Category: Severe Weather (Page 11 of 21)

The posts contain discussion of severe weather in our region, including forecasts, outlooks, and recaps of events involving large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.

Severe Weather Update: Round #2 on Thursday won’t be quite as crazy as Wednesday, but stay weather aware!

June 22, 2023 / Ben Castellani

Yesterday was absolutely wild across essentially all of eastern Colorado as dozens of supercell thunderstorms slammed the region with widespread damaging hail and flooding rains, while up to a dozen tornadoes touched down on the far eastern Plains. Fortunately, Mother Nature’s encore performance of severe weather on Thursday isn’t expect to be quite as bad, but the risk remains relatively high again for damaging hail and locally flooding downpours in the Front Range. Let’s dive in! (yes, that was a pun)

This Week in Colorado Weather: June 20, 2023

June 20, 2023 / Ben Castellani

Whether you like it or not, Front Range Colorado has finally turned a corner on the cool and soggy weather lingering across the area the last few months — just in time for the first day of summer on Wednesday! While the week ahead will offer a few chances for rain, and even some severe storms at times, the overall trend heading into the end of June will be towards drier and hotter weather. Let’s take a look!

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 06/13/23 | More showers move in by midday as temperatures struggle to reach 60°

June 13, 2023 / Ben Castellani

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Colorado Weekend Weather Outlook: June 8, 2023

June 8, 2023 / Ben Castellani

This Week in Colorado Weather: June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023 / Ben Castellani

June has begun exceptionally wet across the Front Range and that trend will live on this week with continued cool and rainy weather expected throughout the extended forecast. Wednesday and Thursday look to be the wettest days in the pipeline, but every single day this week will carry at least the risk of scattered storms alongside a minor risk of localized flooding. Things may finally dry out and warm up next week but don’t count on it. Read on for our complete outlook of the weather week ahead in Colorado.

May 2023 Graphical Weather Review: Smoke, severe storms, and an obliteration of the 2023 precipitation deficit

June 2, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

May 2023 dumped more than five inches of rain on Boulder and concluded as the 11th wettest May since the late 1800s. Though there were no exceptionally warm days, the month did see an above normal mean temperature, breaking a streak of cold months stretching back to November. Other monthly headlines included multiple severe weather outbreaks and of course the thick wildfire smoke from Canada which created days of degraded air quality. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during May and how it relates to climatology.