Tag: weather
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Global heat stuck on high; scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured
WASHINGTON • Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August’s sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through…
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Tornado reportedly spotted in Custer County
The National Weather Service in Pueblo issued a tornado warning for part of Custer County on Thursday afternoon after one was reported, according to the warning. Around 72 people reside in the warning area, which was between Rosita and Greenwood. A meteorologist with the Weather Service told The Gazette the warning was issued after someone…
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Severe storms sweep Front Range, creating some flooding
Gusty thunderstorms dumped rain and hail on parts of the Front Range and through the eastern plains on Wednesday, causing flash flood conditions in some areas. The National Weather Service offices in Boulder and Pueblo were kept busy Wednesday, issuing a combined 29 severe thunderstorm and three flash flood warnings by 8 p.m. Hours earlier,…
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Colorado Springs breaks daily high temperature record set in 2003
Above average temperatures in Colorado Springs rose to record-breaking levels on Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. The Colorado Springs Airport recorded a temperature of 95 degrees in the late afternoon, breaking the previous record for Aug. 21 of 94 degrees set in 2003. Friday marks the fourth day in August that…
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Colorado Springs weather: Record could fall Friday ahead of forecast rain, storms over the weekend
Southern Coloradans will be feeling the heat Friday afternoon, with forecast temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90s and possible triple digits for some. Temperatures in Colorado Springs could break or tie the daily high of 94 degrees, National Weather Service meteorologists report. Further south, Pueblo could break 100 degrees. Meteorologist Casey Dorn of Gazette news partner…
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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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Colorado Springs weather: Seasonably warm with a chance of thunderstorms
Colorado Springs residents can expect sunny skies and seasonably warm conditions this week, with occasional afternoon thunderstorms, according to Gazette news partner KOAA. “Today we begin to dry out, with fewer storms ahead than what we saw over the weekend,” said News 5 meteorologist Alan Rose. Heavy rains caused flash flood warnings in parts of…
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Colorado Springs ties daily high temperature record from 1959
Temperatures in Colorado Springs reached 94 degrees on Monday, tying the daily high temperature record for Aug. 12 set in 1959, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Monday’s warm weather also set a record-high temperature in Alamosa, where 90 degrees broke the previous record set in 1996. The record-tying temperatures in Colorado Springs…