Hey everybody! Just poppin' our heads in real quick to let you know about the week of weather ahead... and once again, we're not talking about anything, whether it be heat or storms, that will blow our socks off. Let's take a look below: You can pretty clearly see the WPC forecast favoring a marginal risk for flash flooding Today, Tuesday and Wednesday. This includes all of the front range, and west into the foothills and continental divide. I've dropped in the HRRR projection for Monday and T

Happy Tuesday all! First off, let's show you some intense video from Monday afternoon in Franktown – https://x.com/i/status/1944884229008998531 That's video Douglas County Sheriff posted on social media, after a possible landspout tornado caused damage in the town. https://x.com/NWSBoulder/status/1944859465775239587 The storm managed to get a Special Weather Statement with a landspout tag. We're expecting to get some official word from the NWS on this at some point. We may see a couple rou

Hey folks! Hope you had a good holiday weekend. We enter a new week strong stretch of summer heat. A big ridge of high pressure is expected to set up shop across the desert southwest, as seen below: This ridging extends into southern Canada, with a few areas of unsettled weather of note across parts of the central US and northwest coast of California. This looks about as classic of a summer weather pattern as you can get with the main storm track way up in central British Columbia. While th

Happy 4th folks! The weather remains in a bit of an identity crisis as Colorado remains warm, but not overly hot. To go along with that, we have some spotty storm chances for the holiday weekend. Let's get a quick rundown of the forecast: Looking at a wide view, we don't see a really dominant "summer" type weather pattern for most of the lower-48. Some weak troughing giving us the unsettled weather this weekend across the west, some ridging near the Great Lakes, and a fast moving trough over th

Hey all – that first big heat wave of the season is always a little rough, huh? Friday brought record-tying heat, and strong, gusty winds both then and again on Sunday didn’t exactly make for the most pleasant outdoor weather. Still, we can count those as a few of the maybe 30 to 40 legit pool days we get each year here along the Front Range. Hopefully you got some time by the water. Cooler pool time the next few days...almost early-fall-like weather on tap. Pretty neat look at the cold front

Happy Friday and first full day of Summer! (Except for the cold and snow lovers. This one is gunna stink.) Ok, now that we've got that out of the way... what's on the ballot the next few days? Record heat, significant mountain fire danger and a break from the rain. It's good news (mostly for the east side of the Rockies) that we've seen such beneficial moisture the last 60 days, or the fire danger would likely be high for the front range as well. Don't get us wrong, fire risk is always a ris

Hey everyone, hope everyone had a good Father's Day weekend. We had some of our hottest weather of the season so far here in Colorado Springs on Sunday, following by a pretty significant hail event in the evening. Below are some pictures: Becky Miller - Colorado Springs (Sunday June 15, 2025)Patty Marty - Colorado Springs (Sunday June 15, 2025)Storms should be pretty few and far between today, with the best chances later this evening over the northeast part of the state. Biggest story this afte

The weather has had a bit of an identity crisis in Colorado the last couple of weeks. There's been some warmer days, there's been some cooler days, heck, there's even been some severe weather – but outside of the Elbert County tornado on May 18, it's been tough to find other standout weather. That's not always a bad thing! Freakish hail events, May blizzards, heat waves... the list can go on and on this time of year. So what do we have coming out way this week? This is the main weather pat

2025 seems to be zipping on by as the unofficial start to the Summer season is already here. Memorial Day Weekend is unfortunately looking pretty wet at times across Colorado. Here's the latest details: A very weak, and sort of nebulous weather pattern looks to set up shop this weekend. At this point, our most affected days look like Sunday and Monday. As you can see on the maps above, the 500mb charts aren't even really showing a significant storm system, but just enough (what I like to call

Quite a potent cold front Wednesday evening! Check out the satellite loops below and the significant push of dust which moved across eastern Colorado and Western Kansas. This front also featured a quick round of showers and thunderstorms for northeast Colorado... to go along with that 40-50 mph gusty winds for many. Quite the raw and uncomfortable evening to say the least. For today we'll see mainly 60s and 70s – and a bit of a breeze will remain. Some lingering mountain snow showers will tape

A significant area of low pressure is expected to move into the four corners starting Sunday night, bringing impacts to Colorado potentially through Wednesday morning. While this spring was fairly tame with respect to these types of systems, turning the page into May looks to be pulling no punches! Let's time out these storm system, as it looks to come through in two main waves. WAVE #1 – Late Sunday night through Monday evening For now, Sunday morning is looking dry for most of the state.

