A wintry storm system will impact Colorado Wednesday morning into Thursday morning, but it’s not bringing much cold air to the party! This will lead to only minor impacts across the Denver Metro area as a mix of rain and snow is expected for most of the event, with a trend towards all snow at the tail-end as precipitation will be wrapping up. Greater travel impacts are expected in the Foothills where temperatures will be colder and up to 8 inches of snow may accumulate. We discuss the timing of the rain and snow, the expected snowfall totals for everyone and when travel may be most impacted.
Category: Climatology (Page 28 of 63)
These posts contain information about the long-term weather patterns of Boulder County. Potential topics may include 30-day weather outlooks, El Nino/La Nina, and seasonal forecasts. You will find less about the day-to-day weather, with more focus on longer trends and patterns.
What a wonderful weekend it was across the Front Range culminating with sunshine and record high temperatures on Sunday! The warmth will continue for just a couple more days here before a midweek weather system will usher in much colder temperatures alongside the threat of rain and snow, including potential heavy snow in the Foothills. Uncertainty remains elevated for this storm overall, but change is definitely headed this way. Read on for the latest details.
October 2023 was an overall warm and very dry month in Boulder, but the days leading up to Halloween turned markedly colder with our first snowfall of the season arriving just a tad later than usual, and it was a sizable one for many! Despite the dry last few months, officially drought has not yet returned to the Front Range. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during October and how it relates to climatology.
Our first snowfall of the season is now behind us, but the bitter cold temperatures that accompanied it are still sticking around. It will take several more days before we have anything resembling normal temperatures across the Front Range. Overall the week ahead will be quiet and mostly sunny with little to be concerned about weather-wise. The upcoming weekend looks rather nice as well. Read on for all the details.
The highly anticipated first snowfall of the season is now out of the way for everyone in the Front Range with a widespread blanket of snow having dumped on the area Saturday evening and overnight. Light snow continues to fall Sunday morning, but most of the accumulation is over and done with. Though things didn’t go perfectly as planned, snowfall amounts came in about as expected across the Boulder-Denver Metro area with a range of 3 to 12″. Let’s take a look at the totals and near-term forecast. We also announce the (many) winners of our 2023 First Snowfall Contest.
It’s been over six months now, but winter weather is finally set to return to the Front Range this weekend as the coldest air of the season shows up alongside several inches of fluffy snow. An interesting weather setup will have a stalled jet streak directly over Colorado Saturday evening seeding a lengthy period of scattered heavy snow bands. Snowfall amounts, while still somewhat uncertain, have trended upward and some of us could see up to a foot of snow this weekend! Read on for our latest thoughts on the storm, including when the heaviest snow will be around, how much accumulation to expect and just how cold it will get. We also reveal the entries to our 2023 First Snowfall Contest since a winner for that will surely be crowned this weekend!
Change is on the way! Unseasonably warm temperatures will continue across the Front Range for a few more days leading up to a significant pattern shift later this week. A series of cold fronts will impact the area in the days to come, knocking our high temperatures from the 80s on Monday into the 40s by Friday, though precipitation looks scant during this timeframe. However, the first Arctic blast of the season is taking shape for the upcoming weekend with temperatures set to plummet further alongside our first potential snowfall of the season. It’s about time!
After enduring three consecutive La Niña winters, El Niño has taken over the globe once again intensifying in unusually rapid fashion. As of writing in mid-October, a strong El Niño is underway with impacts that will stretch globally in the months to come. We take a look at the current state of ENSO and what to expect from Mother Nature this winter across the Front Range lower elevations and Mountains.
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