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It’s Lightning Awareness Week! Find out why Colorado is one of the most deadly states for lightning

June 22, 2021 / Ben Castellani

As you know, thunderstorms are usually a staple of summer in Colorado! Almost every day, monsoon moisture boils up into dark early afternoon clouds, some of which produce deadly cloud-to-ground lightning. We briefly review a few statistics and remind you that Colorado is ranked near the top of the list for lightning-related fatalities for a reason.

Freezing drizzle turning to snow tonight and a much colder Monday

November 10, 2019 / Ben Castellani

Enjoy the beautiful weather Sunday while you can! We are watching an approaching trough and Arctic cold front that will bring winter back to the area tonight and early Monday. In this forecast update, we discuss when you can expect the front and the change-over from freezing drizzle to snow. We also provide our snowfall forecast map.
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Big cool-down and winter weather Sunday evening into Monday! Here’s what we know so far…

November 8, 2019 / BoulderCAST Team

Gorgeous weather will take hold across the Front Range for the weekend with highs in the 60’s and 70’s. However, another Arctic airmass is gearing up to plunge southward spreading across the eastern two-thirds of the country Sunday into Monday. We take a look at the latest forecast, including when we expect the cold air to arrive in Denver and the outlook for wintry precipitation.

Preliminary Forecast: Winter weather set to return Wednesday evening

October 22, 2019 / BoulderCAST Team

Snow is on the way as a speedy winter storm is set to impact the area Wednesday evening and night. We discuss the tricky set-up that is making for a difficult snow forecast in some areas. Of course, we do give our initial expectations for snowfall amounts as well!

A look back at the warm summer with almost no monsoon in Colorado

September 11, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Though there is officially still about one week left in summer, meteorological summer ended last weekend. We take a look back at what ended up being a warm, monsoon-deprived summer in which severe thunderstorms lessened wildfire and drought concerns. We also congratulate the 25 winners of our 2018 Summer Heat Contest!

August 2018 wildfire smoke update & how it can impact rainfall in Colorado

August 2, 2018 / BoulderCAST Team

There has been a dramatic drop in visibility and air quality across Colorado as smoke from several large wildfires burning in California and Oregon moved in on Wednesday. We discuss the smoke’s path to get here, how many acres have burned so far in 2018, and the potential weather impacts wildfire smoke can have.

This week in weather: July 16, 2018

July 16, 2018 / Ben Castellani

Following a very chilly Sunday, it will be business-as-usual for the week ahead with the sweltering heat returning to the Metro area. The same high pressure that has been plaguing us for weeks on-end will isolate Colorado from the pool of much-needed monsoon moisture, thus limiting rainfall chances for the foreseeable future. Read on for the disappointing details.

Using Pikes Peak to train SummitCAST’s mountain weather forecasts

July 10, 2018 / BoulderCAST Team

We explain how SummitCAST is “trained” via machine learning to produce the most accurate mountain weather forecasts possible. We also show you where you can find hourly updated forecast verification for SummitCAST…helpful if you want to gauge the uncertainty in our forecasts when heading to the Colorado’s mountains.