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The weekend weather forecast for the high country of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Researched and written by professional meteorologist and avid mountaineer, Dan "the weather man" Gottas.
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Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Rocky Mountain National Park Weather Forecast
The game of dodging thunderstorms played out over the past week across the hills of RMNP.
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Week in Review
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On July 30, a punch of drier air from the eastern Pacific limited moist convective processes to just harmless, shallow cumulus clouds.
Days like these, where integrated water vapor values are near or below 0.7 cm at 12 kft, are the ones to target in the forecast for planning long and exposed outings across the Park.
After the brief scour, subtropical moisture returned to fuel, at times, quite energetic and wet thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours.
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Last week's water vapor /thunderstorm analysis over the Front Range of Colorado.
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Climbers on the summit of Longs Peak with thunderstorm activity building over the Continental Divide on August 4th, 2011
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The Upcoming Week
Another drying trend is on the way, as westerly wave energy is forecast to develop along the west coast and transport drier mid-latitude air across the central Rockies. Ro
Dry enough air will begin to transition in by mid Friday (8/5) to effectively deplete deep convection. The weekend will be one to ‘get after it’, with even drier air in place (< 0.7 cm of integrated water vapor) and no thunderstorms in the forecast.
The t-storm-free pattern is forecast to persist into Monday and Tuesday (8/8-9). There is a hint of moisture creeping back in from the eastern plains by Wednesday and Thursday, which would increase the chance for deep convection along the eastern slopes of the Park.
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The weather forecast for the upcoming weekend which looks to be drying out and a potentially great weekend for alpine climbing in RMNP.
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Detailed 7-Day Forecast
The link above will take you to the National Weather Service forecast for the 12,000 foot level near Longs Peak. These forecasts are derived from computer-generated numerical forecasts, and are updated shortly after 3:30 am, 9:30 am, 3:30 pm, and 9:30 pm local time. In the lower right-hand corner of the page, one can view forecasts for other locations in the Park by clicking on the desired location in the terrain map.
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Do-It-Yourself Weather Forecast Links
The link above provides a list of web links to various sites containing a variety of meteorological data and information. Collectively, these resources can be used to monitor and study current weather conditions, as well short-term, medium-range, and climate forecasts
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