Category: Severe Weather (Page 13 of 25)

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

BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 07/05/23 | Much cooler with low clouds & some uncertainty regarding severe storms

Another active but notably much cooler day is expected for Wednesday following the passage of last night's widespread storms and Canadian cold front. Temperatures this morning across the Metro area are in the middle 50s generally with low clouds present across the area --- in fact, low clouds currently encompass all of eastern Colorado. GOES-East visible satellite imagery shows the …

This Week in Colorado Weather: July 3, 2023

After a hot and dry Monday, the rest of the week ahead will see cooler and stormy conditions unfold across the Front Range, the the focus centered on another damaging hail outbreak on the Fourth of July holiday. Much cooler weather arrives Wednesday with at least one cold-related historical record up for grabs. The Southwest monsoon remains delayed with little hope of it arriving anytime soon. Let’s take a look at yet another active week in Colorado weather!

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 06/28/23 | Staying warm as morning clouds quickly burn off to sunshine, severe storms may return on Thursday

Well, we've done it! After more than nine months, both Boulder (90°) and Denver (91°) officially returned to the 90s yesterday in what was the hottest day yet in 2023. Ironically yesterday's temperatures were only a couple degrees above climatological normals for late June --- something that really speaks to just how atypically chilly the last month or three have …

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

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)

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This Week in Colorado Weather: June 20, 2023

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!

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

The worst hailstorm in decades hit the city of Boulder Monday afternoon accompanied by up to 2" of rainfall in less than one hour! This led to the streets turning slick from several inches of hail accumulation with road and creek flooding noted in the hardest hit areas as well. The video below shows the madness occurring in downtown Boulder …

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