State of the North American Monsoon
The North American monsoon, a seasonal weather phenomena which tends to bring beneficial summer rains to the Desert Southwest and the Southern Rockies, has been active this year across much…
Watching for the “Big H”
June in the Central Rockies is a month of transition. The jet stream often has some energy left in it early in the month, and this sometimes results in spring-like…
A Cloudy, Cool, and Wet August Day
As expected, a strong disturbance (a shortwave trough) in the mid levels of the atmosphere brought clouds and precipitation to much of the Colorado Front Range on Friday. Clouds were…
August Arrives Warm and Mainly Dry
Yes, it is already August here in the Front Range Mountains and Foothills, and at least over the next several days temperatures will remain near seasonal levels with the typical…