The heat returns this week, but thankfully so do the storm chances. Highs start out near normal but reach potential record highs by midweek. Our storm chances increase Wednesday through Friday as better moisture spreads into the state, some of which will be tied to Tropical Storm Celia off the Baja coastline. Read on for all the details.
Category: Climatology (Page 39 of 63)
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The ongoing heatwave will last through Monday with near-record high temperatures expected once again. A welcomed cold front Monday night will offer a reprieve from the heat for a couple days, but the sizzling temperatures return in full-force later in the week. We’ll largely be dry the entire week ahead. However, signs are pointing towards a surge of subtropical moisture during the upcoming weekend into the Four Corners region. This will bring the chance of late-day thunderstorms back into the Front Range.
May 2022 began by continuing the dry trend of the months prior, but thankfully was capped off with two soaking precipitation events across the Front Range. The damaging snowstorm May 20th to 21st was one of the biggest ever in Boulder for so late in the season. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there were also 14 days of 80-degree weather during the month — a number way above normal. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during May and how it relates to climatology.
As wet as it was early in 2022, things really dried out fast over the course of March and April. Several grass fires were reported across the state on twenty or more Red Flag days that occurred during the month. When it was all said and done, Boulder had just one day of measurable rainfall in April and no measurable snow at all! Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during April and how it relates to climatology.
Much-needed light rain and snow showers fell across the area on Sunday, the first precipitation many of us have seen in over two weeks. The period ahead will unfortunately not continue that trend with mostly dry conditions and above normal temperatures expected to close out the month of April. We are watching a potential storm around the Friday timeframe. Once again it looks to offer wind and elevated fire danger, but sadly little in the way of precipitation. Read on for our full outlook of the weather week ahead.
This is an important forecast discussion involving a particularly dangerous situation that will unfold on Friday with extremely explosive fire conditions all day long. We review the atmospheric ingredients leading to such a dire situation and look at just how common days like this are in our climatology (spoiler: it’s very rare).
The last month has been very dry across the Denver Metro area with the progress we’ve made this year towards eradicating the drought starting to reverse. Wind and high fire danger have been rampant of late and that isn’t going to change this week, though it won’t be nearly as bad as recent times. Temperatures will be up and down through the days ahead, but prospects for any precipitation remain woefully slim.
Though the weather pattern remained fairly active and snowy, March 2022 broke the short streak of months with above average precipitation in Boulder. The NCAR Fire, which sparked on the 26th, somewhat curbed the community’s positivity about the improving drought situation since the New Year. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during March and how it relates to climatology.
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