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Latest Weather and Storm Discussion
Harold Storm Remnants Update – Heavy Rain Potential – Forecast Valid 08-25-2023
by John R. Braddock | August 25, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
Current Weather Alerts ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. Includes: Portions of central, east central, north central, and northeast...
Moisture from Former Tropical Cyclone Harold Targets Colorado This Weekend! – Forecast valid 8-24-23 12PM
by John R. Braddock | August 24, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
Many folks thought Tropical Storm Hillary that recently hit Southern California would send a ton of moisture towards Colorado and sock us in with rain. This did not pan out and often storms to our West do not make it far enough across the dry desert valleys and...
July 10 2023 Surprise Severe Storm Analysis
by John R. Braddock | July 11, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
Around lunchtime yesterday, many folks reached out as they received special weather statements and severe weather warnings on their phones. Many had assumed that we would see no storms... not sure where that information came from - but it wasn't me... Here were my...
July 6 2023 Severe Weather Outlook – Large Hail and Tornado Risk
by John R. Braddock | July 6, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOKS AND THREATS The biggest update this morning is the addition of most of Denver and the I-25 corridor into the Enhanced Risk area for severe weather today. This means that SPC believes thunderstorms would get strong enough closer to...
July 5 2023 Severe Weather Outlook
by John R. Braddock | July 5, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
Today's weather setup is brought to us by a pair of low pressure systems moving through to our North. This means the flow aloft is mainly out of the West or Northwest, which keeps our temperatures cooler overall. Additionally, a surface low is set up shifting the flow...
June 22 2023 Severe Weather Outlook
by John R. Braddock | June 22, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
TODAY'S SETUP Dewpoints are a bit lower this morning, a result of the storms pulling a lot of that moisture out of the atmosphere - but we do expect much of that moisture to recover this afternoon with Southeasterly and Easterly flow bringing moisture back into the...
June 21 2023 Severe Weather Outlook
by John R. Braddock | June 21, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
Today's Setup The atmosphere is juiced up today - we are seeing high dewpoints in much of Eastern Colorado in the upper 60's and even a few 70's. That much moisture in the air is relatively rare for Colorado so today could be a very interesting setup. Easterly flow is...
June 16 2023 Severe Weather Outlook
by John R. Braddock | June 16, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
A potentially active day in store as a short-wave trough moves through the area and later a bit of a cold front - both of these feature will destabilize the atmosphere and allow for thunderstorms to build. Severe weather is possible and while the chances are not super...
Severe Weather Update – Valid 11AM 5-26-2023
by John R. Braddock | May 26, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 0 Comments
The latest SPC outlook has been released for the 11AM update and as I suspected, parts of the front range of Colorado have been upgraded form a "Marginal Risk" to a "Slight Risk" which means that while severe weather threat is still low - it will be a bit more...
Wednesday Severe Weather Update – Buckle Up! – Valid 05-10-2023 8AM
by John R. Braddock | May 10, 2023 | Storm Discussion | 1 Comment
Latest Updates as of This Morning Low stratus clouds draped in across the area this morning. This will help act as a "lid" on the atmosphere and keep storms from firing too early. This is important because the energy to fire storms is all primed in the atmosphere and...
Storm and Weather Recaps
48 Hour Storm Rainfall Totals – 05-12-2023
by John R. Braddock | May 12, 2023 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
In a word to describe this storm... WOW! Here's the latest CoCoRaHS reports for total rainfall over the past 48 hours and the numbers are truly impressive. Here's some notable number: Castle Rock 5-7 inches Flooding reported High runoff of creeks and...
Storm Recap – Lots of Moisture – 04-26-2023
by John R. Braddock | April 26, 2023 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
As our storm continues to move out late this morning and into this afternoon, wanted to take a quick recap of the storm and the forecast. I like to occasionally go back and review forecast vs actual results... the part I don't post about is going back and reviewing...
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Why the Fog Behind the 4/19/2023 Cold Front?
by John R. Braddock | April 20, 2023 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
I asked many folks to put on their science hats yesterday (4/19/2023) and offer some guesses why we were seeing fog with the arrival of a strong cold front. In fact, this is common with a lot of powerful cold fronts that move in to the area in the Spring, Fall and...
Storm Snowfall Totals and Forecast Review 12-28-2022 and 12-29-2022
by John R. Braddock | December 29, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
This storm through a few curveballs, but overall behaved as predicted. Here's a quick look at the snowfall totals as of 8AM this morning and a bit of discussion around my thinking and the forecast with this storm: Note: these totals will be updated throughout the day...
May 2022 Spring Snow Storm Recap and Snow Totals
by John R. Braddock | May 21, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
Here's a quick recap of our late Spring snow storm we experienced. Seeing such high snowfall amounts this late in May is a bit rate, but snow storms themselves are not that uncommon for this time of the year. Still, getting the snow to accumulate this much is tough;...
St Patrick’s Day Snow Storm 2022 Recap
by John R. Braddock | March 19, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
Taking a quick look at our last snow storm and how it ended up. I've included a recap from our final snowfall forecast below, snowfall amounts were pretty spot on minus a few spots being slightly under including the Denver metro area. I usually don't sweat misses by...
3-9-22 Snow Storm Recap
by John R. Braddock | March 10, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
Last night's storm is moving out throughout the day today with dryer and warmer weather expected for the weekend. Here's a quick look at how snow totals ended up and how the forecast verified. Not a spot on forecast but most areas were pretty close to the snowfall...
Palmer Divide Snowfall Recap Jan 25 and Jan 27 2022 Storms
by John R. Braddock | January 28, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
The last two storms were very similar in terms of their mechanisms and as expected the first storm performed better than the second. This was due mainly to better moisture in the area upon the storms arrival, it was able to squeeze more moisture out. Both storms...
1-14-2021 Winter Storm Palmer Divide Snow Totals
by John R. Braddock | January 15, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
So for many of us this storm went as expected, but for several folks our latest snow storm was a bit of surprise. Driving out and about myself last night, I can tell CDOT was as surprised as many meteorologists were - the roads were in pretty bad shape. Here's a look...
Storm Recap 1-1-2022
by John R. Braddock | January 2, 2022 | Storm Recaps | 0 Comments
We finally received our first decent snowfall of the year along the front range of Colorado! Not everyone saw healthy snow totals but it definitely helps at this point as our snowfall has been pretty abysmal so far this year. Here's a quick recap and some snow totals....
