Colorado’s statewide snowpack is above average weeks ahead of normal seasonal peak
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Meet the Colorado man who always knows when — and where — it’s going to snow
Every morning, thousands turn to the precision snow reports crafted by Joel Gratz’s OpenSnow to find pockets of powder in Colorado’s chaotic mountains
Posted inWater
Aurora cuts one of its lawn watering days, which should be a warning for other Colorado cities
Two days a week instead of three, and a surcharge, for 2023 is a reminder that it’s never over until the runoff is counted
Posted inWeather
A love letter to winter in Colorado’s small mountain towns
Snow totals have surpassed the 300-inch mark in parts of the high country, and that’s just fine
Posted inEnvironment
Drought has eased in Colorado, but experts brace for what the 2023 snow season holds in store
Precipitation and snowpack are above average, but midway through winter, meteorologists are cautiously optimistic about how much moisture Colorado could see this year
Posted inClimate
Is cloud seeding a potential solution to Colorado’s drought?
If you don’t like Colorado’s weather, wait 5 minutes. Or shoot seeds into the clouds.
Posted inEnvironment
Early-season snow off to good start in Colorado’s high country
Colorado’s snowpack is 140% of average for this time of year — but it’s still far too early to tell what kind of snow year the state will have
Posted inEnvironment
Microplastics are seemingly everywhere — including Colorado’s snowpack
Samples from Colorado’s mountains find growing rate of shredded plastic fibers.
Posted inEnvironment, News, Water
To refine water forecasts, Western cities — including some in Colorado — map the snowpack by plane
By Brittany Peterson, The Associated Press GUNNISON — At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region’s snow by air. Under the plane is a device that uses lasers, cameras and sensors to map snow and help […]
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22 years of drought in Colorado, rest of the Southwest is worst stretch in 1,200 years, study shows
The hot and dry conditions that have gripped the southwestern United States since 2000 account for the driest 22-year period on record stretching back 1,200 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. What’s more, this new research finds that although there would have been a drought anyway, climate change […]