Hooray! Monsoon season has just begun and the beneficial rains are already on the way to Colorado! We take a look at the current monsoonal pattern, the cool and wet forecast for the next five days, and why we think the rainy pattern won’t last long.
Category: Verification (Page 31 of 61)
These posts take a look back at recent weather events, like snow storms or severe weather outbreaks, and evaluate how the forecast played out. We evaluate how well the models predicted what actually occurred, and offer insight into what can be learned and applied moving forward.
Were you caught off-guard by the historic wind storm that swept across Colorado on Saturday? This type of widespread, damaging wind event is known as a derecho. What transpired on Saturday was the first in recorded history to impact Boulder and Denver. We take a look at the low pressure that caused the event, the astonishing wind reports from across the area, and discuss why this may have been the first and last derecho we ever experience.
The week ahead is one typical for the last week of May. We have some warmer days, some cooler ones and chances for rain throughout the forecast. Let’s take a look!
Not surprisingly, many of you are outdoor-oriented and we get asked this question a lot. If you look out the window and see low clouds or fog blanketing your area, there is a decent chance that some or all of the peaks just west of town are soaking in the sun, but not always. We walk you through the process of how to determine the elevation of the top of the cloud deck and how it relates to the hiking options near Boulder and Denver.
The polar jet stream took a major dive this week rolling out the red carpet for a series of storm systems that brought record-setting cold as well as significant late-season snow to the Front Range. We take a look at the snowfall totals, new cold and snow records, and look ahead to a stretch of warmer temperatures.
As if we haven’t had our fill of winter already this week, another potent storm system will bring more accumulating snow to the Boulder and Denver area Wednesday night and into Thursday. This approaching storm isn’t as cold as the one earlier this week, but does have more moisture to work with and a very efficient mechanism to produce moderate to heavy snow. As a result, many locations will likely see more snow in the next 36 hours than what fell on Easter Sunday and Monday combined! Read on for a discussion of the incoming winter wonderland and a look at our snowfall forecast map.
PREMIUM STORM UPDATE (7:00 AM Thu 04/16/20): Heavy snow has fallen as expected overnight from Boulder to Fort Collins. We take a look at the latest model runs and discuss for the forecast for the second half of the snowstorm that will linger into Thursday evening. Click HERE to read.
Boulder picked up nearly 19″ of snow from the cluster of storms earlier this week and now has a very good chance of breaking its century-old seasonal snowfall record. We discuss why Boulder has seen so much more than Denver this snow season, and also comment on our next winter storm knocking on the door Wednesday night into Thursday.
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