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
A Pacific Atmospheric River (AR) will channel impressive amounts of moisture into the Intermountain West as a strong upper-level disturbance works its way south across the Rockies. The GOES-West visible satellite loop below shows a ribbon of oceanic moisture streaming… Read More »Atmospheric River fuels developing winter cyclone
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?
A bitterly cold arctic air mass will push into Colorado Wednesday, with rapidly falling temperatures behind the front expected to arrive during the later afternoon or shortly after sundown in the Denver Metro area. Northeast winds of 20-30mph may accompany… Read More »Bitter cold Thursday across Eastern Colorado
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
The storm track has taken a turn to the N over the past few weeks producing a blizzard for the northern plains with snow for the northern Rockies. Even western CO has seen some rain and snow but areas E… Read More »A DRY April for the I-25 corridor of Colorado!
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
Snow drift equation: This is not perfect and works well for snow ratios of 10″ snow to 1″ water or (10:1) up to about 20:1, the wetter and drier snows throw it off as the wet snow will literally stick… Read More »Snow Drift Equation
How come when I plow it seems like I am plowing more snow than what is reported? This is a question I have come across many times, and this is my best attempt to answer that question. Basically, it boils down… Read More »Why Does it Feel Like I am Plowing More Snow Than What is Reported Sometimes?
As we head into 2022 and are expecting our first real snow storm of this season, Skyview Weather would like to send out a reminder on the National Weather Service Winter Weather Advisories, Watches and Warnings and what they mean… Read More »Winter Weather Definitions
Current Colorado Snowpack as of 12/29/2021: As we head into the new year Colorado has had less than ideal precipitation from the end of summer through the entirety of fall. This has lead to low snowpack levels for all areas… Read More »Current Colorado Snowpack
A weather pattern change is about to occur over the state of Colorado but the beneficial moisture and snow will remain in the mountains along and west of the continental divide. Through the end of the year (or over the… Read More »Snow will be increasing over the mountains of Colorado but the plains will remain generally dry through the New Year
The NWS in Boulder did a great job breaking out the peak wind gusts by county over NE CO from the severe wind event yesterday (12/15). The strong winds resulted in heavy damage to trees along the Front Range. The… Read More »High Wind Reports from the NWS in Boulder for NE CO
The NWS in Pueblo has broken out the recorded wind gusts yesterday from highest to lowest over eastern Colorado. There was some amazing video on the internet from SE CO that just blows my mind! Wind gusts even reached 100… Read More »High Wind Reports from the NWS in Pueblo for SE CO
NWS High Wind Warning is in effect for much of Colorado today and the winds have not disappointed. A gust of 100mph was observed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs at 11:18am. Most gusts are in the 60-80mph… Read More »100mph wind gust recorded at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs
A very dangerous situation developed last night and overnight for Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and into Mississippi. The storm that brought Denver its first measurable snow quickly moved eastward creating an ideal set up for severe… Read More »Major Tornado Outbreak 12/10/2021
