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.
It’s been nearly two weeks in Boulder since our last measurable rainfall. Labor Day weekend will continue this trend with generally dry and at times, hot conditions prevailing across the state of Colorado. We provide our forecast of the entire holiday weekend for the Metro area and the Mountains.
The week ahead will be generally quiet across Colorado’s Front Range with large scale ridging in place and the window for monsoon moisture quickly waning. Read on to find out which day we think offers the best chance of rain.
We also provide thoughts on the recent landfall of Category 4 Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
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