Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Record Setting Thunderstorm

Yesterday DIA recorded 1.64 inches of rain in just over an hour. This set a new record for precipitation on June 23 for Denver. Wow!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Update!

Just wanted to post this image of the latest radar. Most of Denver is currently seeing heavy rain showers, lightning, and hail. These storms will continue to push northeast, with the threat of turning severe.

Showers Return

Afternoon showers are in the forecast for the next several days. Already this afternoon the skies have quickly turned dark with some pretty decent thunderstorms developing in the foothills west of town. These storms will slowly work their way east through the next hours... Stay tuned to local media in the event of severe weather outbreaks!

The radar on the right hand side of the page seems to be having some technical problems - I hope to have these resolved asap!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Weather "Fixed" (sort of)

Things have become a bit more "normal" around here in the last days. The atmosphere has dried slightly, and with that warmer temps and less severe weather has prevailed. This should continue to be the trend with the exception of tomorrow when there will be a slight blip in an otherwise uneventful forecast. Tomorrow (Saturday) we should still see temps in the upper 70s - but the chance for afternoon showers stands at 40% right now (which is pretty darn good). I would expect some places along the front range to see some pretty nice cells setting up... but may not hit everywhere as is normal with thunderstorm activity here.

By Sunday we are back into the mid 80s for a few days with only a slight (10%) chance of showers each day.

Enjoy!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Tornado Warning!

A large severe thunderstorm cell has been working its way across the northwestern Denver metro area. A large portion of northwest Denver, and the suburbs north of the area are under a tornado warning. Tried to spot one of the many funnels being reported... but had no luck.

The first video is of the tornado sirens roaring this afternoon...



Please tune into local media for more information on the severe weather.

Threat of severe weather to continue, for now..

The good chance for afternoon storms will continue today and tomorrow, at least. By the middle of the week it looks like temperatures will really start to jump as readings will push the 90 degree mark, not seen in quite some time. Drier air also appears to be pushing in, decreasing the chances for afternoon showers. But not ruling them out, of course.
The rain has been nice! Let us see if we can't do it again this week!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Tornado Watch, Heavy Rain

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for most of eastern Colorado through the rest of the afternoon and evening. This includes Denver County. Once again thunderstorms are expected to develop in and long the front range - then move slowly east. Heavy rain, hail, lightening, and even tornadic activity may be associated with these cells.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Flash Floods

Another wild week of weather here in Denver! Check out some of the flash flooding I ran into this afternoon after a strong cell moved through the Highland neighborhood in northwest Denver.


Sunday, June 7, 2009

***UPDATE***

As mentioned in my previous post multiple tornado warnings have been issued this afternoon in the area, and for good reason. Check out this picture from the Denver Post of the tornado that touched down earlier this afternoon:

This tornado would go on to get wider and stronger as it picked moved along.











Here is the approximate location and path of this tornado, and a look at the radar just before the tornado formed:



For more... please read the following blog post from earlier today....

*SEVERE WEATHER*

Now TEN weekends in a row we have had precipitation!

An impressive squall line of thunderstorms has rolled through Denver proper during the early afternoon. This has sparked multiple severe weather warnings and even a couple of tornado warnings. Denver will remain under a severe thunderstorm watch until 5pm. A watch means there is the potential for more severe storms to develop this afternoon.

In addition to heavy rain, wind, tornadoes, lightening and thunder... many of these cells have also dropped some hail. Check it out:


















Look for the threat of rain to remain through the next several days. Monday temperatures will remain in the 60s... only warming to the 70s for the rest of the week.

Monday, June 1, 2009

That Makes Nine

For the ninth straight weekend we saw either rain or snow here in the Denver metro area. Yep! With the rain that rolled through last night we have now seen precipitation on Friday, Saturday or Sunday for nine straight weekends... Pretty impressive.

As for storm totals... Those continue to be impressive as well. Last night many areas in the region picked up a healthy inch of rain... and there is a GOOD chance to add to that today and tomorrow. Many areas in the next 24 - 36 hours could pick up another inch or two. Temperatures will be the other big story. Tuesday we will find ourselves in some cool Canadian air... and will struggle to get into the upper 50s.

By Wednesday the trend starts to shift. Warmer temperatures with decreasing chances of showers through the end of the week.