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Storm Recap and A Look Ahead Towards A Beautiful (And Much Warmer) Weekend
Thanks to everyone who visited the site recently! This was my biggest event to-date in terms of viewership and visitors so thank you so much for at least looking. Here’s to a great winter ahead of forecasting and talking about booms and busts and all the wild weather that is to come. Follow me on […]
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Another Storm Incoming With a Better Chance for Snow Along the Urban Corridor by Thursday Morning
That was a fun little storm we just had move through. I-70 shut down for a bit around Vail Pass, Trail Ridge Road closed for the season during the storm, high winds blew dust all over the eastern Plains, and some snow accumulated around Monument and Larkspur on the Palmer Divide. Tik TokTwitterInstagramFacebook The approaching […]
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Snowstorm Incoming This Weekend: Fire Danger, Wind, Rain, Heavy Snow and Cold Temps Expected Across Colorado
Our first widespread winter blast is expected this weekend and there will be a lot of impacts depending on where you are across the state. Very strong winds will be expected first, then mountain snow, a threat for rain/snow down to I-25 and then some solid cold air. Our first winter storm warnings have been […]
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Pleasant Forecast Through the Weekend with Something to Watch for Next Week ❄️ 👀
It was a pretty great weekend across Colorado with some awesome pictures of snow-capped mountains with fields of golden aspen trees beneath. I talked about the likelihood that it would be a great leaf-peeping weekend with my white and gold forecast that came out last Thursday and I’m happy to say it was an awesome […]
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A Triple-Dip La Niña. What That Means For Denver and Colorado’s Upcoming Winter
As first seen in 5280 Magazine. Message from Andy – I think it’s important to stress that forecasting large-scale weather phenomena like the ENSO cycle and its effects on our weather months ahead of time is not 100%. The ENSO connection to Colorado is not great and can vary widely from one corner of the […]
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Atmospheric River to Bring Cool, Drenching Rains to Colorado This Week.
We have a late-season soaker headed to Colorado this week and it will deliver some delicious rain to the mountains. It will also bring lighter amounts or rain (though still beneficial) to the Front Range. This is a fun forecast. Cue Lady Gaga’s song, Rain On Me. Colorado is going to be wedged in between […]
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Significant, Albeit Short, Cooldown Coming This Weekend (with some mountain snow?)
Going from record highs to temperatures in the 30s and 40s seems reminiscent of the 2020 weather flip we had. If you don’t remember: read about how we went from 100º to snow. This is not what is happening this weekend but we will feel a significant cooldown. Wednesday, September 7, 2022. We set another […]
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The Current Forecast is a Good Example of How Our Summers are Staying Hotter, Longer
It was HOT today. No hotter than what we’ve felt at other times this summer but for an early September day…it was hot. The 97º temperature felt on Labor day Monday was 13º above normal and only 4º away from the record of 101º on this day in 2020. The forecast for not only Denver […]
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Late-Summer Heatwave to Impact Colorado Through Mid-September at Least
Happy Meteorological Fall! Well, I haven’t written too many big-time heat blogs this summer. It’s been a nice change of pace from what I wrote about over the last two summers but that has come to an end. You’ve probably heard of the mega heatwave impacting western US – well, we’re close enough to that […]
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Colorado Weather Update: End of August/Early September to Come With Pretty Normal Weather Statewide
The weather over the next week will be mostly normal. Rain chances will decrease and it’ll be a bit hotter out as a ridge builds over Colorado. This is mostly nice late August weather.