Workweek to stay dry and turn increasingly hot
Sunday, June 14, 2026
A lovely day is over Steamboat Springs this Sunday mid-afternoon with clear skies and temperatures in the low 70s, on their way to the mid-70s. Another similar day on Monday will be followed by temperatures increasing through midweek, reaching the mid-80s on Wednesday before cooling off a bit on Thursday, with little hope for precipitation until next weekend.
A ridge of high pressure is centered over the West Coast, while a persistent gyre of cool air and low pressure continues to spin over and west of Hudson Bay. A wave of cool air brought morning stratus to the Front Range, grazing our area and allowing temperatures to cool from Saturday’s 82-degree high, above the 76-degree average.
Pacific energy moving around the southern end of an expansive storm over the Aleutian Islands will cross the British Columbia Coast on Tuesday, keeping the weakening ridge moving eastward, before grazing our area early Thursday.
Until then, we should see a Monday similar to today, perhaps a degree or two warmer, followed by high temperatures in the low 80s on Tuesday. As the grazing wave approaches our area on Wednesday, temperatures will rise into the mid-80s with strong westerly winds, before temperatures decrease back to the low-80s on a calmer Thursday behind the weak cool front.
After another warm day on Friday, with high temperatures rebounding back to the mid-80s, there is at least some hope for precipitation during the weekend as weak Pacific energy, left behind early in the workweek by the southern part of the Aleutian storm, approaches. So enjoy another summery workweek, and I’ll have more details about the possible weekend moisture in my next regularly scheduled weather narrative on Thursday afternoon.