Our first round of severe thunderstorms this spring rumbled over the eastern plains Wednesday afternoon and evening – some of those storms creating picturesque views in the Pikes Peak Region. We saw a fairly significant supercell that passed along the southern fringe of the Palmer Divide, impacting areas along HWY 24, and eventually moving north towards I-70; this was our one big storm of the day. For a time, it also had a tornado warning to go along with it. We're not done there either! More

Hey all – for those looking for something quick, I've got a brief description below: THE MEAT & POTATOES: Strong winds and fire danger here on Thursday afternoon will be replaced QUICKLY by a strong cold front around sunset tonight. That cold front will swing temperatures from the mid 70s into the mid 40s in just a few hours. Clouds will increase through the night and with snow increasing in the mountains around midnight, and around the Denver Metro by sunrise Friday. Snow lasts for most of the

Ok... maybe heat wave is a bit of a stretch... BUT, it will be VERY warm the next few days, continuing into the weekend. Let's start with the overall setup: Above is a look at lower-level atmospheric temperatures averaged out over the next 5 days. An impressive ridge will set up bringing several days of well above average temperatures. Our warmest day looks like it will be Saturday, where highs will likely run 15-25 degrees above normal! Here are potential high temperatures for Saturday, ac

An active weather pattern continues across Colorado. We're seeing relatively calm conditions this morning, with some scattered snow showers in the southwest quadrant of the state. This ripple of energy will slowly slide east throughout the day today, eventually setting up showers for the front range and I-25. Above is the setup for Thursday morning with moisture pinwheeling in from southwest to northeast. Below is the evolution of the weak shortwave, with some areas of convection that are no

Hello weather friends! Our first rainy system of the spring is on the way! If we break down the important bits: 1) Several waves of rain showers are likely 2) Some lightning & thunder is possible 3) SOME snow is possible as the system pivots out Sunday, but those chances seem limited... Let's get right into it, shall we? We're kicking things off, as I often like to do, with the 500mb charts. This gives us a very clear indication of where calm vs unsettled weather is planning on taking shape

Hey all, the weather has been really quiet lately, and as such, there hasn't been a whole bunch to update you on. To start things off, this week has been an absolute treat! Winds have died down and we've warmed up quite a bit! Responsible for that, is this thing below: A significant fold in the jet pattern, setting up a nice ridge of high pressure along the Canadian Rockies, stretch down into the western high plains. That ridge hanging out around 18,000 ft aloft trickles down to our weather h

Hope y'all had a good weekend! We should stay mild for Monday – unfortunately we'll combine that warmth with some strong winds, leading to widespread fire danger. Wind gusts are ahead of our next cold front which will keep us windy Tuesday, with snow possible Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Let's break down the details. First off: quite the rollercoaster on the 10 day temp charts. You can see the mild air in play early this week. We'll see cooler temps with the front midweek... and way

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: There are a few factors which we'll discuss here that should prevent significant front range, I-25 and plains impacts like we've seen with bomb cyclones in the past. A lot to talk about today so let's get right into it! We are still looking at a rapidly developing storm system for Friday over the central high plains. This storm system has the potential to drop from ~1000mb, to 976mb, over a 24 hour period, which would constitute a "bomb cyclone". Essentially, we are seeing

Hello weather friends, we're launching into another wave of action across Colorado. Thankfully we'll have less wind this time! Let's jump right into the charts: Our next wave of energy is already pushing onshore of California as of Wednesday evening. This system will push east-southeast across the four corners, coming as a split of two areas of energy. The northern split will influence weather in the mountains as early as Wednesday night into Thursday morning, leading to increasing snow across

