We’re heading into a stretch where the pattern finally starts to shift—and it’s going to matter for how the rest of the week and weekend play out.
A cold front drops in late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Ahead of it, moisture is pretty limited. But once that front moves through, we’ll start to see low-level moisture push back west toward the foothills. That’s going to determine how active Thursday becomes. If that moisture returns quickly enough, a few storms will be able to fire.
Friday looks cooler, with better moisture in place across eastern Colorado. Most of the action may stay pinned closer to the terrain, but it’s a sign of where things are headed.
Then we get into the weekend—and this is where it gets interesting. There’s an upper-level system parked over the Southwest that doesn’t have much to steer it. That means slower movement and lower confidence in the details. Where it tracks—north or south—will decide who sees the better chances for showers and thunderstorms. What does look more likely is that we’ll have multiple opportunities for at least a few storms from the weekend into early next week. Just don’t lock in the day-by-day details yet—we’ve still got some wiggle room in the track of that weekend system. I’ll be dialing it in and updating things as we go.
It’s April and this is a transition week. We’re moving away from the dry stretch and into a pattern that at least gives us chances at some much-needed moisture.
