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Weather in the Colorado Rockies

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Surface Observations for Colorado Mountain Locations

 
bullet MesoWest Surface Observations  -  from University of Utah's Department of Meteorology
bullet Current Conditions for all Colorado Stations (table format)
bullet Map of Current Surface Temperature
bullet Clickable Map to Browse Stations in the Boulder WFO County Warning Area (CWA)

 
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Stations located on mountain tops, ridgelines, or passes

Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Meteorological Data
bullet C1 Station                        3022 m    (9,912 ft)
bullet Albion Station                 3259 m    (10,692 ft)       
bullet Saddle Station                3528 m    (11,572 ft)        Check out how the weather looks via the Tundra Cam
bullet Green Lake Station        3570 m    (11,712 ft)        Located in a valley, this station often reports colder temperature than the stations up on the ridge
bullet D1 Station                        3739 m    (12,264 ft)        This station is atop Niwot Ridge and often reports some of the highest wind speeds of any station in Colorado

 
bulletKCRV -- Nederland Mountain, Corona Pass     I think this is the same as the D1 Station -- the coordinates are on or near Niwot Ridge
bullet KCCU -- Copper Mountain, Red Cliff Pass    This station is near or at the summit of the Copper Mountain Ski Area (12,441 feet)
bullet KMYP -- Salida Mountain, Monarch Pass
bullet KVTP -- La Veta Mountain, La Veta Pass
bullet KCPW -- Pagosa Springs, Wolf Creek Pass
bullet KMNH -- Elbert Mountain, Monument Pass    Located about 10 miles east of the highest point on I-25 between Denver and Colorado Springs

 

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Stations located in mountain towns or at airports

bullet KLXV -- Leadville, Lake County Airport
bullet KEGE -- Eagle County Regional Airport
bullet KASE -- Aspen, Aspen-Pitken County Airport

 

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Unofficial stations on the web

bulletElkstreet.com    2590 m    (8500 ft)    This location is near Ferncliff and Allenspark, about 16 miles south of Estes Park
bullet Estes Park Visitor's Center Weather Website    (7500 ft)
bullet Estes Park Weather from Yipyap.com     [Graphs]

 

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Avalanche Forecasts

bulletColorado Avalanche Information Center

 

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Snow reports and Road Conditions

bulletColorado Public Information Statements from the National Weather Service

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Regional Weather Info

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Regional Radar Imagery

bulletKFTG -- Denver/Boulder
bullet Short Range Base Reflectivity     [Loop]
bullet Short Range Composite Reflectivity    [Loop]
bullet One Hour Total Precipitation    [Loop]
bullet Storm Total Precipitation    [Loop]
bulletKCYS -- Cheyenne
bullet Short Range Base Reflectivity     [Loop]
bullet Short Range Composite Reflectivity    [Loop]
bullet One Hour Total Precipitation    [Loop]
bullet Storm Total Precipitation    [Loop]
bulletNational NIDS Radar
bullet Realtime NEXRAD Animations

 

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Regional Satellite Imagery

bulletUCAR-RAP Regional Satellite
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bullet False Color Infrared   
bullet Water Vapor   
bulletInteractive Weather Satellite Imagery Viewers from NASA GHCC

 

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Regional Weather Maps

bullet Regional Surface Plot from UCAR-RAP

 

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Area Forecast Discussions

bulletDenver-Boulder AFD
bulletCheyenne AFD
bulletPueblo AFD
bulletGrand Junction AFD

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Colorado Hydrology

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Colorado Snotel Info

bulletUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Colorado Snow Surveys     General hydrologic links
bulletMap of Colorado Snotel Locations
bulletCurrent Update     Colorado-wide Snotel Information as of today
bullet3 day change in Snow Water Equivalent
bullet7 day change in Snow Water Equivalent
bulletPlots by Basin
bullet Water Year Graphs by Station

 

bulletCoCoRAHS - Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Network

 

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Reservoir Reports

bullet Colorado Reservoir Reports

 

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Western US Snotel Info

bulletWeekly narrative (update by basin)
bulletSnotel station time series graphs
bulletRiver basin snow water content anomaly map
bulletRiver basin precipitation anomaly map

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Colorado Climate

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Selected links from the Western Regional Climate Center

bulletHistorical Climate Summaries for Western U.S. Stations    Detailed climate summaries for most any station in the West
bulletOther Historical Climate Information     Contains many links, maps, and narratives about Western U.S. Climate

Colorado specific climate maps
bulletAverage Annual Precipitation

   

 

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