So far, September has brought the heat across Colorado – but, big changes are possible as we approach next weekend. Let's dig into the details below! First off: the heat so far this September has been no fun. Average high temperatures are up all across the board. One of the hot spots is Fort Collins, where the first 2 week of September has featured high temps running nearly 6 degrees above normal! For Denver, there's only been one day so far this month where high temps were below normal (last

Meteorological Fall began on Sunday (September 1st) which mean ski season is headed to the Colorado Rockies! Below is a list of projected start dates: Resorts suggest planning out trips now, rather than later, to ensure lodging/rentals. It's a great way to save too, because prices tend to tick up over the next several months. HOW IS THE SEASON LOOKING? As far as the weather is concerned, our focus has been on the weak La Niña conditions developing off of the west coast of South America. With

A potent trough over the western US continues to churn this weekend, bringing enhanced monsoonal flow. Generally, moisture will stay in the mountains, but a few storms will attempt to get going along and east of I-25 both Saturday and Sunday. Showers and storms will be mainly driven diurnally, or, with the heating of the day. However, overnight and morning storms in the mountains are likely over the next 36 hours. Moisture will be most prominent in the San Juans as the component of the wind w

After some rain and cooler temps on Friday and Saturday, we're going to see a return of more summer heat on Sunday—mid-to-upper 90s look aplenty for the Front Range. We'll also have some gusty winds (20-35 mph) out of the west. Some scattered fire danger is also possible. Here are high/low estimates for the next ten days for Denver and Colorado Springs. 10-Day Temp Trend: Denver/Central Park10-Day Temp Trend: Colorado SpringsTemp trends show a signal for heat through most of the week in Denver

Thick wildfire smoke flooded Colorado skies Monday and as we wake up Tuesday morning, our beautiful view of the mountains continues to be shrouded. https://www.weather.gov/bou/Air quality alerts have been thrown for the entire eastern half of the state, stretching from the continental divide all the way to the Kansas border. If you have respiratory issues, you'll want to limit time outdoors – and even folks in good shape will likely experience discomfort if you perform strenuous outdoor activi

An intense heat wave is taking hold across Colorado today and into the weekend. We're expecting the potential for 3 or 4 days of 100+ in Denver. A stretch like that has only occurred 6 times in since records have been kept since 1872. The "official" record at DIA which dates back to 1994 has occurred 5 times. ⬇️ Below is a look at current alerts from the NWS ⬇️ Heat advisories stretch along I-25 and over most of the eastern plains including the I-76 and HWY 50 corridors. The main message wit

Hey all, hope you had a wonderful holiday! Seems like it might have been a buy one get 10 free at the fireworks shop this year... Anyways, what a day of weather to celebrate! It was very mild considering the last decade of mostly hot Independence Days. Colorado Springs saw it's coolest since 2010 with a high of 81. For Denver, only the 2nd coolest since 2010, last year only made it to 78! We've got really nice stuff to kick off our Friday too. Plenty of blue sky along the front range. It is a

As early as May, there were plenty of signals that June was going to be a hot one across Colorado. It's likely the data was even underdone a bit. https://bit.ly/3zrR54XBelow are some charts on how hot it actually got. Both Denver and Colorado Springs experienced their second hottest June on record! However, you look back to 2012 for both locations, we were still shy of that year by a good amount. A testament to the parched springs and scorching summer which birthed the infamous Waldo Canyon Fir

Weather5280 warned you Thursday morning about damaging thunderstorm potential for the evening. Severe storms certainly delivered on that. Golf ball to baseball sized hail pelted the Denver metro after sunset Thursday night as powerful thunderstorms formed along a tongue of surface moisture that was drawn in throughout the day. This is likely one of the worst hail events to strike the Denver

We spoke to you yesterday on the severe weather threat expected over northeast Colorado yesterday afternoon and evening, you can read about it below: Colorado Weather: Severe weather including risk of tornadoes for parts of the stateSevere weather will increase across the state again today. Let’s look at the outlook area first for a general look at where the threat of damage is highest. Although much of the state can have a thunderstorm today, note the increased risk of severity east of DIA, fr

