Weather forecasters putting big bucks behind learning how to tweet, #seriously
Last November Kristen Painter, my colleague at the paper, stood over my shoulder and taught me to use Twitter. Took about 10 minutes, and that was that. (Shameless plug: Follow me on Twitter for...
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Colorado scientists harness starlight and Earth’s glow to make day ‘twice as...
Photo courtesy of Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center Airglow, starlight, aurora, city lights, and moonlight illuminate the nighttime skies, as seen from the International...
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Denver’s weather last month was hot, wet and 12th straight September without...
A few months ago I wagged my finger at the computer screen and told readers not to make too much out of one hot summer when it comes to global warming. It’s harder to make the same case for 12...
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Colorado Winter Weather Awareness Week brings snow, sub-freezing temperatures
[Joey Bunch\The Denver Post] Trees were golden in Denver this weekend, as perfect autumn weather set the state for Colorado Winter Weather Awareness Week Weather worriers couldn’t have teed it up more...
View ArticleDenver’s Halloween should be dry, warmer than normal
Can a city as young as Denver have folk legends and traditions? If so, one of them is that Halloween is likely to bring the first real snow of the season. Obviously, it can’t do that in 2012. We have...
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Colorado Forest Service says take care of trees during the harsh months ahead
[Denver Post/John Epperson] A landscaper tends a young at the Superior Marketplace near U.S. 36 and Marshall Road. Maybe it’s the grand I’ve spent on dead and broken trees over the past year, but...
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Happy Groundhog Day, Colorado-style
Matt Collins, right, takes a photo of his daughter, Sophie, 5, with Flairon Freddy on Saturday at Chautauqua Park. (Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera) As people note every year, Colorado does not...
View ArticleColorado going ga-ga over actual snow
It seems strange that everyone in the Denver area is so excited about the possibility of 4-7 inches of real snow (maybe even 8!), with cheers resounding across social media. Strange but completely...
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This time it is real snow, really, for Denver
Andy Cross, The Denver Post Snow along a fence near the Cherry Creek bike path on February 21, 2013. More more snow is expected for Sunday,Feb. 23. Starting last evening, you could sense the excitement...
View ArticleColorado snow: Forecasters cagey, careful
So, once again we have experienced several days of watchful anticipation as the storm that the clever folks at The Weather Channel have named Triton heads toward Denver. (Triton is a sea god, son of...
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CSU weather team forecasts above-average Atlantic hurricane season
A sailboat smashes on the rocks after breaking free from its mooring on City Island October 29, 2012 in New York. Hurricane Sandy’s winds picked up speed as the storm made a left turn toward the East...
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Summer 2013 much cooler than 2012 in Denver
Summer 2013 has been much cooler for Denver than the record heat the city experienced month after month in 2012. At 87 degrees Fahrenheit, the average daily maximum from June 1, 2013 to Aug 10, 2013 is...
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Hot weekend to be followed by a much cooler week
Pattern shift looms [caption id="attachment_1995" align="alignright" width="270"] Cold front to bring much cooler weather to Denver next week (NOAA, nws.noaa.gov)[/caption] Since August 15 we have only...
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Waiting (and waiting) for hurricane season
Hurricane Sandy (via NOAA) Early this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (yes, that’s NOAA), predicted an “extremely active” hurricane season with an above average number of...
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Forecast for Arapahoe Basin’s opening day on Sunday
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area opens for it’s first day of skiing and snowboarding of the year on October 17, 2012 (Mahala Gaylord, The Denver Post ) Arapahoe Basin Ski Area kicks off Colorado’s ski season on...
View ArticleNot "Snow Freedom Day" but it is getting there
This week opened with Tax Freedom Day -- April 21. That is the day when the average person has earned enough to pay all their taxes for the year and can begin earning money for themselves. In Denver,...
View ArticleGroundhog Day: Blog post is back, but where is Flatiron Freddy?
Groundhog Day is back again, but Boulder marmot Flatiron Freddy may be missing.
View ArticleHow using social media this summer can help CU-Boulder with a hail study
Admit it. You already take pictures of your patio furniture covered in snow. So this summer, when the very same patio gets pelted with hail, go ahead and take a picture -- and spare yourself the...
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