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Thursday, April 4th, 2013 7:35am MST
With snowpack lagging and spring set to arrive, hopes were high that March could bring some relief to Colorado’s parched landscape and Mother Nature did oblige. March 2013 brought above average snowfall and cooler than normal temperatures. The month started out with near normal temperatures but the first in a series of disturbances throughout the [...]
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Tags: March weather
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013 4:59am MST
April marks a transition between winter and summer for most of the country but for Denver it is especially true as we can see a stunning variety of weather. The proverbial April showers are certainly a possibility for Denver. Snow? Tornadoes? Thunderstorms? You bet – all can happen! For good measure throw in a chance [...]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2013 10:51am MST
For four decades Landsat satellites have beamed back amazing pictures of the Earth from their perch far above the planet’s surface. The latest craft in the series was launched last month and among the first images it captured were pictures of the area around Fort Collins and the Galena Fire burn scar. The Landsat Data [...]
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Tags: Landsat, nasa, Satellite Imagery, usgs
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 2:35pm MST
Spring officially began this morning at 5:02am MDT. It is during this time, the vernal equinox, that the Earth’s axis is not tilted toward or away from the Sun. As a result equal amounts of the Sun’s light are directed to the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Soon after the event this morning one of NOAA’s [...]
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Tags: Spring, Vernal Equinox
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 4:27am MST
Despite some help in recent weeks from Mother Nature, Colorado’s snowpack remains quite low as we enter the month of March. At the current time it is at 75% of average and with time running short on the season, it is now make or break time. March is historically Denver’s snowiest month and brings about [...]
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Tags: March weather
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Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 4:08am MST
Northeastern Colorado’s warm, dry winter took a bit of a turn during February as temperatures cooled and we finally received some much needed precipitation. The month started out with a continuation of the warmer and drier conditions we saw in January. Temperatures for the first days of the month were routinely near or above the [...]
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Tags: February weather
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 4:24pm MST
Looking back at January 2013 the numbers reveal a month that wasn’t particularly extraordinary by any measure. Temperatures were slightly below average and precipitation was a bit less than normal. The first half of the month was notable for cold while the second half for the most part was considerably warmer. Temperatures for the first [...]
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Tags: january weather
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 6:00am MST
As we wrap up a January that was pretty much average in terms of temperature and precipitation, we look to February with hope for relief from the dry conditions we have seen thus far this winter. Unfortunately historically February is a relatively dry month but we do start working off winter as temperatures climb. To [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 1:42pm MST
The 2012 / 2013 snow season has been dismal and while December brought some hope for recovery, recent weeks have seen snowpack decline once again. For the drought and fire weary state of Colorado the data does not bode well. For the north-central Colorado mountains, the January 22 snowpack is at its second lowest level [...]
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Tags: january weather, Snowpack
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 3:06pm MST
In the immediate days following the end of the month most of us are likely to remember the bitter cold that closed it out. However an unseasonably mild start to December 2012 made the month not only finish warmer than average but also drier than normal. December started out very mild with the first eight [...]
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