Tag: forecast
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Record-breaking El Niño could bring wet winter to parts of Colorado, push global temps higher
Colorado ski resorts’ high base elevations could improve snowpack compared to other Western states Something hot is brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As ocean temperatures across the globe reached new highs in July, an El Niño event forming along the equator in the eastern Pacific is beginning to ring alarm bells in the scientific…
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Record-breaking El Niño could bring wet winter to parts of Colorado, push global temps higher
Colorado ski resorts’ high base elevations could improve snowpack compared to other Western states Something hot is brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As ocean temperatures across the globe reached new highs in July, an El Niño event forming along the equator in the eastern Pacific is beginning to ring alarm bells in the scientific…
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Record-breaking El Niño could bring wet winter to parts of Colorado, push global temps higher
Colorado ski resorts’ high base elevations could improve snowpack compared to other Western states Something hot is brewing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. As ocean temperatures across the globe reached new highs in July, an El Niño event forming along the equator in the eastern Pacific is beginning to ring alarm bells in the scientific…
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‘Flirting with monsoons’: Colorado Springs could see relief from hot, dry weather
More dry heat is in the forecast for the Pikes Peak region this week, with potential relief on the horizon. As Coloradans grapple with statewide wildfires and highs in the 90s, monsoons are right around the corner, according to meteorologist Mike Garberoglio with the National Weather Service in Pueblo. For the first half of this…
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Colorado Springs weather: Possible record-breaking heat Monday, more high fire danger
Another day of record heat and red flag fire danger is on tap for Colorado Springs on Monday, but things should cool down as the week progresses, according to Gazette news partner KOAA. “The work week will begin hot, dry and gusty,” said News 5 Meteorologist Alan Rose. “Several heat records will be in jeopardy…
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Colorado Springs weather: Near-record high expected Monday
Colorado Springs is expected to flirt with record-high temperatures before the city gets a brief respite from recent dry conditions, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Monday will be partly sunny with a high of 70 degrees, just shy of the March 2 record of 72, the weather agency predicts. That mark was…
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Colorado Springs weather: Longstanding record could fall Monday
Colorado Springs is expected to flirt with a 30-year-old temperature record on Monday as an unseasonably warm winter season continues, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Monday is expected to be mostly sunny with a high of 68 degrees, the weather agency predicts. The record high temperature for Feb. 9 is 71 degrees,…
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Christmas week starts with record high; La Niña means more records could fall
Dreams of a white Christmas are giving way to a La Niña reality as the warmest Dec. 22 on record kicks off an unseasonably warm holiday week in Colorado Springs, according to the National Weather Service. Monday’s temperatures reached a high of 72 degrees, eclipsing the previous record of 69, set in 1955, and smashing…
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A White Christmas in Colorado Springs is rare, but what about an earthquake?
By O’Dell Isaac The National Weather Service definition of a white Christmas focuses on how much snow is on the ground on Dec. 25. According to the weather agency, if there is at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on Christmas and greater than 0.5 inches falling during the day, then it qualifies.…
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Colorado Springs may see first snow of season by end of the week
Warm temperatures will dip enough that the Colorado Springs area could see snow by Friday, leaving behind an “unseasonably warm” November, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Last November, Colorado Springs saw blizzards by Election Day. This year, as we near December, we’ve seen temperatures into the high 70s. Finally, this pattern of…