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<br />National Weather Service - Boulder <br />Short term weather forecast for the Colorado Water Availability Task Force <br /> <br />January 21.2004 <br /> <br />Synopsis <br /> <br />The recent pattern with a ridge in the western U.S. and a Hudson Bay low has allowed the <br />bulk of the arctic air to slide southeast and slam into the Great Lakes and New England. We <br />have only seen the fringes of the arctic airmass here in Colorado. The ridge of high pressure in <br />the west has dampcned upper troughs, minimizing their impact on Colorado, or shoved them <br />well north of the state in December and more recently, south of the state. <br /> <br />There are some indications of a change in the pattern. The upper ridge is forecast to <br />break down with general troughing over the central U.S, developing next weck. A scries of cold <br />fronts is expected to drop into Colorado next week. A series of weak troughs will keep a better <br />chance of snow in the mountains for much of next week. <br /> <br />Forecast <br /> <br />This week: A few snow showers southern mountains today...areas of fog tonight Dryer <br />and warmer the rest of the week. <br /> <br />Next week: Cooler and unsettled. A good chance of mountain snows, with a slight <br />chance of snow on the eastern plains. <br /> <br />The Climate Prediction Ccnter's 8-14 day outlook suggests the trend continues with a <br />forecaSl for above normal probabilities for precipitation and below normal <br />temperatures in the January 28'h - February 3" period <br /> <br /><;{ov.(-. fPlj...... <br /> <br />1'1.1 <br />