Category: Severe Weather (Page 8 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.

Premium This Weekend in Colorado Weather: Celebrating the summer solstice with soaking thunderstorms, but the oven dial slowly ramps up through the weekend!

June 20, 2024 / Ben Castellani

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Colorado Weather Update: A busy weekend forecast as near-record heat, ozone pollution, severe thunderstorms, and Mexican wildfire smoke are on the way!

June 13, 2024 / Ben Castellani

As the Front Range races towards near-record high temperatures on Thursday, the weather pattern is evolving to offer a short-lived reprieve on Friday with a chance of severe thunderstorms and cooler temperatures accompanied by well-mixed smoke blowing in from Mexico. While the blistering heat will ramp back up again over the weekend, we are tracking a potential dip towards more comfortable temperatures next week. Here’s the latest!

This Week in Colorado Weather: June 10, 2024

June 10, 2024 / Ben Castellani

This week in the Front Range will feature two scorchingly hot days sandwiched between chances for thunderstorms. For the most part, the severe risk looks to be low throughout the extended, but we will need to monitor things late in the week as a surge of subtropical moisture may support more numerous storms and torrential rainfall rates. Read on for all the details.

This Week in Colorado Weather: June 3, 2024

June 3, 2024 / Ben Castellani

After a mostly quiet and warm weekend, things will more-or-less remain unchanged for the first full week of June. Temperatures will stay warm to hot with only a small chance of rainfall this week. We’ve managed to dodge the nineties so far in 2024, but that bout of good fortune will run out later this week with multiple days soaring above 90 degrees. Read on for all the details.

May 2024 Graphical Weather Review: Boulder’s driest May in 50 years, a once-in-a-lifetime northern lights display and yet another billion-dollar Denver hailstorm!

June 2, 2024 / BoulderCAST Team

2024 began very soggy across the Front Range, but the month of May did a complete one-eighty concluding as Boulder’s driest in 50 years and 2nd driest since record-keeping began in the late 1800s. Other notable weather events during the month include the once-in-a-lifetime northern lights display visible across almost the entire United States and also what is likely to be yet another “billion-dollar hailstorm” which slammed parts of the Denver Metro area on May 30th. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during May and how it relates to climatology.

Denver Hailstorm Recap: Unexpected, nocturnal supercells pummeled parts of the Denver area with baseball-sized hail Thursday night!

May 31, 2024 / BoulderCAST Team

A pair of severe, supercell thunderstorms exploded across the northern Front Range late Thursday evening with very little advanced notice for residents. Hail larger than baseballs caused significant property damage on the northern and northeastern Metro area — roofing, siding, car windows and gardens stood no chance against the onslaught. The hail repair and insurance scammers are probably already knocking on doors this morning or making cold calls! We take a look at where the largest hail fell and why the forecast was so poor.