We've had several folks asking great questions about this today, so here's an update on what to expect, when to expect it, and how the weather will cooperate! > A Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm remains LIKELY... pic.twitter.com/Ydz2qeEB3b — NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (@NWSSWPC) May 10, 2024 For the first time in nearly 2

Hey folks, a brief update for this weekend: we figured we'd let you know about a storm system on approach. This will go well to the north keeping most of us dry, but does lead to gusty wind along the Front Range. Upper level pattern around noon Saturday, Pacific storm crashing onshoreUpper level pattern Sunday night, storm moves east quickly, but stays well northTo start, Saturday will feel a bit cooler compared to today & Sunday - not by too much, though. In general, 60s for Denver Saturday,

In our last post, we teased a possible storm system for this upcoming weekend. The potential for heavy precipitation (mainly rain with some snow) looks like it's still on the table. Let's get right into this thing. To start, we will be mild Wednesday, Thursday and for part of Friday. A stout ridge, leading to dry and warm weather, will hang out overhead during this time. Upper-Level Storm Pattern Wednesday AfternoonYou can already start to see the pattern evolving out west as early as Wednesda

As of noon Monday, a slow-moving upper level low pressure was situated over central Utah. On the front side, we're beginning to see some surface low pressure develop as well. This storm is bringing a lot of wind with it this afternoon, along with some widespread fire danger. As the system pivots east tonight into Tuesday, there will be a quick shot at moisture. As of now, short and mid-range data seems to have a bit of disagreement as to how much moisture we'll be able to squeeze out... let's di

Had ourselves a big ol' windbag this weekend, huh!? It could have been a good one (snow maker) if we had this system to our south rather than north - parts of Wyoming had blizzard conditions just about the entire weekend. Regardless, I think we're all happy to kick most of those winds to the curb this week. We'll be under the influence of a weak area of low pressure to our south the next few days, leading to slightly below normal temps to start the work week, gradually warming into next weeken

After a major snow storm last week, we've settled out nicely the last several days with plenty of snowmelt. We don't expect many change to this pattern through Saturday, but by Sunday another powerful spring storm looks to spin up east of the rockies. Surface low pressure projection for Sunday evening - A powerful low wraps up over the Colorado/Kansas BorderTiming and storm setup There's some pretty start differences from last week's storm vs this weekend. The speed of this storm looks much qu

Our biggest storm since the Pi Day Blizzard of March 14, 2021 looks to be on track to arrive Wednesday night into Thursday... and fittingly, Thursday is the 3-year anniversary of that storm. This storm looks to begin impacting us Wednesday afternoon, potentially lasting into Friday morning south of the Palmer Divide. Let's get right into the details of this thing! Snowfall and timing Wednesday 9AM - 3PM Should be a fine start to Wednesday mo

We've kind of seen it all so far this winter and early meteorological spring in Colorado. A few busts, a few booms and a few in-betweens. This week, however, arriving right on time, could be a mid-March special... Any of you model geeks, us included, have seen some of the booming snowfall potential with the storm set to come through around Thursday, potentially lasting well into Friday, and in some instances... until Saturday! Now, not even 96 hours out from this storm we cannot confidently cal

Really no other way to cut it. This system really had trouble getting its act together and as such, will likely underperform expected snow totals. As of 1:00pm, heavy snow has line up along and south of the South Platte River valley. Snow between 3-6" had already fallen in this area through the late morning. Radar Depiction 1:00pm ThursdayA wider view shows very meager precip along the Urban Corridor. Although, areas around Colorado Springs have seen reports of rain, snow, graupel and even ligh

Hey everybody! Finally going to see a more favorable pattern for rain and snow across the front range later this week. It looks like a slow moving... blob... of unsettled weather is on the docket come Thursday and Friday – and by blob, I mean this thing: You can see it's not coming through all that organized, it's pretty far south and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to get it to spin up a bit more and cause more of a ruckus. Never fear, though! It does have something working in our favo

