Author: BoulderCAST Team (Page 32 of 47)

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The wait is over…PowderCAST is back!

There may not be much white stuff in the High Country yet, at least the real stuff, but we are picking up a little bit of snow headed to Colorado’s mountains this weekend! This is great news, as many local ski resorts will be opening up in the coming weeks, with or without Mother Nature’s cooperation. If you aren’t aware, we offer a suite of ski forecast products powered by machine learning called PowderCAST. Read on to learn more and get a jump start on the first “POW day” of the season, whenever that may be!

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When will our second snow occur? Enter your prediction for a chance to win! ❄️☃️

6th Annual BoulderCAST Snowfall Contest
*Contest is now closed to entries*

Well, Mother Nature threw us a giant curve-ball this year with our earliest accumulating snowfall on record in Boulder and 2nd earliest in Denver back on September 8th.  Thus, this year’s snowfall contest will revolve around predicting Boulder’s second snowfall event of the season, since the elusive first one was already spoiled for us! We provide a brief overview of Boulder’s early season snowfall climatology, discuss the snowfall outlook for the next week or two, and then pose a question…“When will Boulder’s SECOND measurable snow occur this year?” Submit your guess for a chance to win an assortment of prizes. Those who get closest to the date of our second snow win!

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Hot, Cold & Snowy: A look back at the record-shattering wild week of “summer” weather

What an absolutely incredible week of weather we experienced across the Front Range. From sizzling record heat, to explosive wildfire growth with towering pyrocumulus clouds blocking out the sun and ash raining from the sky, to unprecedented early season snowfall, to eventual record cold. This week had it ALL! Let’s step through this crazy week in weather and look at just how many long-standing records we broke over the last several days.

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