May 28
What’s Going on Today Today looks to be an active thunderstorm day with severe weather expected across much of Northeastern Colorado. The main threat out of theses storms is large, damaging hail but given the low level moisture and wind profiles there is an isolated tornado risk as well. The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted …
Jan 08
Nobody Expected It To Be This Warm and Dry This Year I’ve heard this comment a lot from a few folks and in the nicest way possible I say, “that’s absolutely wrong.” There is nothing surprising about Castle Rock, the Palmer Divide, the mountains or even most of the state of Colorado being in drought …
Nov 17
Castle Rock Colorado Weekend Forecast for 11/17-11/19, 2018 Friday Expect a warm but windy day earlier on Friday. Winds will generally be out of the Southwest gusting up to 30MPH until a cold front moves through later in the day and shifts the winds. A brief period of rain and snow showers will be possible …
Oct 20
Quick note: Sorry for the quietness around Mountain Wave Weather lately, we’ve been moving this week so it’s been tough to post too much. Should be back a normal schedule next week, thanks for sticking around! Mainly temperatures will be quite seasonal this weekend with Friday and Sunday featuring warm daytime temperatures in the low to …
Oct 06
Hard Freeze A hard freeze is defined as a condition where air temperatures at the surface are expected to drop below 27-25 degrees for several hours. This can cause exposed outdoor pipes to freeze and burst! When to Expect Freezing Temperatures A strong cold front will move through the area late on Sunday night and …
Sep 07
Irma is expected to hit Florida as a strong Category 4 or even Category 5 storm. Please heed all evacuation warnings and please… if you have any doubts about you or your family’s safety get out ASAP. If you decide to stay, be prepared for extreme damage and hostile conditions after the storm departs the …
Jun 28
You’ve no doubt noticed the abnormally warm and unusually dry month of June we’ve experienced so far in many places along the front range. Some areas have seen thunderstorms with beneficial rain, but that has been the exception, rather than the norm this month. You can see many of the areas along the front range …
Apr 11
While the weather looks relatively quiet around Castle Rock and surrounding areas, we can’t ignore that the temperatures are beginning to warm and the weather pattern is beginning to change. As we transition later into spring we begin to see thunderstorms enter the picture once again and with the increased heat, moisture at the surface …
Nov 17
Our first significant storm system in months is set to move into Eastern Colorado throughout the day today. The HRRR shot below shows the progression of the storm as the low moves across the mountains and re-organizes in Eastern Colorado before moving quickly off to the East. Model Forecast Snowfall All the models I show …
Oct 02
This is a bit of a long post, but there are several interesting weather features moving through Colorado this week that will bring us a host of different weather conditions. We will see a mixture of everything from strong winds, to high fire danger, to cold temperatures and even a chance of snow! Here’s a …
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