Category: Fire Weather (Page 14 of 24)

This week in Colorado weather: October 4, 2021

October 4, 2021 / Ben Castellani

Despite an active pattern across the country, this week will be yet another warm and dry one for the Front Range as Mother Nature continues to focus attention on other parts of the nation with the most impactful weather. Highs throughout the week will be above average with only miniscule chances of rain in the Denver area. However, things will become more unsettled for the upcoming weekend with early signs of substantially colder weather taking hold next week and potential freezing temperatures.

This week in Colorado weather: September 13, 2021

September 13, 2021 / Andy

After enduring extreme late summer heat of late, we thankfully start off this week with closer to average temperatures and a threat of thunderstorms, some being severe into Tuesday evening. Drier and warmer conditions take over Wednesday through Friday, although the upcoming weekend could see a resurgence of moisture and unsettled weather.

Summer 2021: Crunching the numbers of yet another hot & mostly dry summer season for Colorado

September 11, 2021 / BoulderCAST Team

Meteorological summer begins on June 1st and runs through August 31st. With that end date now having come and gone, the official numbers are in for Summer 2021! Let’s take a look at how Boulder, Denver and Colorado as a whole did this summer in terms of temperatures and precipitation. We also check in on how our state fared compared to the rest of the country. If you like seeing data displayed on graphs and maps, this post is for you!

This week in Colorado weather: September 6, 2021

September 6, 2021 / Andy

Happy Labor Day! This week will feature wildfire smoke building back into the region causing visibilities to deteriorate, especially Monday through Wednesday. With the exception of Tuesday, most of the week will see above average temperatures, even potentially record-breaking ones late in the week. All is dry, though unsettled weather increases over the upcoming weekend into early next week.

August 2021 Weather Review: A month headlined by poor air quality and relentless smoke

September 2, 2021 / BoulderCAST Team

August 2021 across the Front Range was defined by its poor air quality and tenacious smoky skies which were mostly caused by out-of-state wildfires. Other weather highlights during the month included a rotating thunderstorm which prompted tornado sirens, lots of red smoky sunsets, a sprinkle of summertime snow in the Mountains, and the landfall of Category 4 Hurricane Ida sixteen years to the day after Hurricane Katrina. Here’s a quick and colorful recap of our weather during August and how it relates to climatology.

This week in Colorado weather: August 30, 2021

August 30, 2021 / Ben Castellani

The focus for this week’s weather discussion lies in the tropics. Category 4 Hurricane Ida made landfall into Louisiana on Sunday, but more importantly for Colorado, the remnants of once Hurricane Nora in the Pacific will reach our neck of the woods later this week. What will this surge of tropical moisture bring to the Front Range and when do we expect the thick smoke to begin to clear out again? Read on to find out.

This week in Colorado weather: August 23, 2021

August 23, 2021 / Ben Castellani

It has been fairly dry most of the summer with the monsoon moisture plume largely staying to our west. Over the last eight weeks, Denver has officially reported less than a half inch of rainfall which is far below normal. Not surprisingly, drought has now returned to portions of northeast Colorado. The week ahead will offer little reprieve from this dry pattern as temperatures remain above normal in the 90’s with just one day of decent rain chances to look forward to. Wildfire smoke will be fairly bearable, however, as a northward storm track and resulting atmospheric flow will keep the worst of it away from the Front Range.

This week in Colorado weather: August 16, 2021

August 16, 2021 / Andy

We sure sound like a broken record, but the week will begin hot and smoky across the Front Range. As we head into midweek and especially beyond, we’re expecting a big drop temperatures, as well as increasing chances for wet weather. Thick, elevated smoke will likely linger through the week as massive upstream fires continue to rage across the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada.