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Front Range and Boulder Weather Recap: July 2020

August 4, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

July 2020 was characterized by a late-arriving monsoon leading to one of the driest Julys on record in many cities, as well as fairly hot weather across the Front Range much of the month. Here’s a quick and colorful recap of our weather during July and how it relates to climatology.

BoulderCAST Podcast Episode #28: Monsoon Season & Lightning

July 25, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

Will July 2020 be Boulder’s driest on record? Now that the monsoon has finally begun in Colorado, will it last? How does lightning form and what are the ways we measure it? Listen to find out!

Let it rain! Monsoon season has officially begun in Colorado!

July 24, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

Hooray! Monsoon season has just begun and the beneficial rains are already on the way to Colorado! We take a look at the current monsoonal pattern, the cool and wet forecast for the next five days, and why we think the rainy pattern won’t last long.

BoulderCAST Podcast Episode #27: After Four Years, We’re Back!

July 18, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

What have we been up to in the four years since our last podcast? Do we expect to see any changes from the hot and dry summer we’ve had so far? Where is the monsoon? Why are Colorado’s cold fronts unique compared to the rest of the country? Listen to find out!

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 07/08/20 | Hot & dry today, tomorrow and the next day

July 8, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

⦁❶⦁ Extremely dry air has overtaken the area today from the west

⦁❷⦁ Hot & dry will be the headline through Saturday

⦁❸⦁ Highs in the middle 90’s today with lots of sun

⦁❹⦁ Tropical Storm Cristina has formed off the western coast of Mexico and will help bring moisture northward to Colorado this weekend

Front Range and Boulder Weather Recap: June 2020

July 2, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

June 2020 may have seemed like another hot mess of a month, and well, it mostly was. However, it had plenty of other memorable moments, too. Who can forget the historic derecho? How about the half foot of snow that fell in the Mountains in the middle of the month? Here’s a quick and colorful recap of our weather during the month of June and how it relates to climatology.

Colorado Monsoon Update: Southern portion of the state in severe drought, the monsoon may be delayed

July 1, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

Have you noticed the drop in visibility across the Front Range over the last few weeks? This haziness is actually smoke from a handful of wildfires burning hundreds of miles to our southwest. This may only be a taste of things to come later this summer as parts of southern Colorado and the Intermountain West have recently shifted into the penultimate drought classification. We provide an update on the hydrological situation and explain why we believe the monsoon will arrive late to Colorado this summer.

Above the Clouds: How do you identify the top of the shallow cloud or fog layer over Boulder?

May 13, 2020 / BoulderCAST Team

Not surprisingly, many of you are outdoor-oriented and we get asked this question a lot. If you look out the window and see low clouds or fog blanketing your area, there is a decent chance that some or all of the peaks just west of town are soaking in the sun, but not always. We walk you through the process of how to determine the elevation of the top of the cloud deck and how it relates to the hiking options near Boulder and Denver.