A trough of low-pressure will scurry across the Pacific northwest today bringing a good chance for widespread severe weather for eastern portions of Washington state, northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and far western Montana. The area of concern is under a… Read More »Severe Weather Chance for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana today.
A slow moving low pressure system produced record breaking rainfall for the date at DIA on May 11th with 2.92″ reported breaking the old record of 1.55″ in 2011. This storm produced flooding for many locations and ensures May of… Read More »Denver Breaks Daily Rainfall Record!
This Wednesday, May 10, 2023, there will be a chance for severe weather, especially areas east of the I-25 corridor as seen in the map provided by the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. A series of weak disturbances will… Read More »First NWS Slight Chance for Severe Weather in Colorado 5/10/2023
After a round of rain and snow for Colorado, this storm system will continue eastward brigning a decent chance for severe weather across portions of Texas. Best chance for storms will be along eastern portions of the state, including the… Read More »Severe Weather Outlook 4/28/2023
After one of the colder winter seasons in many years Denver has been experiencing record breaking temperatures recently in April on the 11-12th. The record high of 80°F on Tuesday the 11th was last set in 1982 and DIA reached… Read More »Another High Temperature Record Broken at DIA Today After Months of Below Normal Temperatures.
Temperatures are expected to warm well into the 80’s from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs this afternoon which will break daily records for many locations. The record high for DIA today (4/11) is 80°F set back in 1982 and this… Read More »Record Heat for the I-25 Corridor of CO Today
After a round of snow during the evening hours of April 4th, 2023, skies gradually cleared over the Denver area. With an Arctic airmass over the region, this resuled in a record low overnight temperature of 11°F for Denver(DIA) for… Read More »Record Low for Denver(DIA) 4/5/2023
An active start to the severe weather season so far will continue into this weekend with another good chance for severe weather for several locations. Once again, the strongest storms will likely hold off until the later afternoon and into… Read More »Severe Weather Outlook 3/31/2023
There will be an active afternoon and evening for the Texas/Oklahoma area as a cold front moves through the region throughout the day today. This will bring a slight chance for some severe weather late this afternoon and into the… Read More »Severe Weather Outlook 3/24/2023 and into 3/25/2023
A cold front from the west will quickly traverse through Texas late on Thursday, March 23, 2023 through the overnight and into Friday, March 24, 2023. This cold from will bring a good chance for rain showers with a slight… Read More »Another Slight Chance for Severe Weather, overnight Thursday, March 23, 2023, and into daybreak Friday, March 24, 2023, for the Dallas, Texas area.
A quick moving storm system will bring snow for most parts of Colorado late this evening, through the overnight and into Thursday, March 16, 2023. As this system moves through, it will meet some good low-level moisture in Texas and… Read More »Snow for Colorado, Severe Weather for Texas/Oklahoma 3/16/2023
As expected, a round of overnight severe weather impacted the far eastern Oklahoma area and into Arkansas. Fortunately due to minimal daytime heating, most storms did not produce any significant severe weather, however there were reports of hail up to… Read More »Storm Report 3/11, More Severe Weather on the Way?
An unsettled weather pattern for the Colorado will lead to a chance for some severe weather in the Oklahoma/Arkansas area late Saturday March 11th, 2023 and through the overnight and into daybreak Sunday, March 12th, 2023. Fortunately daytime high temperatures… Read More »Severe Weather Outlook March 11, 2023
A strong low-pressure system that brought widespread snowfall to Denver has moved eastward and onto the plains. Here the low-pressure system has ramped up in strength as it continues to impact areas from the Midwest southward along the Mississippi river… Read More »Storm That Impacted Denver to Create Severe Weather EAST
Moderate to heavy rainfall moved into California over the past few days bringing much needed rainfall to most areas. Currently the drought monitor is in severe to extreme drought and has been for the California area for the past few… Read More »Heavy Rains Impact California
Overnight lows dropped to a bone chilling -24°F at DIA right around daybreak on December, 22, 2022. This was after a rather strong cold front that moved through the previous night which enabled a blast of Arctic air across eastern… Read More »Coldest Day on Record?
The first snow of the season was observed for many along the I-25 corridor from Fort Colling to Colorado Springs but some areas did miss out, including DIA which only reported a trace of snow. Below are some snow totals… Read More »Preliminary Snow Totals from the NWS in Boulder
Below are updated snow totals for the 4/11-4/12 snow storm that impacted eastern MT. The information below can be found by visiting the NWS in Billings: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=byz&issuedby=BYZ&product=PNS Public Information Statement National Weather Service Billings MT 814 PM MDT Tue Apr… Read More »Updated Montana Snow Totals 4/12/2022
A major storm system has been impacting the northern Rockies bringing beneficial snow to areas that are far behind normal as of today. As this storm churns over the Dakotas the northern Great Plains will experience a BLIZZARD! Below are… Read More »Preliminary Snow Totals for Montana 4/11-4/12/2022
A major storm is impacting the NW portion of the US and as it moves inland will be producing accumulating snow over the mountains of OR/ID/MT/UTWY and western CO. The heart of the Rocky Mountains is lacking in snowfall as… Read More »Western storm system to produce beneficial snow for the places that need it most!
Now that we are officially into spring, the snow season will slowly come to a close but snow will fall with regularity in the high Country through May and even into June above 10,000ft. Most of the major river drainages… Read More »Current Colorado Snowpack
Ice coverage and thickness has peaked over the Great Lakes with only 32.2% coverage as of March 10, 2022. Here in CO our ice fishing season is one of the longest in the Country at Antero and 11-Mile in South… Read More »Great Lakes Ice Wanes
Current CO snowpack in SWE (Snow Water Equivalent) as of March 10, 2022. We still have 2 months of accumulation in the high country with most river basins ranging from 89-111% of normal. This map is updated daily and can… Read More »Current Colorado Snow Pack
A great review of the Marshall fire from a NWS product and weather/climate perspective is on the main page of the NWS Boulder website under “news headlines” and can be found here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cd7e211f5d594f9996b061d05670e779
While the I-25 corridor from Cheyenne to Trinidad received nightly bouts of snow from the 21-24th the snow accumulations were relatively light with anywhere from 2-6″, but… In the mountains they were measuring snow by the foot in the ski… Read More »After an active week Colorado snow pack is near normal!
Tonight and into tomorrow, January 18, 2022, the Colorado region will experience an array of winter weather from freezing fog, drizzle, snow, sleet, graupel and sleet/ice pellets. This is in part due to the above average temperatures from previous days… Read More »Types of Precipitation
