It is quite mild out there (currently 62°) but also a bit breezy. A mountain wave cloud developed and is obscuring the sun a bit. Check out the video – it is a quick time lapse of the past few hours showing the wave cloud over Thornton. Kind of fun. 😉
Click here for the rest of the story.Watching clouds in real time can be fascinating however it is when they are sped up via time lapse that we can oftentimes truly see the subtle motions that we otherwise miss. A time lapse video released by some local storm chasers provide a stunning visual of wave clouds near Boulder. Posted to YouTube today […]
Click here for the rest of the story.One of our friends was hanging out along the South Platte again this afternoon. Had to shoot pictures into the sun but with the iridescent clouds in the background it looks really cool. Cloud iridescence is caused by clouds (usually cirrus) that have small water droplets or ice crystals in them causing the light to […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Mother Nature has sure put on a heck of a show over the last 24 hours. Just a bit ago we captured an iridescent wave cloud looking west from McKay Road. Cloud iridescence is caused by clouds (usually cirrus) that have small water droplets or ice crystals in them causing the light to be diffracted, […]
Click here for the rest of the story.One of our favorite pastimes is simply watching the clouds. Colorado’s widely varying weather provides a stunning variety in almost every season. One photographer captured an amazing time lapse video of what he called “Bubbly Rocky Mountain Clouds.” Watch the video below. Just beautiful! Bubbly Rocky Mountain Clouds from David Harpe on Vimeo.
Click here for the rest of the story.From the National Weather Service this morning: “A beautiful sunrise this morning over Northeast Colorado, with a blanket of altocumulus clouds spread across the skies. Altocumulus are mid-level clouds that can indicate the presence of elevated instability, especially in the morning, which could become boundary-layer based and be released into deep convection during the afternoon […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The past week has brought some beautiful sunrises and sunsets to the Colorado Front Range. The evening of Thursday, January 5, 2012 was no exception as Thornton was treated to an amazing display. Wave clouds are formed by atmospheric ‘waves’ of wind flowing up and down mountains. Here in Colorado we have had a pretty […]
Click here for the rest of the story.A very chilly morning yielded a beautiful sunrise over south Thornton this morning. ThorntonWeather.com was out for a walk and captured images of the brilliant red sky near the Spratt Lake facility. With mostly clear skies temperatures Sunday morning dipped clear down to 14.7 degrees – the coldest day we have seen this season. Thankfully […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Colorado is home to many weather phenomena which is certainly part of its appeal. Our topography and geographic location allow us to experience a true four seasons and every type of weather. Yesterday if you turned your eyes skyward you were treated to an amazing display of lenticular clouds, an unusual formation but one for […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Mysterious, almost UFO-looking, clouds have fascinated viewers from the ground for decades. Now, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder have determined that planes can ‘punch holes’ in clouds and perform the equivalent of cloud seeding. Andrew Heymsfield, a scientist at NCAR, said that given the right conditions, planes climbing or […]
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