In Brief:
Beautiful, smoke free, mostly dry weather is the rule for the weekend and the week - enjoy!
Forecast Discussion:
A line of thunderstorms gave us a quick dash of rain and some rumbles of thunder Friday. Longmont picked up an additional 1/10th of an inch of rain on average bringing us to a two-day storm total of about 2/3rds to 3/4ths of an inch around town (Figure 1 in the gallery). High pressure at the surface means nice weather will continue through the weekend (Figure 2). Aloft, we have the ridge out on the west coast and northwest flow keeping us cooled to near normal (Figure 3). This flow is serving another great function - it is blowing the Arizona wildfire smoke down into New Mexico and Texas (sorry down there). We are completely smoke and haze free for the next few days (Figure 4).
The Longer Range Forecast:
Northwest flow will keep temperatures very close to normal early in the week (even a touch below normal). Ripples in the upper level flow plus afternoon heating of the land and a bit of moisture will result in a daily small chance of garden variety thunderstorms Monday through Saturday. We see a short wave ridge heat us up on Thursday and a return of the main ridge next weekend (bringing back 90'sF). There will not be much weather-news this week
Summer Solstice!
Welcome to the start of astronomical summer at 3:43pm Saturday. The nights are shortest and the days longest for the year this weekend.
