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Still Snowing in Colorado
Even with the late, heavy snow that is happening in the Colorado mountains here at the end of April, it’s still only a “so-so” year as far as the snowpack goes.
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Solar Eclipse 2024…To See or not To See?
Who will be lucky enough to see the full totally of the Monday April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse?
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Hubble Space Telescope Tracks Jupiter’s Weather
For those of us old enough to remember, the Hubble space telescope had rough start. Initial imagery was “fuzzy” and of little value. But with retrofits and software fixes the telescope has been proving itself over and over again for the past 30 years. I’d like to share this recent production from NASA detailing how…
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Spring=Snow in the Rockies
A lot of folks are saying “oh, my aching back” today after shoveling loads, and loads of heavy, wet Spring snow.
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Sierra Blizzard
If you’ve heard a little bit about the “big storm” in the Sierra Nevada it might be tempting to write it off as just another typical mountain snow event. But before you do that, ask yourself this question, what would you do with 7 to 8 feet of new snow that fell in one weekend?
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When Does “Spring” Spring?
While we have to admit that a lot of the naming we do of weather events (and events in general) is completely arbitrary, there is good reasoning behind the “meteorological seasons”.
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Dust Everywhere.
While the dramatic desert dust storms get all of the attention, there is a large-scale on going moving of dust that might have brought that spec on your dining room table from a very far away place!
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Back to Basics-Wind
It truly is an “A-B-Cs” kind of entry today with the most elemental causes of wind.
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Good Winter Snow = Great Summer Water
Here we are at about “half-time in the Winter of 2023-2024 and it’s time to look in on how our western mountains are doing in collecting snow snow far.
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Unique Weather Around the Marshall Fire
On December 30, 2021 the Marshall Fire raged throughout unincorporated Boulder County, Colorado and the communities of Superior and Louisville. While the highest gusts of wind were not unusual for areas near the “Front Range Foothills” of Colorado, the duration of 60 to 100 mph wind gusts was remarkable! Hurricane-type wind gusts lasted for 11…