marsman Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It was actually a reality. It was -15 on December 9 2009. I actually like it when it's 90 degrees and dry vs. -15 degrees. I remember those cold temps too. It was -13 in Denver, ice on the inside of my old picture window. Even though it feels good thinking about those cold temps, things can still be accomplished outside today, but not when it's -13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Some pretty nice convection developing over the foothills near Boulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I remember those cold temps too. It was -13 in Denver, ice on the inside of my old picture window. Even though it feels good thinking about those cold temps, things can still be accomplished outside today, but not when it's -13. Actually you can accomplish a lot... in fact you need to in order to stay warm! :0 Who needs fingers anyway? Last time it was -15 at my place (Feb 2011) I went for a run. It was good after the first half mile, though my feet felt a bit wooden till the last few minutes. Now if it's after 10 AM I can't run till sunset- too dang hot. BTW if my math is correct DEN needs to average only +1 or warmer through the end of the month to set a new all time high monthly record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 11 out of 12 days above 90. It looks like the models show somewhat higher chances of precipitation/thunder the next two days. It doesn't look like there is a large area of 50 dew points right now though. There are 50 dew points in western Colorado, which is a little promising. 7/12: 91 7/13: 92 7/14: 93 7/15: 91 7/16: 91 7/17: 88 7/18: 95 7/19: 95 7/20: 98 7/21: 96 7/22: 94 7/23: 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hey guys.. Not sure if you guys know but a climber was found dead after he went missing during his descent from North Maroon Peak on Thursday. He happened to be a good friend and coworker of mine here in NY. Was just curious if you guys could tell me what the weather was like in that area around 3pm.. Thank you much appreciated.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 All of Larimer and Boulder counties got some rain last night. It was raining at midnight at my place. It was windy, but not very rainy. I normally say that the monsoon for Colorado is July 25 to August 10. In my mind, the period of greatest rains is not too well defined. NWS Denver/Boulder wrote a presentation called El Nino, The Monsoon, Recent Weather and Drought Conditions, and the Aug-Oct 2012 Outlook for Colorado which got me to thinking about the monsoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hey guys.. Not sure if you guys know but a climber was found dead after he went missing during his descent from North Maroon Peak on Thursday. He happened to be a good friend and coworker of mine here in NY. Was just curious if you guys could tell me what the weather was like in that area around 3pm.. Thank you much appreciated.. 3pm, which time zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Here's hoping for some thunderstorms today. It's amazing how dry it has been here in Monument since the end of May. A couple weeks ago, we were missed to the south around COS and then more recently, Castle Rock and Douglas county has been getting the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hey guys.. Not sure if you guys know but a climber was found dead after he went missing during his descent from North Maroon Peak on Thursday. He happened to be a good friend and coworker of mine here in NY. Was just curious if you guys could tell me what the weather was like in that area around 3pm.. Thank you much appreciated.. Sorry to hear that you lost a friend. Assuming you mean 3pm mountain time (21Z), here was the radar at that time on Thu. Maroon Peak is just southwest of Aspen (shows up as ASE on the map). You can see there was some convection in the area at that time. Probably some rain, wind and lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Sorry to hear that you lost a friend. Assuming you mean 3pm mountain time (21Z), here was the radar at that time on Thu. Maroon Peak is just southwest of Aspen (shows up as ASE on the map). You can see there was some convection in the area at that time. Probably some rain, wind and lightning. Yeah anywhere from 12-3pm mountain time.. Thank you.. Im hearing weather played a factor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Tornado near Mount Evans: Picture: http://www.tornadoti...ag/mount-evans/ 2051 1 SE MT EVANS CLEAR CREEK CO 3958 10563 TORNADO SPOTTED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MT. EVANS NEAR LINCOLN LAKE AT 12,500 FT. TORNADO WAS BRIEF WITH NO DAMAGE. TORNADO BECAME A FUNNEL CLOUD AND DISSIPATED. (BOU) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO SciFan Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Tornado near Mount Evans: Picture: http://www.tornadoti...ag/mount-evans/ Just incredilble! A friend on flickr got an even closer picture here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 wow, weird. There wasn't even much bad thunderstorm activity yesterday. We are about 40 miles east of Evans (downstream, yesterrday) and there was a dying thunderstorm with a little mammatus at the time and very little lightning. No supercell for sure. Maybe it was one of those "cold core funnels" you get sometimes. BTW, look at that cell east of Sterling right now... looks like it's turning right, hail is getting bigger, and developing a couplet on radar. no TOR warning yet but...wouldn't want to have a farm there right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 We have had two straight days of light rain. Looks like there has been lots of activity over the plains on both days. We even have a mesoscale discussion for eastern Colorado today. Yesterday I hiked at Cameron Pass and I also saw burned forest areas in the Poudre Canyon. I got a couple of pictures of the burned forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Lock it up. Denver just broke its all time monthly average temperature- when all is said and done it'll come in right around 79.0 plus or minus a tenth, which shatters the old record by more than a degree. Remind me to get a swamp cooler next time I need a new AC unit... electric bill this month is $$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Lock it up. Denver just broke its all time monthly average temperature- when all is said and done it'll come in right around 79.0 plus or minus a tenth, which shatters the old record by more than a degree. Remind me to get a swamp cooler next time I need a new AC unit... electric bill this month is $$$$ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO 937 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 ........ JULY 2012...HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD............ JULY 2012 WAS THE HOTTEST JULY IN DENVER SINCE WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN BACK IN 1872. THE MONTH GOT OFF TO A HOT START WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING THE FIRST 6 DAYS OF THE MONTH. A RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WAS SET ON THE 2ND. COOLER AND WETTER WEATHER MOVED INTO THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO ON THE 7TH AS THE UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MIGRATED FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES INTO THE MIDWESTERN STATES...AND A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED INTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. THIS PATTERN ALSO ALLOWED THE FLOW OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO COLORADO FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS RESULTED IN A STRETCH OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE 10TH. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE THEN REESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION BRINGING MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO DENVER FROM THE 11TH THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. NO ADDITIONAL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER...THERE WERE 5 DAYS IN WHICH THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED ONE HUNDRED DEGREES. TEMPERATURES: THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 78.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES JULY OF 2012 THE HOTTEST JULY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1872. THERE WERE 27 DAYS IN WHICH THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES...WHICH ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD. THE OLD RECORD WAS 26 DAYS BACK IN 2000 AND 2008. THERE WERE ALSO SEVEN DAYS IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE REACHED THE CENTURY MARK. THIS TIES 2005 FOR THE MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 57 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF THE 26TH. BELOW IS LIST OF TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. JULY 2012 MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS: JULY 2012 WAS HOTTEST ON RECORD (AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 78.9 DEGREES) PREVIOUS RECORD WAS JULY 1934 (AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77.8 DEGREES) THERE WERE 27 DAYS IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES. THE OLD RECORD WAS 26 DAYS BACK IN 2000 AND 2008. THERE WERE 7 DAYS IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES. THIS TIES 2005 FOR 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JULY. JULY 2012 DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS: DATE TEMPERATURE TYPE OF RECORD OLD RECORD YEAR SET JULY 2ND 101 DEGREES NEW RECORD MAX 100 DEGREES 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Looks like the NWS has Big Sky down to 34 tomorrow night. Sleeping weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 Fort Collins had the 3rd warmest July, with 3.4 degrees above normal. There was 3.11" of rain, and this is much above normal. I estimate my house got at least 2.8". It was, locally, a relief from the drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIC Airport Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Nice cool, crisp night we had last night. Looking forward to more of these as we progress toward fall. I do hope the monsoon delivers before the month is out as we still do need the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 The upper ridge will be pretty far west over the 4 corners in much of the medium range. That is pretty bad for getting high moisture in our area. Maybe just moderate amounts of showers in western Colorado and Utah. There could be some days with wind shear over 30 knots. That should do approximately nothing for enhancing storms the Front Range urban corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 We had a rain shower here after it got up to 96 degrees. Now Larimer County has had several showers today. I believe I have counted 39 days of 90 or more degrees (counting today.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The upper ridge will be pretty far west over the 4 corners in much of the medium range. That is pretty bad for getting high moisture in our area. Maybe just moderate amounts of showers in western Colorado and Utah. There could be some days with wind shear over 30 knots. That should do approximately nothing for enhancing storms the Front Range urban corridor. Pretty brutal pattern we're in until at least the end of the week. Long range offers some hope for the ridge to break down. I'll believe it when I see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Pretty brutal pattern we're in until at least the end of the week. Long range offers some hope for the ridge to break down. I'll believe it when I see it! Please, please, please be correct. So tired of 90+. Can't wait til September! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Lock it up. Denver just broke its all time monthly average temperature- when all is said and done it'll come in right around 79.0 plus or minus a tenth, which shatters the old record by more than a degree. Remind me to get a swamp cooler next time I need a new AC unit... electric bill this month is $$$$ It's worth noting that at Stapleton, site of the old Denver airport until 1996, the average July temp was 77.5. http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=MURBC2&day=8&year=2012&month=7&graphspan=month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 It's worth noting that at Stapleton, site of the old Denver airport until 1996, the average July temp was 77.5. http://www.wundergro...graphspan=month Good point. I imagine the low temps at DIA in the winter are a fraction lower than the low temps at Stapleton, so it might balance things out (or just make them seem more extreme, depending on what you;re looking at). Even so, 77.5 would be in the top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Good point. I imagine the low temps at DIA in the winter are a fraction lower than the low temps at Stapleton, so it might balance things out (or just make them seem more extreme, depending on what you;re looking at). Even so, 77.5 would be in the top 5. Yes, I believe low temps at DIA do run a bit colder than Stapleton during the winter. 77.5 would have been 4th warmest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 CPC says below normal temperatures for the eastern part of CO for both the 6-10 day and the 8-14 day. Below normal precip for both periods too, though. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Yes, I believe low temps at DIA do run a bit colder than Stapleton during the winter. 77.5 would have been 4th warmest. It is also worth noting that the average temp at Stapleton in June was 75.8, which was actually .8 warmer than DEN. So clearly June 2012 was easily and legitimately the hottest June in Denver history. July 2012 probably was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 CPC says below normal temperatures for the eastern part of CO for both the 6-10 day and the 8-14 day. Below normal precip for both periods too, though. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Even now you can already feel the difference in the nighttime air. Getting below 60F overnight is wonderful. It's happened far too little this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 I can see some smoke and haze out there. There is a faint smell of smoke. The satellite shows that it came in from Wyoming or Idaho. Laramie and Cheyenne report haze. Looks like we will have some pleasant temperatures in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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