Category: Severe Weather (Page 14 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.

This Week in Colorado Weather: June 5, 2023

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.

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

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.

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BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 05/31/23 | Storm chance increases today with a few severe cells possible, rain stays a theme in the extended

The closed-low pressure has come ashore across southern California overnight and it will continue to trek slowly eastward into northern Arizona by this evening. As it nears, flow will back from westerly to almost due southerly aloft across Colorado and moisture will continue to rise through the day at all levels. By early this evening, a strong positive moisture anomaly …

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 05/30/23 | Thickening clouds with weak high-based convection today, but the severe risk returns Wednesday

Monday had absolutely perfect holiday weather across the Front Range, save for a few isolated thunderstorms that developed in the evening hours. The cool and sunny morning was even perfect weather for the ~50,000 runners in the BolderBoulder 10K. The high temperature on Monday in Boulder was officially 81°F, with Denver reaching 82°F. If you can believe it, this was …

This Week in Colorado Weather: May 29, 2023

The month of May will end with several days of highs in the 80s. This warmth will be felt largely into midweek as ridging extends into the Front Range area. Although the chance of showers and storms will exist early in the week, the better chances crops up from Wednesday onward as a closed low pressure lifts into the region. This system may linger into the early part of the weekend and there could be some risk of excessive rainfall. Read on for our full outlook of this abbreviated holiday work-week.

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This Week in Colorado Weather: May 22, 2023

The story since late last week has been the infiltration of smoke into the Front Range from distant but numerous Canadian wildfires. That trend will unfortunately continue early in the week with light to moderate smoke sticking around through at least Tuesday or Wednesday leading to degraded air quality. Fortunately, the pattern will shift midweek whisking away the smoke and changing the headlines to rain and thunderstorms for a few days. Let’s take a look at what is sure to be another interesting week in Colorado weather!

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