peak Cam at http://parks.coloradosprings.gov/pikespeak}

Look for dry and sunny weather today on Tuesday.

Wednesday afternoon will be breezy for the mountains and temperatures near Denver could top 80 degrees.

Thursday and Friday should be dry as well.

The snowmaking outlook for the rest of the week is marginal. After a good night on Monday night with temperatures in the low 20s and relatively low humidity, overnight low temperatures for the rest of the week will just barely get into the lower 30s or upper 20s.

This weekend and into early next week, we'll see more moisture but the most that will happen will be a few scattered showers.

The weather pattern likely will not get interesting until at least 10 days from now. It's then that the storminess over the Pacific Ocean might finally push east into the United States. If and when this happens, the models are hinting that any storms would be cut-off from the main flow, and these cut-off storms usually move slowly, erratically, and can produce heavy precipitation but over a smaller area. We'll see what happens.

^{Source: Weatherbell.com}

I'll keep my eye on the long-range forecast as well as any chances for scattered showers before then. Otherwise, enjoy your biking, running, and hiking!

JOEL GRATZ