Category: Weather in the News (Page 9 of 15)

These posts cover interesting weather phenomena from around the world, and won’t be specific to Boulder County. However, Earth is very diverse in the world of weather, so you will surely learn a thing or two.

Yesterday’s high wind reports and the stunning birds-eye view from GOES-16!

April 18, 2018 / BoulderCAST Team

Several favorable atmospheric components aligned to produce very strong winds across the Metro area Tuesday afternoon and evening. We look at the peak wind gusts and also check out the view from the space borne GOES-16 weather satellite.

Weather 101: What does “Fair” weather really mean?

April 17, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Even with thick high-level clouds overhead, yesterday saw “Fair” weather conditions reported across the Metro area, but what does this actually mean? As it turns out, “Fair” weather can signify a lot of things, with one critical caveat.

An unprecedented atmospheric river quietly brought the biggest snow of the year to Colorado’s mountains

April 12, 2018 / BoulderCAST Team

The Pineapple Express was back at it again this past weekend. Another round of soaking rain struck California, with all that tropical moisture translating into heavy mountain snow across northern Colorado.

Atmospheric river currently besieging California, bringing snow to Colorado for Friday

March 22, 2018 / Ben Castellani

As we mentioned in our weekly outlook, a true atmospheric river event is underway, pumping deep tropical moisture into the southwestern United States right now! The moisture influx will mainly be impacting California and Nevada, but Colorado won’t escape totally unscathed. Plus we take a look ahead to a soggy/snowy forecast for early next week.

The GOES-16 weather satellite had a spectacular first year in orbit!

February 8, 2018 / Ben Castellani

The GOES-16 weather satellite launched on November 19, 2016 and began collecting revolutionary data with a higher temporal, spatial, and spectral resolution than ever before. From the raging wildfires in Montana, to a close-up on the eye of Hurricane Maria, GOES-16 has captured truly awe-inspiring results in 2017. What do you think?

Billion-dollar Denver hailstorm last May is now spiking insurance rates ‘statewide’

January 17, 2018 / Ben Castellani

On May 8th 2017, a severe thunderstorm formed over the western suburbs of Denver around 2:30 PM Mountain Time. Hailstones up to 2.75″ in diameter pummeled cars and structures causing a total of $1.4 Billion (that’s billion with a “B”!) in damage, thereby becoming the costliest hailstorm in state history. We take a look back at this historic storm, and give you warning of the impending insurance spikes for 2018.

2017: The 2nd Warmest for Earth, 3rd for Colorado, 11th for Boulder

January 12, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Earth. It’s really cool, but it’s warming up faster now than it may have ever warmed before. Unless the buzz from last week’s East Coast blizzard has turned you into a climate change denier, you are likely already on-board with this sentiment. With 2017 now behind us, we take a look back at temperatures throughout the year for the globe, Colorado, and Boulder.