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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1217 PM MDT Sat Oct 3 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Dry and unseasonably warm weather returns for the majority of
  the week ahead. Record/near record warmth Monday.

- A few showers possible Tuesday as a weak disturbance moves
  across.


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.DISCUSSION /Through Saturday/...
Issued at 1216 PM MDT Sat Oct 3 2026

An upper-level ridge has settled over the area and should stick
around for the next several days, keeping things warm and dry for
the foreseeable future. A weak cold front is expected to move
across Colorado this afternoon, bringing a few hours of drier air
(RH

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