There will be a RED FLAG Warning in effect for the Front Range and Palmer Divide Wednesday afternoon. The warning will be from Noon to 8 PM MDT.

Southwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with a few gusts in the 25 to 30 mph range will develop along the I-25 corridor and across the Palmer Divide Wednesday afternoon. In addition relative humidity will drop to 8 to 15 percent. The combination of gusty winds, low humidity and dry fine fuels will create critical fire conditions Wednesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Red Flag Warning…Which is in effect from 2 pm Tues. afternoon until 8 pm MDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

An upper level ridge moving across the Central Rockies combined with an increasing flow aloft will bring low  humidities and gusty winds to the area from mid afternoon into the early evening hours. Relative humidities will fall to 5 to12 percent Tues. afternoon and Southwest winds will increase to 10 to 20 MPH with a few gusts possibly up to 25 MPH mainly after 3 PM. The combination of the low humidities…gusty winds and dry fuels will cause critical fire weathr conditions.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

The National Weather Service In Denver Has Issued A Fire Weather Watch…Which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

An upper level ridge moving across the Central Rockies combined with an increasing flow aloft will bring low humidity’s and gusty winds to the area Tuesday. Relative humidity’s will fall to 5 to12 percent Tuesday afternoon and Southwest winds will increase to 10 to 20 mph with gusts possibly up to 30 mph. The combination of the low humidity’s… gusty winds and dry fuels will cause critical fire weather conditions.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

Tonight mostly clear skies, with a low temperature around 45. West wind between 9 and 13mph. Tuesday mostly sunny with a high near 78. Light wind becoming west Southwest between 14 and 17 mph. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Tuesday night partly cloudy  with a low around 45, winds out of the Southwest between 8 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Wednesday mostly sunny, with high around 75 and winds out of the West southwest  between 9 and 14 mph. Wednesday night, here we go again a 60 percent chance of precipitation before 4am, with NNW winds of 8 to 11 mph. Thursday Rain and snow likely, mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Thursday night mostly cloudy, with a low 31 and a 30 percent chance of precipitation. Makes you wonder if the National Weater Service has been able to recycle their forecasts. The rest of the week is still a little uncertain but at this point it does look like a bit improved over last week.

While large parts of the Mid-West are still trying to dry out from the abundant moisture they have received this spring, many Southeastern states continue to hope and pray for relief from the drought. Over the past two weeks the Southeastern states have received little or no precipitation and conditions deteriorated in parts of every state from Louisiana to South Carolina. An exception to this was an area of heavy rainfall from eastern North Carolina to south-central Pennsylvania during the last two days of the period that resulted in one-category improvement across a large part of three states. Some rain fell in the most desperate of the drought areas Saturday,Sunday and into Monday, but it will be days before the effect this will have on the drought can be determined.

In an continuing effort to give you the most accurate and timely weather conditions we can, We are pleased to announce that we put a new Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station in service Saturday afternoon. That means that the current weather conditions on Arvadawx are updated every 2 1/2 seconds, and the accuracy is also improved. You may not notice a difference unless you set and watch the wind speed which updates much quicker and the new rain gauge will measure each 0.01 of an inch instead of 0.04 of an inch. We use a number of sensors independent of the weather station to insure that the readings we recieve from the Pro2 are as accurate as possible, this is a measure we used with our Oregon Scientific WMR968 weather station as well. The Oregon Scientific WMR968 has served us well for a number of years and will serve as a backup for now, but we felt is was time to upgrade in order to give you the best results we could with out having the budget that NWS or the TV stations work with.  To say we are excited about this new addition would be an understatement.

The variety of unsettled weather from sunny, windy, chilly and even snow showers will move on and leave us with a very pleasant day Sunday the 27 th.  Sunny, with a high in the mid 60’s and single digit wind out of the NNW will give you an opportunity to enjoy the activities that you had to put of on Saturday yes you can even get that grill fired up and start the new week out on a good note. The start of the week looks very plesant also with temps in the lower 70’s through Wednesday.

April is a month of transition for most of the country and that is especially true for our area. Almost any type of weather can occur and usually does. Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Hail, Snow and Dust Storms as well as the much mentioned April showers are all possible. But there are also plenty of warm sunny days with temperatures ranging from the 60’s to the low 80’s. Normal high temperatures range from the upper 50’s to the mid 60’s while overnight normal low temperatures range from the low 30’s to the upper 30’s.

In April we are assaulted from all sides by varying types of air masses which accounts for the wide swings in the types of weather. Arctic air still occasionally invades the area and often teams up with an eastward moving Pacific storm producing snow in Denver. At other times warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico moves into the area and thunderstorms occur…sometimes occurring just before the snow. In addition warm dry air from the Desert Southwest can bring warm temperatures and low humidities to the area. 

April is the third snowiest month of the year with an average of 8.9″ and is the windiest month of the year with an average speed of 10.0 M.P.H.  The predominant wind direction is from the south. You can expect an average of  two thunderstorms for the month and there is always the possibility of severe thunderstorms which includes hail, high winds, and/or tornadoes