Posts Tagged ‘winter weather’
Sunday, December 11th, 2011 1:49am MST
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) released updated outlooks for winter 2011 – 2012 indicating it could be a snowy one for the northern half of Colorado. The original outlooks from the agency released previously offered a drier picture, primarily based on the influences of La Niña in the Pacific. Given however […]
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Tags: Climatology, NOAA, Winter Outlook, winter weather
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011 12:28pm MST
As we have been covering all week, by the governor’s declaration this is Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado. The City of Thornton has gotten on board with information to help the city’s residents prepare themselves for the coming season. Thornton has become much more ‘weather aware’ in recent years and we applaud them for […]
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Tags: city of thornton, emergency preparedness, winter weather
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Friday, April 1st, 2011 4:57pm MST
March 31 was the last day of what is historically Denver’s snowiest month but like every other month this season, it fell dismally short in terms of the amount of snowfall. In fact, as it stands now, the Mile High City and Thornton area experiencing their third worst season of snow since record keeping began. […]
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Tags: snow, Snow Season, winter weather
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Saturday, February 26th, 2011 3:01am MST
How much snow has fallen this season in Colorado all depends on where you are. The high country has continued to see snowfall far in excess of normal while here on the Plains we remain mostly dry. For the nation, a new NASA satellite image reveals that 71 percent of it was covered in snow at […]
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Tags: Drought, January Weather, nasa, snow, winter weather
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Monday, January 31st, 2011 7:10am MST
Storm update, 4:30pm – The thermometer only knows one way through the rest of today and tonight – down! Thus far Thornton has dipped to 6 degrees with wind chill values around -3 and it is far from done dropping. The National Weather Service has modified the weather warnings / watches for the next 12 […]
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Tags: weather warning, winter weather
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011 4:17pm MST
A major winter storm is set to impact nearly two thirds of the nation starting tomorrow including Thornton and the rest of northeastern Colorado. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area warning of blowing snow and dangerous cold. For all the latest, follow us on Twitter and join us […]
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Tags: weather warning, winter weather
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011 11:00am MST
Yet another major snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States yesterday and last night, their third in less than a month. Snow totals in many areas from this single storm have far exceeded what Denver has received for its entire snow season thus far. Snow began falling on Wednesday snarling evening commutes from Virginia to New […]
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 7:36pm MST
To say today’s snowstorm was a fast mover doesn’t do it justice. The storm hit fast and furious and many doubted our forecasts for only light snowfall. But, as quickly as it arrived the winter storm departed and the event was over by nightfall. In a span of three hours or so Thornton received 1.2 […]
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Tags: snowstorm, Time Lapse Video, winter weather
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 4:58pm MST
With hurricane force winds and heavy snowfall conditions in Colorado’s high country have been treacherous in recent days. The search continues for a snowboarder that disappeared at the height of the storm and an avalanche keeps US 40 over Berthoud Pass closed. The winter storm that struck yesterday brought with it winds to 99 mph […]
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Tags: avalanche, CDOT, winter weather
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Thursday, January 13th, 2011 4:03pm MST
Snow cover across the lower 48 states jumped to more than 70% in recent days as a number of snowstorms dumped a blanket of white. NASA satellites took some extraordinary images of not only Colorado but also the South and the northeastern U.S. Here in Colorado our recent storm brought nearly 6 inches of snow […]
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Tags: nasa, Satellite Imagery, snowstorm, winter weather
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