Chinook Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Here is a picture of the sunset before the fireworks. There was not really much rain going on in the whole area at this time. I saw a couple of distant flashes of lightning while I was trying to watch fireworks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 edit: Quote Denver International Airport has officially recorded a temperature of 100° this afternoon. This breaks the previous daily record high of 98°. This is also our second 100° day of the season. #cowx Fort Collins-CSU has broken their record of 97 degrees. Boulder most likely broke their record of 99 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Fun stuff. Happy to be a part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 legitimately 101 degrees to 105 degrees in and near Loveland (July 9) Boulder and Fort Collins-CSU stations had a high of 99, both are records Today (July 10) is already 90 at Cheyenne and 98 at Denver, DIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 100 7/9 and 101 7/10 at DIA, 102 both days at my house. Yuck. Puppy loves her swimming pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 So far, it has been a successful monsoon season in Central Larimer county. Today may be a bit too terrific for the burn scars, but we'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 It really seems like the mountains have been doing quite well with these waves. Great to see and hopefully it keeps the fires at bay. Down here in the urban corridor, it has been a bit more hit and miss. Certainly below average for the season so far. It seems like most days there are chances that fizzle as they drop off the higher terrain (as is typical I suppose?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 It turns out that yesterday was indeed too much rain for the burn scars, especially the CP scar. Two people lost their lives in the Buckhorn area. In my neighborhood those along the Miller Fork were flooded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I've had enough of these east coast morning lows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Looking at climate numbers, we're #2 for hottest month ever at DIA so far this month. With predicted numbers the rest of this week and early next, we could be closing in on #1 by the end of the month. 78.3 at DIA average so far, record is 78.9 in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 And DEN is now in the #1 spot for warmest July and warmest month if this holds.... and the average high this month is now 95. Wow. It may not hold, with some relief predicted for later next week. That is one record I would be fine with not breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Flash flood watch for my area today. Last time I had a FFW, I didn't get a drop of rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: Flash flood watch for my area today. Last time I had a FFW, I didn't get a drop of rain The atmosphere is remarkably juicy this morning. My dewpoint is at 56 which is an oddity at this elevation. Today definitely has potential to be bad for those near or downstream from the burn scars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I just logged .57” in 17 minutes. It was insane. I even had a mini landslide on my driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 It's been a good soaker today. Not much overly heavy rain at all. Based on radar I might be able to squeeze 0.75" out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 This may have fulfilled the tornado report quota for one storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 flash flood warnings for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Fountain, Woodland Park, east of Colorado Springs tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Chinook said: This may have fulfilled the tornado report quota for one storm We have friends who live just east of where that storm was on US 385. More than one funnel cloud was heading in their direction before disappearing back up into the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO SciFan Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Having scary memories of the Fort Collins 1997 flood, which happened on this date. We have had pretty constant training t-storms with heavy precip since yesterday with a few breaks here in Laporte which is where 97' got going. Some really impressive hail across the area last night as well. This Twitter thread is sobering (see second post too): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Interesting- the thunderstorms last night that dropped about a quarter inch of rain on us served to suppress basically all the rain for the Urban Corridor today. Was supposed to be quite juicy, but no sun=no lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1vek Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, mayjawintastawm said: Interesting- the thunderstorms last night that dropped about a quarter inch of rain on us served to suppress basically all the rain for the Urban Corridor today. Was supposed to be quite juicy, but no sun=no lift. I was thinking the same thing. Ended up with just a humid and cloudy day. I guess given the top layer of soil being so saturated, knock on wood, we may have avoided any big flooding issues. But let's run this rain back again in a week please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Longtime denizen of the Mid Atlantic forum popping in to declare that henceforth my summer (and probably part of winter) allegiance is to northern Wyoming (near Sheridan). :waves: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 A lot of the data mining I do points to a winter of frequent light snows, that eventually gets to about average totals for New Mexico and parts of Colorado. I just ran a difference of proportions test, and heavy rain in June in Albuquerque ahead of a cold ENSO seems to meaningfully (p<0.005) enhance the odds of snow in October. We've got 11 Octobers with snow here in 92 years. But four of them followed an inch of rain in June, with cold ENSO in winter, v. only seven in the remaining 81 years. 1933 is the worst hurricane season on record in the Atlantic, so if you throw that out, as it is strongly negatively correlated to rain/snow/cold in the Southwest, it's actually a pretty solid list for snow for cold ENSO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Fort Collins had the 5th warmest July (tie). The value was 75.1 degrees, which is higher than any monthly temperature for June or August. With a couple of very rainy days, Fort Collins had 3.84" of rain, which is effectively about 2" above average. This value over 3" was pretty localized, as Loveland Co-op station got 1.46" Denver, 2nd warmest July (also, 2nd warmest month), only 0.99" of rain Boulder, 5th warmest July Greeley, possibly 2nd warmest July maybe 1"-2" for the general Denver area, which, I guess is not too bad if it is up near 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Pretty big bust on that widespread flood threat yesterday by Boulder NWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 4 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Pretty big bust on that widespread flood threat yesterday by Boulder NWS Yes, thankfully. Up here we had a nice hour or two of light showers which had no impact on the burn scars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 12 hours ago, ValpoVike said: Yes, thankfully. Up here we had a nice hour or two of light showers which had no impact on the burn scars. COCORaHS showed widespread underwhelmingness with a few heavier spots, like the new I-70 underpass.... we got 0.08" and the yard is crispy despite regular watering. I'm afraid our chances for more before the long dry fall are getting slimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 14 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: COCORaHS showed widespread underwhelmingness with a few heavier spots, like the new I-70 underpass.... we got 0.08" and the yard is crispy despite regular watering. I'm afraid our chances for more before the long dry fall are getting slimmer. It has been the second weird summer monsoon in a row....where up here we are hoping for only light rain, showers or storms have been coming several times a week, and the grasses are still green. While elsewhere outside of certain spots in the foothills could use as much rain as possible. The exact same thing happened last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 hours ago, ValpoVike said: It has been the second weird summer monsoon in a row....where up here we are hoping for only light rain, showers or storms have been coming several times a week, and the grasses are still green. While elsewhere outside of certain spots in the foothills could use as much rain as possible. The exact same thing happened last year. yes- seems like the recurring theme is for almost all showers to lose support once they drift onto the plains because of dry air/ground, and the 2-3 times where the air has been moist (especially the last 2 weekends), morning clouds have limited instability just long enough to keep convection from sustaining itself on a widespread basis once storms come off the foothills. Maybe we'll have one more shot next week before the monsoon shuts off for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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