Heading into this weekend... and almost a carbon copy of last weekend , a potent storm system is expected to ride a strong push from the Pacific jet stream, keeping most of the core energy north of Colorado. With a similar storm set up, similar impacts are expected to move through the state. We'll see wind and fire danger ramp up, especially south of I-70 on Saturday, heavy mountain snow picking up Saturday night and throughout Sunday, with a chan

After a very active start to February, we've really toned things down. We are now starting to see the atmosphere charge up again ahead of our next storm system set to move through Monday and Tuesday. Ahead of it, wind and fire danger concerns take us through the rest of the weekend, and on the back half, mountain snow developing Monday night, leading to a chance at some front range snow by Tuesday morning. Red Flag Warnings Today (pink) and Fire Weather Watches for Sunday (tan)Above is the curr

Back-to-back weekends in early February brought wintry weather to Colorado. Do we see any more on the way as we look forward? Our prospects don't look all that exciting, but the passage of a broken upper-level jet streak will provide the mountains with a chance of snow through this weekend, and might we manage a bit at lower elevations? Here is a look at the current basin-level snowpack, these are within a normal range but will decrease a bit with a calmer pattern for the next bit. What about

It's Friday morning and we're seeing a weak storm system bring light snow and flurries to the south Denver metro, just enough snow to cause havoc on I-25 in Colorado Springs and some heavier snow showers down near Pueblo and Canon City. This morning's system is fairly weak, but it's a case of just enough snow at the wrong time which caused problems. Into this afternoon, we're not looking all too bad. Most of us will see snow ending. Highs should top out above freezing for most, so any slick ar

Alright, it's been like cranking the engine on an old truck, but this storm is finally starting to grit its teeth a bit. The low found a good spot, we've got plenty of moisture, rain has changed to snow in most locations, and a barrier jet has set up along the Front Range lending to enhanced snowfall rates this afternoon. The barrier jet has set up from Cheyenne all the way to Raton. The phenomenon is not all that uncommon with these strong upsloping setups – especially with upslope aloft, you

We're starting to get into the "increasing confidence" range of the storm set to impact Colorado in the coming days. But "increasing confidence" doesn't mean "high confidence" at this point. For now we've got some data to at least share, and give some general guidance – but we still have another 24 hours worth of model data to comb through by tomorrow evening to give you a better idea of how this will play out. In short – you know what we're going to say: watch for the changes, maybe not much i

We've been a bit quiet, but there hasn't been much to report on with regard to the upcoming system either. Most of what we outlined on Monday remains true, though the paths to a big time snow at lower elevations are certainly far fewer this morning vs what we were seeing in guidance a few days ago. But so it goes. The storm track has been relatively stabl

Well, depending on who you are, it's either been a good or bad thing that you haven't heard much from us lately. Mother nature won't throw much our way lately – we touched on a few things ahead in our update on Sunday , we'll dig into that again at the bottom half of this write up. Latest Colorado snowpack numbers, and what’s on tap for the remainder of the monthTemperature

Winter will make itself known across Colorado this weekend! Several cold fronts, plenty of arctic cold, lots of mountain snow and a shot at some Front Range snow as well. Winter lovers, this is your kind of weather coming up. The 5-day temperature anomaly shows us that this is cold isn't just going to be a quick in-and-out type of event. It's likely that parts of eastern Colorado see 3 consecutive days of near and below zero wind chills – potentially dangerous stuff if exposed too long. A W

Another strong storm is taking shape over the four corners Sunday afternoon. While the pattern remains favorable, it seems like we'll have to wait for that elusive "big storm" that really clocks everyone. That being said, for some of the favorable spots in Colorado, along the front range and in the mountains, this is STILL going to bring some impacts. Another point to drive home: this storm has legs. It's not going to stick around for long. Snow is beginning to fall in the mountains here on S