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

I don't typically show content from press releases, but this one caught my eye as a "really?" – I had never really heard of China's ski industry and yet they are hosting the Olympics. The Olympics will be held there in six years. To me, isn't a little late for China to be now wanting to figure out safety, ski procedures, etc.? I'd think that should have been an on-going process before the Olympic selection committee decided to go with them. Although, the Olympic committee seems to favor areas t

Out of dozens of conferences a year I prefer one, the Steamboat Weather Summit. The venue is perfect, obviously. The number and content of speakers are appropriate and broadly based. The members are a perfect blend of mets across the country from various tv stations/networks. The entire group is given a chance to learn, play, and bond. Perhaps the week of the year I look forward to the most. Unlike the big conferences where discussion and questions wait till the end, this is a week of dialog. T