Category: Learn Front Range Weather (Page 3 of 4)
There has been a dramatic drop in visibility and air quality across Colorado as smoke from several large wildfires burning in California and Oregon moved in on Wednesday. We discuss the smoke’s path to get here, how many acres have burned so far in 2018, and the potential weather impacts wildfire smoke can have.
We explain how SummitCAST is “trained” via machine learning to produce the most accurate mountain weather forecasts possible. We also show you where you can find hourly updated forecast verification for SummitCAST…helpful if you want to gauge the uncertainty in our forecasts when heading to the Colorado’s mountains.
It’s been a busy weather-week to say the least….There is usually only one or two days per year where a significant severe weather outbreak impacts the immediate Metro area. It just so happens this year those two days of severe weather occurred back-to-back! We review the damaging hailstorms that transpired earlier in the week and also look ahead to Friday’s forecast which may have large hail returning to the Boulder/Denver area.
Are you tired of the heat yet? We discuss the weather pattern responsible for the recent heat wave and explain why it’s going to be difficult to unseat this hot airmass heading forward. Continue reading
Several favorable atmospheric components aligned to produce very strong winds across the Metro area Tuesday afternoon and evening. We look at the peak wind gusts and also check out the view from the space borne GOES-16 weather satellite.
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