It's September, so of course this means there's plenty of buzz around the latest hurricane in the Atlantic. Lee could very well become a category 5 hurricane as it slowly tracks west before making an eventual turn north and northeast next week. While the southeast is likely to escape the wrath of Lee, states north will be on alert for any potential impacts next week. With any luck the storm will stay fully out-to-sea. As always, you can track the latest forecasts for the tropics here: https://ww

Temperatures take a bit of a ride as rain chances come and go this week for the Denver area. Expect the next temperature drop tomorrow, and then we warm back into the 90s by midweek. In hourly form, here are the temperatures (top chart below) and rain chances (below). Rain chances will climb early in the week before dropping. Here's an animation showing the potential arrival times of the storms near you. From the hourly planner above, we can go farther to see the next increase in rain chance

Thankfully the flash flooding issues were relatively isolated in nature yesterday across the region given the high-end potential. Most areas along the Front Range picked up from 0.3" to 1.0" of rain. East of Fort Morgan we saw a cell drop 2 - 3" of rain Friday morning, as well as some 3 - 4" totals just north of the Colorado border in Nebraska. Similarly some localized heavy rainfall in the high country led to multiple Flash Flood Warnings being issued Friday evening. Around Fort Collins sever

Across northeast Colorado one more hot day to work through on Thursday before a cold front arrives and brings a notable drop in daytime temperatures to the region Friday. The 10 days blended model data shows a high of just 76°F on Friday in Denver, a nice break indeed after our most recent streak of 90°F+ degree weather. The best chance for appreciable rainfall along the northern urban corridor and northeast plains looks to come Friday and Friday night. That said, as early as tomorrow we shoul

Another cold front is set to blow through Colorado, bringing the Denver area chances for rain, thunder, and hail, but the biggest focus of this system will be for southern Colorado toward the Osage Country. The cold will be noticeable, but gardeners don't need to be concerned – as we discuss below. The hourly planner for Denver and Colorado Springs follows and shows the increase of rain chances during the next three days. DenverColorado SpringsYou can see that Thursday and Friday have the high

The drought has intensified across Eastern Colorado, yet this recent rainfall will take a dent out of some of that drought with this multi-day wetness continues. The chances for rain are quite high through today into Friday, then taper a bit Saturday. Of the next several days, Saturday and Monday will be the easier days to plan something for outside. The good news is that a lot of the severe weather we have seen, hail damage etc. is becoming less and less likely. The severe weather threats are

We have a system that will move across the region through the days ahead that will bring in periods of rain and some cooler temperatures Friday through Monday. If you prefer a visual presentation, what is written in this blog is presented here: Here's a quick preview of where we are headed the next 36 hours for points along the Front Range. The showers increase Friday and will remain scattered through the end of the weekend. Here's a look at rain as it moves across the state during the next

Your plans today are, again, subject to a round of storms, just as they were the past two days. Here's an animation to show the general idea for the progression of storms forecast to develop across Colorado noon Sunday through midnight. Storms will develop and move from the north to the south/southeast and largely focusing on 2/3rds of the state, leaving the Western Slope the driest. For a few hourly timelines, let's look from north to south from Fort Collins to Denver to Castle Rock to Color

Your plans Saturday are subject to another round of storms, just as they were on Friday along the Front Range and eastern plains. Here's an animation to show the general idea for the progression of storms forecast to develop across Colorado noon Saturday through 3 am Sunday. For a few hourly timelines, let's look from north to south from Fort Collins to Denver to Castle Rock to Colorado Springs. Fort CollinsDenverCastle RockColorado SpringsIn all cases above, we have a couple days worth of h

The chance for rainfall increases into Friday and lingers into the weekend, with widespread thunderstorms expected along the Front Range and Northeast Colorado. So far, June has been quite a dry month, with only isolated pockets of above average precipitation through the 22nd across Colorado: The moisture received this week, mostly in that cooldown Sunday and Monday, was about the only notable widespread rainfall since May. Precipitation totals this week, through Wednesday: Another benefit

Heavy rain reached northeast Colorado early this afternoon, and has really grown in intensity over the last hour. It is expected to continue off and on through Wednesday. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for nearly all of Colorado through Wednesday PM, including the city and county of Denver. The overall synopsis has not changed since our post yesterday . Heavy rain with slow moving storms will mean an increased threat

The cooler air we’ve been promising for some time now has arrived, and will continue to bring temperatures well below seasonal norms through the end of the week. Wednesday looks to be the coolest day of the week with highs in the low to mid 70s for Denver, and likely a few locations in the 60s across the Plains. (Some spots could see near record-cool highs for the date.) The focus over the coming days will not be the temperatures, h

The same slow moving upper level storm system is still swirling over the desert southwest. This is the system that has given us days of severe weather, and a continued stormy pattern for this weekend. The center of that system is over Arizona at this time. It will be spinning moisture over Colorado throughout weekend. This will keep our storms scattered across the state. Although the threat for tornadoes, hail, and wind is lower than it has been, the threat for flooding is higher. As of Frid