Category: Monsoon (Page 2 of 9)

This Week in Colorado Weather: August 20, 2024

August 20, 2024 / Andy

The Southwest Monsoon will remain active across Colorado this week with the best chances for rainfall coming Wednesday through Friday in the Front Range. Storm chances will be greatest across the Mountains with better forcing, upslope, and unstable air leading to a slight risk of flash flooding there. Temperatures during the week in the Denver Metro area will remain near or above normal, but fortunately nothing too hot. Let’s take a look.

Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Mon 08/19/24 | Large hail & heavy rain will accompany monsoon thunderstorms Monday, drier but hot on Tuesday

August 19, 2024 / Ben Castellani

NOTICE: Due to unexpected travel, our usual weekly outlook discussion will be published a day later on Tuesday this week. Please check back tomorrow for the latest on Front Range weather. Early week weather highlights are as follows:

⦁❶⦁ A narrow plume of monsoon moisture will fuel numerous thunderstorms across the Front Range on Monday during the afternoon and evening

⦁❷⦁ Favorable shear will also be present increasing the risk for severe storms — heavy rainfall and golf ball-sized hail are the primary concerns, but damaging winds and a couple tornadoes also possible

⦁❸⦁ High temperatures reach the upper 80s in the afternoon before the storms cool us off

⦁❹⦁ Tuesday will be the only completely dry day this week as temperatures rebound back well into the 90s

⦁❺⦁ Thunderstorms will be in the forecast Wednesday and beyond with 30-50% chances each day

Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: The monsoon rains are over (for now) with hotter & drier weather in-store for the weekend

August 15, 2024 / Ben Castellani

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 08/14/24 | Scattered late-day storms stick around today before drier weather ensues for the days ahead

August 14, 2024 / Ben Castellani

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Premium BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 08/13/24 | Monsoon will be in full-force today with widespread PM storms, some producing flash flooding, hail & damaging winds

August 13, 2024 / Ben Castellani

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This Week in Colorado Weather: August 12, 2024

August 12, 2024 / Andy

Rain chances in the Front Range will be front-loaded this week with a moist monsoonal flow in place. Temperatures will consequently hover near average in the 80s with plentiful clouds and storms developing each day, some of which could cause localized flash flooding. Rain chances will remain for the latter part of the week, but coverage lessens significantly as drier air is forecast to move in. We’ll also likely see the return to the 90s by week’s end. Read on for all the details.

July 2024 Graphical Weather Review: After months of extremely dry weather, it was inevitable that wildfires would ignite across the Front Range

August 10, 2024 / BoulderCAST Team

After three months with barely any rainfall, our parched vegetation unfortunately ignited at the end of July with several large wildfires taking off in the Front Range burning more than 12,000 acres combined. Unsurprisingly, drought further expanded in July and numerous jurisdictions enacting fire bans. Overall temperatures during the month were close to normal following several periods of ups and downs. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during July and how it relates to climatology.