BoulderCAST Podcast

Why are some weather models predicting drastically more snowfall than others?  Why does this winter storm seem more predictable than others? How much snow is each member of our team expecting in Boulder? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy, Ben & Matt Winter Storm Forecast Discussion: March 12-15, 2021 [Timestamp 2:40] […]

What is the status of the historic wildfires across Colorado? What is the latest on La Niña and its forecast through the rest of winter? How many Greek letters are left in the alphabet for Atlantic hurricanes this year? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy, Ben & Matt Rapid Fire Topics […]

How uncommon is an October snowstorm of this magnitude during La Niña ? How much snow are we expecting for our area? Will the bitter cold temperatures actually end up hurting the snow potential? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy & Ben Winter Storm Forecast Discussion: October 24-26, 2020 [Timestamp 1:49] […]

Can the names of “Greek” hurricanes ever be retired from future usage? What is it like to launch weather balloons in Greenland during blizzard conditions? Will our always improving weather models ever make us meteorologists obsolete? Listen to find out? Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy, Ben & Matt Current weather discussion [Timestamp 11:55] The […]

What are our predictions for the rest of fall and the snowfall potential this winter as La Niña takes hold? What happened in the Front Range during the last few La Niñas? Does 2020’s hurricane season so far hold a candle to the hyper-active one back in 2005? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: […]

How is it even possible to snow this early in the season? What are we thinking for snowfall amounts for the early-season snowstorm bearing down on the Front Range?  What could go wrong with the storm? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy & Ben Current weather discussion [Timestamp 11:00] A look […]

When do we think the hot ridgy pattern across the West will finally break down? What happened in the Front Range during the last La Niña winter? Why do we rely on a gross approximation that consists of quarantined  blobs of rising air to make forecasts? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: […]

What was it like forecasting Tropical Storm Isaias as it made landfall in North Carolina? How has a developing La Nina influenced monsoon season so far this summer? Why does the United States Air Force primarily rely on a weather model from the United Kingdom? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy, […]

Will July 2020 be Boulder’s driest on record? Now that the monsoon has finally begun in Colorado, will it last? How does lightning form and what are the ways we measure it? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: Intro Hosts: Andy & Ben General weather discussion [Timestamp 9:42] Another hot and mostly dry week […]

What have we been up to in the four years since our last podcast? Do we expect to see any changes from the hot and dry summer we’ve had so far? Where is the monsoon? Why are Colorado’s cold fronts unique compared to the rest of the country? Listen to find out! Show highlights include: […]