July, 2020 has been absolutely cooking across the region to date. And, while the week ahead will feature a few days with better storm chances, and at least one modest cold front, there's plenty of hot and dry ahead as we see it. Through the first 11 days of the month, Denver's temperature is running 4.5°F degrees above average. And, with just 0.10" of precipitation recorded at Denver International Airport, the city is a good 0.5" below average for precipitation to date. Each afternoon, with

We have talked at length about how we thought the monsoon would fail again this year, and wanted to update you on whether out thoughts have changed. The answer in short is no. While some areas have received some rain lately, it has been quite spotty overall, and not nearly enough to erase the ongoing drought for much of the area . Here is a look at precipitation anomalies over the last 90 days: You can

Exceptional drought conditions were removed from Colorado and Kansas this week thanks to some thundershower activity. H owever, the drought categories D1 to D4  expanded in coverage area by less than a percentage. There were observed evaporation stresses east of the Rockies, but some surpluses found across the Western US also. Expect the evaporative stress