Hail
Boulder gets pounded with hail and flooding rain midday Monday
Flooding and accumulating hail hit Boulder, Colorado Monday, especially inconvenient for those trying to grab a bite for lunch. > This guy attempted to cycle through the flooded area… all while another car got stuck. Mind you, firefighters were on scene telling people to turn around. @KDVR @channel2kwgn @PinpointWX 🤷🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/Vq
State of the Atmosphere
State of the Atmosphere: Sunday, March 27th, 2022
After unusually warm temperatures this weekend, the weather turns cooler and unsettled for the week. Although enjoyable weather in most respects, the weekend's warmth combined with dormant vegetation turns to a dangerous fire situation in Boulder County. Per the Boulder OEM , the evacuations as of late Saturday included more than 1,500 people, down from 19,000 earlier in the day. > The NCAR Fire Evacuation Area updated at 11:08 P.M. on March 26 includes 1,629 p
Snowfall Forecast
Winter Storm Warning issued for the northern Front Range, latest snowfall forecast
Here we go again... Snow is set to return to the Front Range today and tonight, and bring several inches of snow to many of us across the region before departing Thursday. The snow will be heavy at times, with travel impacts likely Wednesday PM through Thursday AM. The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued a Winter Storm Warning for cities from Castle Rock, to Denver, up through Boulder and Fort Collins. The Warning goes into effect at 2 pm this afternoon, and extends through 5am Thur
Snowfall Totals
Latest snowfall totals as Denver Cyclone delivers heavy snow to the metro area
There was a lot of anxiety from folks last night with the slow start to the snowfall across the northern urban corridor, but in the end our forecast looks like it will work out quite well – even the *boom* snowfall for portions of the east Denver metro area, the potential for which was outlined in a guest post last night . Most of the snow totals shared below are th
Colorado Fires
Town of Superior, Colorado evacuated as fast moving fire wreaks havoc across Northwest Denver suburbs
*** This post will be updated through the afternoon. *** Multiple fires are burning outside of Boulder, Colorado putting homes and lives at risk. Highways, including U.S. 36 are closed, and evacuation orders are in place for Superior, Colorado, which has a population of roughly 13,000 people, and Louisville, Colorado. Additional evacuations are possible through the afternoon and evening. Latest evacuation map: 5:15pm: As many as 600 homes have been burned in the fire as it continues into th
Climate
Snowiest season on record for Boulder as latest winter storm drops more than a foot of snow across parts of Northern Colorado
An incredible snowfall season for many locations along the Front Range continues with yet another heavy snowfall event last night and this morning for some. No place has this been more true than for Boulder. We're working on a post that will go a bit deeper in snowfall stats across the region and state, so look for that soon. This morning the Boulder topped 145" of snow on the season, breaking the old record of 142.9" set back in the 1908-09 snowfall season. Boulder recorded 11.6" of snow throu
Denver Forecast
Monday PM update: Snow could slow your evening and morning commutes
Morning models have delayed the onset of the heaviest snowfall by a few hours as compared to last night. However, we still see a good chance for snow for your evening commute, and often enough models are too slow on initialization. We are already seeing some returns on the radar this early afternoon, and we think, as we mentioned last night, you need to plan on snow for your evening commute (but hope for the best!). Not much change to our thinking from our forecast yesterday. We'll go a touch