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<\/a><\/p>\nAbnormally moist air has been a staple in Colorado’s weather for the past 96 hours, causing numerous<\/span> rounds of daily showers and storms despite otherwise unimpressive atmospheric conditions. This will abruptly end as a strong disturbance enters the west coast of North America, being aided by a powerful jet stream<\/span> and very dry conditions especially in the lower levels of the atmosphere. This will cause a multi-day period of very warm weather statewide with high temperatures of 10-15F above normal. An elevated fire danger is likely from Friday (6\/9) through Sunday (6\/11) especially west of the Continental Divide<\/span> due to the combination of low relative humidity, prolonged warm weather and gusty winds.<\/p>\n Despite some moisture return at the tail end of Event #1 (see precipitable water<\/span> forecast for Denver, shown below), it now appears that there simply will not be enough moisture to generate heavy rainfall. Its main sensible impact will instead be a return to cooler conditions. The next disturbance on the horizon is currently over the western Pacific Ocean. It will arrive in the northern branch of the jet stream<\/span>. Its impact will largely be conditioned on the low-level moisture supply. At this time, it appears that precipitable water<\/span> will stay below about 0.7 inches, even in far eastern areas of the state. Thus, no flood threat is currently expected.<\/p>\n Finally, we are making one final mention of the state’s snowpack, as the majority of snow melt will be concluding this weekend. While there are some creeks that are at elevated levels (e.g. Cache La Poudre in the Front Range or the Gunnison River), without any substantial precipitation we expect snow-melt dominated rivers to begin to subside starting next week.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n