A bit of a complex storm setup with this last one . A few key features of this took a little too long to ramp up, yielding lower snowfall totals than what was expected. Regardless of snow totals, the wind was an absolute nightmare to deal with on Tuesday. Colorado Springs was the strongest report I was able to find just picking at local airport data. Definitely some wicked stuff out there. T

Happy Friday and what an end of the week AND weekend that we have in store! Temps should have no problem getting well into the 50s, with plenty of low 60s around too. Getting out shouldn't be a problem at all, but much like the last few days, gusty winds at times are possible each afternoon. Winds will probably hover around 10-20 mph. Now, for the elephant in the room... A pretty potent storm will crash on shore of the western United States Sunday night into Monday morning. As we move thro

Hey all, just wanted to throw a brief update for you. As we've mentioned we are sitting pretty this week! If you enjoyed Sunday's weather, you've got that copy and paste through the weekend. Might run into a tiny speed bump on Wednesday, but even then, that gives us better weather than what we have had for most of this month. As the ridge maxes out later in the week, that's probably when we see the warmest temperatures. Almost like a wave cresting in the ocean, what goes up, must come down. Yo

Hey all! Foothills and Palmer Divide classic last night! That slow-ish moving upper level low had no trouble getting started in the late afternoon Thursday and really picked up steam once the sunset. Look at that firehose of moisture that slammed up against the hills overnight! I captured this video below last night in Colorado Springs as the first wave of energy moved through the Pikes Peak Region. Kicked us around good for about an hour or two before it shut down for most of the night. 103 r

Hey all! More winter weather is on the way today, which means it's time to make another post! We're working our way out of a pretty stiff round of cold air that brought subzero temperatures to Denver Wednesday morning. We won't be AS cold today, but another quick-moving system should shake things up by Thursday evening, bringing us another cold front and some of us a pretty solid shot for snowfall. Before we dive in, check out these frigid temperatures across the high plains this morning. No

Hey everyone! We have a pretty interesting setup for you on Saturday afternoon. You think back to summertime around here and how certain days/weather patterns can produce daily afternoon thunderstorms. Well, today is a pretty similar set up to one of those days, except it's cold enough for snow. As much, the likelihood for thunder is very low, but NOT totally out of the question for maybe a rumble in the Pikes Peak Region. With the convective nature of these afternoon snow showers, we could,

Not so bad for our Monday. Most folks along the front range are in the 30s and 40s. We'll see a mix of clouds and sunshine throughout the day, with a bit more clouds for Denver by Monday evening. Big changes arrive tonight into Tuesday. A cold front will sweep across the state after sunset, with temps falling into the 10s and 20s... and likely not making much of a recovery Tuesday afternoon. Below are projected high temperatures from the HRRR model for Tuesday: Even colder when you push the mo

Nothing of huge import to update you on today – I mean, it's a bit windy for sure, but generally impacts will remain relatively low. Below are 12:00pm wind gusts across the state. Winner winner chicken dinner at DIA with a state-high 47 mph gust! We're seeing a collection of 20, 30 and 40 mph gusts from Colorado Springs out on the southeast plains, with mostly 20 and 30 mph gusts in the mountains. These downsloping winds are giving us really mild stuff too, plenty of 50s and 60s along I-25.

While the Denver metro and points north didn't see a ton of snow yesterday it was a vastly different story for the Palmer Divide and Pikes Peak region where in about 4 hours Thursday morning, 6-10" of snow fell. The snow was accompanied by 30-45 mph winds creating whiteout conditions for most of the first half of the day. Limited visibility in northeast Colorado Springs Thursday, January 30th, 2025It was a bit of an unusual set up, because typically a strong north wind will lead to drying and d

Big time thaw-out in action out there Monday and Tuesday! Temperatures Tuesday afternoon are in the mid-to-upper 40s for many throughout the Urban Corridor. The next big question on our plate is what happens with this thing: That's satellite imagery of the upper-level low pressure system expected to move through Colorado Wednesday into Thursday. A lot of question marks have been hanging on this thing as model data has had a tough time trying to figure out exactly what this wants to do. Here