Analysis of current conditions

• Satellite - National loops (H2O, IR, VIS), regional single (VIS, IR)
• Upper Air - 300mb, 500mb, 700mb, 850mb latest Denver sounding SkewT
• Surface Analysis - synoptic scale, RUC analysis, local scale, latest KDEN obs
• Radar - National composite loop, local loop

DEN-BOU National Weather Service - Area Forecast Discussion - Zone Forecasts - NDFD Automated forecasts

High Temperature (today and tomorrow):

Synoptic scale changes (3-hr NAM 500mb), (6-hr NAM 500mb) NCAR graphics, NCAR MM5, FSL-LAPS MM5 products
700 mb temperature changes - 12Z y'day __ 00Z __ 12Z __ Prog __ NAM forecast sounding
1000-500 Thickness 12-hr NAM
Cloudiness and/or Precip RUC clouds, RUC precip, NAM precip
Downslope/upslope winds NAM surface winds
Frontal influence (pre-frontal warming or post front cold advection) NCAR MM5, LAPS MM5 products
Snow cover NCDC interactive US snowfall maps, N. Amer snow cover map, CO Sat image-1km VIS
Surface moisture - CoCoRaHS precip reports
Large scale vertical motion (vorticity adv + temp adv) NAM 700mb vertical velocity
Persistence - DIA Month-To-Date statistics
Others

Low Temperature (tomorrow):

Synoptic scale changes (3-hr NAM 500mb), (6-hr NAM 500mb) NCAR graphics, NCAR MM5, FSL-LAPS MM5 products
Yesterday's diurnal range Yesterday's Observations DIA Month-To-Date statistics
Relative humidity/dewpoint NDFD Graphic Forecast, - NDFD meteorogram for Denver, - NAM meteorgram
Fog GOES Experimental fog imagery
Clouds RUC clouds, NAM cloud x-section, RUC precip, NAM precip
Downslope/upslope winds NAM surface winds 10km MM5 MesoWx 24x1hr output 4km MM5 MesoWx 24x1hr output
Snow cover N. Amer, snow cover map, CO Sat image-1km VIS

Long Range Outlooks:

• NCEP North American ensemble
• GFS 7-day meteograms

Forecasting worksheet - MS Word or pdf