Denver's Tuesday Discussion

A tranquil day for the front range as an upper level ridge moves across area and high pressure in control at the surface. Temperatures at 700mb are shown to rise 10C between 00Z Tuesday and 00z Wednesday by the 12z run of the GFS. As the ridge axis moves across the area by 18z Tuesday a southwest flow will result bringing warm dry air from the southwest. Our low temperature Tuesday morning could be effect by moisture and cloud cover shown on both the GFS and NAM. Light winds will begin to pick up at the end of the period as the ridge pushes off to the east and a large trough bears down on the west.