ValpoVike Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Yeah, today has been a bust for most areas north. Congrats on the new station! What model did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Some thunderstorm structure, sort of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 17 hours ago, ValpoVike said: Yeah, today has been a bust for most areas north. Congrats on the new station! What model did you get? Got an AccuRite Pro something... was sort of hoping for a Davis but they were too pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 We could get some scattered severe thunderstorms near here tomorrow. NAM profiles show 0-6km shear values of 40 kts with some decent CAPE. July 2020 was Denver's warmest month since July 2012, but Fort Collins was not quite that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 19 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: Got an AccuRite Pro something... was sort of hoping for a Davis but they were too pricey. I have an Accurite and it does a decent job. My only complaint is that the batteries seem to need replacing 2x per year. I have my eye on a Davis too, as my Accurite is getting pretty weathered and I would love some expandable bells and whistles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Good to know, since I have to climb on the roof for mine. Will put the longest lasting batteries I can find into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Storm with possible 0.75"-1.0" hail headed toward DIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Hailstorm near Greeley at about 5:00PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I'm still amazed how many storms missed my back yard by a mere 1-2 miles. Another one today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 me too... that one just east of Parker looked substantial. The NWS storm total precip graphic since Monday AM has quite a hole over most of the metro but especially the south metro- can't get it to copy, but you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Yesterday my area was up to about 95 or 96 degrees. KFNL airport had 100 degrees. At sunset, I saw a few nice red colors that reminded me of forest fire smoke. My best guess is that it was smoke from a fire near Grand Junction, which may be new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Bit of a heat burst just now, got windy then temp went up 5 degrees and dew point went down 5 degrees in the past 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnster Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Just posting brief message here to turn off notifications. Will check back in the fall; hopefully the weather pattern starts making a positive change, this summer is not good . Always appreciate those who post here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 My area stayed at about 86 degrees today, a nice relief from the 90's. For some of this afternoon, there was a thick cloud of smoke above us from the Cameron Peak fire. We still had some fairly normal sunshine and blue skies, though. Overall, the Pine Gulch fire near Grand Junction has become a much bigger fire than any of the others in recent years, at over 72000 acres today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Satellite image from last night-- the clouds that you see in the north/central of Colorado are largely pyrocumulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Incredible picture of a fire-induced tornado from the Loyalton Fire near Reno earlier. Radar confirmed it as well and it was tornado warned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 We keep trying to hit 100 degrees in August down here for the first time in 25+ years - but something always seems to go wrong. Today, a moist East wind arrived through the canyon gap right as Albuquerque hit 99 degrees at 4:00-4:30 pm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 A cyclic pyrosupercell. Now I’ve seen it all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Sunset on Friday- the cloud is really the smoke plume from the Cameron Peak fire. My area has had considerable smoke since Friday. Yesterday morning and this morning, I have been able to smell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Chinook said: Sunset on Friday- the cloud is really the smoke plume from the Cameron Peak fire. My area has had considerable smoke since Friday. Yesterday morning and this morning, I have been able to smell it. I have been watching very closely as I live off CO43 NE of Glen Haven. Unfortunately I think this burns until snow. Too much beetle kill and very rugged terrain. They are going to let it burn on the ESE side and make a stand at Pingree Road near CSU'S mountain campus. That is uncomfortably close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 11:00 AM, Chinook said: Satellite image from last night-- the clouds that you see in the north/central of Colorado are largely pyrocumulus We spent the weekend camping underneath the southern one of those plumes- great to get out, but still coughing now that we're home. Sunsets were blood red. Saw a DC-10 tanker headed north toward the Cameron fire this morning. My goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 People got some pictures of lightning bolts over San Francisco this morning. I have never heard of a thunderstorm directly over San Francisco in summertime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 This seems to go along with all those extreme heat warnings I have been seeing on the NWS national map. Quote DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA RECORDED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 130F AT 3:41 PM PDT ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2020. THIS TEMPERATURE WAS MEASURED AT FURNACE CREEK NEAR THE VISITORS CENTER USING A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OWNED AUTOMATED OBSERVATION SYSTEM. THIS OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AND NOT YET OFFICIAL. IF VERIFIED, THIS WILL BE THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OFFICIALLY VERIFIED SINCE JULY OF 1913, ALSO AT DEATH VALLEY. AS THIS IS AN EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENT, THE RECORDED TEMPERATURE WILL NEED TO UNDERGO A FORMAL REVIEW. A CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED TO VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF THE 130F READING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Pine Gulch fire near Grand Junction is (I think) not too close to city developments, thankfully. It is up to 87000 acres, and it will soon be bigger than the max. extent of the High Park Fire, which was near Fort Collins 8 years ago. Yesterday and today, the air quality has improved a lot here, with only slight haze and no smell of smoke. The smoke clouds seem to be going towards Denver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Next week is going to suck with the westerly flow. We will all be likely be eating smoke for dinner along the north front range. Yesterday the winds up here were light, RH was up a tad, and temps in the 70's along the Cameron Peak fire. I think this made it much less prolific in terms of smoke generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 I got 95.5 degrees when I put my thermometer outdoors today, but these mesonet stations got 98-99 in Loveland. Here's the temps from my area. Denver had a record high of 100 degrees. I expect the smoke and bad air quality to come back to me, with so many fires nearby. For right now, the NW flow aloft may take the smoke away from my area, like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Today, I think some smoke came in from California in the upper atmosphere, and my area may have had some (smellable?) smoke from the Cameron Peak fire. My visibility toward the mountains was possibly 10 miles in the evening today, and maybe a little better yesterday. Overall, definitely more noticeable smoke/haze towards the mountains on these days (Thursday/Friday) than the other days. Yesterday, I had brief thunderstorms to my north and south at different times-- saw about 3 lightning bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 The weird thing about 1913 is the national pattern in August 2020 is almost opposite to July 1913 - this August has a blotch of cold in the Midwest and a warm West overall. July 1913 is nearly perfect as an opposite. It did finally hit 100 here for less than five minutes the other day - at 5:05 pm, but not at at 5:00 or 5:10 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 With the low-angle sunshine over the extensive smoke, it looks like a sandstorm has hit the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Today was the first day I actually felt the smoke. I was doing some work on our new camper, got out of break real fast. Then it dawned on me why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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