Author: Ben Castellani (Page 88 of 358)

The anticipated cold front quickly blew in this morning around 5:30AM bringing gusty north winds and a more moisture-rich airmass to the Front Range. The frontal passage can be seen on GOES-East's derived airmass animation: As of 6AM, the front was located just south of I-70, with wind gusts up to 40 MPH reported as the front passed through Fort …

A classic summertime setup is underway across the Four Corners region right now as two broad pressure systems team up to funnel monsoonal moisture northward into the Southwest. Counter-clockwise flow around a low pressure near California is working in tandem with the clockwise flow around high pressure along the Gulf Coast. The result has brought a swift resurgence of monsoon moisture …

Supercell thunderstorms produced a track of destruction that lasted nearly 100 miles in eastern Colorado yesterday evening. Check out the slew of severe weather reports from Tuesday: Several strong tornadoes (EF2+) likely occurred in these areas. There were also numerous reports of softball-sized hail and even photos of DVD-sized hail up to 5" in diameter --- which if verified would …

Another day of widely scattered storms are expected across the Front Range as a shortwave traverses into Colorado from the northwest.  This closed-shortwave can be seen in the 3km NAM 500mb vorticity animation below.  It won't fully arrive until the nighttime hours, but there will be plenty of vorticity advection ahead of the trough to enhance storm development during the …