Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at NV5 Geospatial Software in Boulder.
As of Monday morning, thick smoke from numerous large wildfires blankets the Front Range and this will remain the case through much of the week ahead. There will be some improvement in the smoke as monsoonal moisture returns in the coming days alongside late-day storm chances. Let’s run through the weather of the next ten days or so for the Denver Metro area.
Denver’s temperature soared past the century mark on Thursday for the fourth time this summer, but Boulder came up short again. Near-record hot temperatures will again be possible on Friday ahead of a cold front which will set the stage for a pleasant weekend ahead. We discuss the cause of this heatwave, which cities will again be challenging records on Friday, and why we should consider ourselves lucky it wasn’t hotter this week.
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