Category: Severe Weather (Page 8 of 17)

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 05/17/23 | More spotty storms today, a front brings cooler weather, rain and smoke tomorrow

May 17, 2023 / Ben Castellani

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This Week in Colorado Weather: May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023 / Andy

After a cool and wet weekend, this week starts out with a trend toward the drier and warmer side as a departing trough will give way to ridging across the Rockies. While chances of showers and storms will exist each and every day, the best chance won’t arrive until later in the week as a cold front and deep trough dig down from the north on Thursday. This front could also bring the threat of heavy rainfall, flash flooding, and a slight risk of severe weather to eastern Colorado. Temperatures will tumble back below normal to end the week.

Storm Recap: Plowable hail, tornadoes, Mountain snow, flooding, and the biggest deluge of rain since the 2013 Flood

May 12, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

This was undoubtedly a wild week in Front Range weather — but one which resulted in multiple good outcomes. The extreme severe weather outbreak planned for midweek got partially busted by low clouds and fog which may have ultimately saved it from becoming the costliest hailstorm in state history. Further, the deluge of rain that dumped to close out the week will go a long way towards eradicating much of the ongoing drought in the eastern half of the state. Let’s take a look back at this crazy week in Colorado weather!

Tuesday night’s storms were just an appetizer for Wednesday which offers an enhanced risk of severe weather for Boulder and Denver

May 10, 2023 / Ben Castellani

Overnight severe storms produced tennis ball-sized hail in parts of eastern Boulder County, acting as an appetizer for what will unfold later today as the greatest risk of severe weather in years may develop across the Denver Metro area. Low clouds lingering during the morning may delay the severe weather ignition today, but huge hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are still in the cards for the afternoon and early evening hours for some area. After the severe weather threat diminishes, soaking rain becomes the story Thursday into early Friday with areal flooding possible.

Severe thunderstorms are possible Tuesday night, but are much more likely Wednesday afternoon

May 9, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

One of the most widespread Front Range severe weather outbreaks in recent memory is taking shape on Wednesday, though we still have some concerns. Two-inch hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are likely across eastern Colorado on Wednesday. Before that however, there will be another more uncertain bout of severe weather Tuesday night for the northern Front Range with big hail the main concern. Let’s get into this two-folded complex forecast!

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January 3, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

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This week in Colorado weather: July 5, 2022

July 5, 2022 / Ben Castellani

We hope you had a great Fourth! The Southwest monsoon remains active through the middle part of the week with good chances for rain in Boulder and Denver, especially Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately, the pattern shifts late in the week suppressing the flow of monsoon moisture into Colorado. This will cause drying for us, but also a spike into triple-digit temperatures for the weekend. Read on for our full outlook of the week and weekend ahead.

This week in Colorado weather: June 13, 2022

June 13, 2022 / Ben Castellani

The ongoing heatwave will last through Monday with near-record high temperatures expected once again. A welcomed cold front Monday night will offer a reprieve from the heat for a couple days, but the sizzling temperatures return in full-force later in the week. We’ll largely be dry the entire week ahead. However, signs are pointing towards a surge of subtropical moisture during the upcoming weekend into the Four Corners region. This will bring the chance of late-day thunderstorms back into the Front Range.