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184 FXUS65 KBOU 041915 AFDBOU Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1215 PM MST Wed Feb 4 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Slightly above normal temperatures today with well above normal temperatures Thursday through Monday. - Pattern change likely next week which will lead to more normal temperatures and multiple chances of precipitation. && .DISCUSSION /Through Wednesday/... Issued at 1208 PM MST Wed Feb 4 2026 An upper level ridge will control our weather for much of this week, leading to warm and dry conditions. Highs Thursday through Monday will be around 15 to 20 degrees above normal. There will be a brief weakness in the ridge as a shortwave moves through the flow aloft Saturday into Sunday. Moisture is forecast to increase for the mountains ahead of the shortwave. This combined with weak lift from the shortwave and some orographic lift from breezy westerly winds, could be enough to trigger some light snow showers in the mountains Saturday evening, but right now snow chances remain low (