Category: Severe Weather (Page 20 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.

Dreary week delivers promised rain

May 11, 2017 / Ben Castellani

Our rainiest month has delivered this week with beneficial moisture falling across all of the Front Range. And of course, let’s not forget Monday’s insane hailstorm in downtown Denver, Lakewood, and Arvada. Here are cumulative rain totals this week through 7:00 AM Thursday:

Boulder – 1.80″
Golden – 1.72″
Nederland – 1.45″
BoulderCAST Station – 1.39″
Downtown Denver – 1.30
Broomfield – 0.95″
Louisville – 0.89″
Longmont – 0.75″
Denver Int’l Airport – 0.75″

With three and a half “days of Seattle” out of the way, we’ll revert to “typical Colorado” in short order. Sunshine returns and temperatures rebound to near 80 degrees tomorrow and into the weekend.

This week in weather: May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017 / Andy

Our weather turned quite warm to end the week, with Friday, Saturday and Sunday well above average in the 80’s across much of the Metro area. Unfortunately, this week will see a gradual drop in temperatures all thanks to a large cut-off low pressure system churning slowly across the Desert Southwest. It also looks to be a wet week overall, especially Tuesday and Wednesday. All the details can be found in our week ahead outlook, so read on…

This week in weather: June 13, 2016

June 13, 2016 / Andy

We hope you enjoyed the hot, humid, and at times, stormy weekend. The first part of the week ahead will feature continued thunderstorm activity, some of which will be severe. By Wednesday, the heat wave returns. Just how hot will it get? Continue reading for our full outlook of the upcoming week.

Looking ahead to June: Climatology and this year’s outlook

May 31, 2016 / Ben Castellani

As May comes to a close, the sizzling heat is about to begin across the Front Range with the official beginning of meteorological summer on Wednesday. We take a look at trends in climatology and offer our predictions for the month of June in Boulder.

Mother’s Day weekend outlook: Severe storms and cooler temps

May 6, 2016 / Ben Castellani

As a sizable upper-level low approaches from the west, the ingredients are coming together to summon the return of severe weather to the region Saturday afternoon. Large hail and damaging winds will be possible, with a few tornadoes not out of the question as well. We detail when and where we believe the greatest threat exists, and give our forecast for Mother’s Day.

A Year of Boulder Weather: 2015 Edition

December 31, 2015 / Ben Castellani

With epic snowstorms, record warmth, and an ultra-rare tornado, this year had a little of everything. We take a look back at 2015’s whirlwind of weather across Boulder County, the state of Colorado and the lands beyond.

The week ahead: August 24-28, 2015

August 24, 2015 / Andy

After a gorgeous Sunday across the entire Boulder area, the heat returns as the ridge of high pressure rebuilds from the south. By midweek, a system approaches, bringing a chance of storms back into our forecast. The past week has also been quite hazy/smoky, most prominently on Saturday. When will the smoke clear? Read on to find out!

The week ahead: August 17-21, 2015

August 17, 2015 / Ben Castellani

The weather across our region has been relatively uneventful over the course of the last month, with much of the West sitting beneath a broad, upper-level ridge and monsoon moisture hard to come by. That changes this week! The week ahead will showcase a, dare we say, (early) fall-like weather feature that will bring a big cool down and a good chance of rain (and possibly severe weather) to Boulder County. However, 90s will make an reappearance at some point. Read on to find out when!