Tag: Meteorology
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Rapids ready to trade Colorado’s altitude and haze for Houston’s heat and humidity
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The Colorado Rapids trained in a tough environment this week to prepare for a similarly challenging setting expected on Saturday. After practicing through the wildfire smoke that made breathing at altitude even more challenging, the Rapids are off to Houston. It’s expected to be in the low 90s with around 60% humidity for the 6:30…
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Weather: Record heat settles across Denver, more to possibly come
Temperatures rose into the triple-digits on Tuesday across Denver, which is the highest on record and third earliest 100-degree temperature since 1872, according to the National Weather Service. Despite some phones showing the temperature reached 102-degrees in Denver, the official high was 101-degrees, which broke a 69-year-old record, said Caitlin Mensch, a meteorologist with the…
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National Weather Service officials investigating Monday’s landspout tornado
A landspout tornado that touched ground three miles northeast of Firestone and wrecked havoc for about 30 minutes has been classified as an EF1 tornado. Although a landspout tornado is much weaker than a traditional tornado, it produced wind gusts of up to 99 mph on Monday. Landspouts also form in a single cell storm…
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Weather: Denver remained fairly dry and cloudy throughout Wednesday, but that’ll change this weekend
Denver mostly remains unscathed by Wednesday’s storm system that could bring severe weather across the northeastern part of the state, but that’ll change as Memorial Day nears. Overnight temperatures will drop into the low-50’s across the metro along with partly cloudy skies. However, much of the northeastern portion of the state could get potentially severe,…
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Weather: Denver could top last year’s precipitation amounts after impending storm system
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a few days of spring and almost summer-like weather across the Mile High City, many Denverites will be putting on rain jackets as isolated showers and possible thunderstorms will continue into Wednesday. The impending…
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Colorado Winter Storm Update: I-25 closed between Colorado Springs and Castle Rock; hazardous driving conditions through Monday morning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Stay with this story for updates on Colorado weather Sunday: The Storm: Front Range communities face a second day of snow from a winter storm that’s still pounding Colorado. Denver could see another seven inches of snow while Colorado Springs faced up to five inches. …
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Interstate 25 open north of Colorado Springs, blizzard shutters many other roads
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drivers should avoid travel if possible and prepare for whiteout conditions Sunday if they must travel, particularly in higher terrain, the El Paso County Office of Emergency Management warned. Blowing snow from gusty, northerly winds and slick roads will result in hazardous travel conditions throughout…
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Colorado Winter Storm Update: Winter storm warning persists for Front Range; Red Cross opens warming shelters opened in El Paso County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Stay with this story for updates on Colorado weather Saturday: The Storm: Snow began falling across the Front Range just before 10 a.m. Saturday and forecasters expect snow to stick around through Sunday. The heaviest snow is expected to hit from Boulder to southern Wyoming,…
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Denver weather: Rain and snow mix expected to arrive Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite temperatures surpassing 60 degrees Wednesday, Mother Nature will briefly transition back into winter mode with slight rain and snow fall beginning Thursday. A rain and snow mix will begin to fall across the Denver…
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A ‘Denver Cyclone’ created season-high snowfall
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Parts of the Denver metro area received over a foot of snow overnight — much more than forecasted — and weather experts say a “Denver Cyclone” is to blame. The National Weather Service’s initial forecast had…