May 28, 2025 • 8 mins
WE ARE PRACTICALLY A RAINFOREST THESE DAYS What with all these days of rain we've had. I've got Fox 31 Meteorologist Dave Fraser at 12:30 to talk about when it will stop and how much we've gotten.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Our favorite meteorologist. He is Box thirty one's Dave Frasier. Dave,
what are we at a rainforest all of a sudden?
What is happening with all the rain right now? But
of course, as I am a Colorado resident, we need
the moisture, I have to add that last part.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Yeah, we always need the moisture.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
You know, I'm surprised I kept the favorite part because
the rain is welcomed, it is needed. I didn't like
the timing. I'm sure most people didn't. Made for a
soggy holiday weekend, but boy was it beneficial. May is
our wettest month on average, a little over two inches.
We are now a little over three inches. We're not
(00:38):
on the top twenty wett maize. We would need another
three quarters of an inch. However, we have rain chances
just about every day through the end of the month,
so it's possible we could crack that top twenty for
wett It's made and we're ahead for the year now,
so we've made up for the shortfall that was March.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
In April, That's what I was going to ask you.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
We pay a lot of attention to snowpack at what
percentage of average? So this did kind of right the ship.
I guess on our water situation.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Is that what you just said?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah, I mean, you know the problem is you know
they're statistics, right, so you can't hold it for when
we dry out again and sprinkle it around to even
it out. But statistically, right now we are ahead of
the game. May has been very beneficial to it. It's
interesting because you and I always talk about and I
pull up the long range outlooks for these conversations to
(01:27):
see what's what. At the beginning of the month. In
the middle of April, May was looking to be like
March and April were projected to be below normal and
above average for temperatures. Well, we're exactly where we should be.
For temperatures. We've had a few days in the eighties,
we've had days in the sixties the last couple of days,
so it's averaged out. But for moisture were ahead. So
(01:50):
those long range outlooks, as I say, they can give
you a kind of an overview, but they generally don't
tell you anything about the day to day, and they
can bust. And in this case, March and April held
true to be dry and warmer than normal, but May
has been a bust on that long range outlook, and
they just updated the six to ten day outlook, so
think three more days beyond a normal seven day forecast,
(02:11):
and we're looking to be wet and below average for
the next six to ten days. And there's a pretty
good chance for rain this afternoon Friday Saturday, the rain
drops off. Sunday the only dry day I have. It's
our warmest date about eighty six, and then we are
back to rain chances come Monday and Tuesday as we
transition into the start of June.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
So basically, what I just heard is Mandy, mow your
lawn on Sunday. Is what I just heard? Is that
what you just said? Okay, just double.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Checking, OK, if you like me do it. I'd like
to do it in the morning before the rain comes
to me the afternoon. So for me, my chort list
is Friday morning before I go to work, so that
it don't have to deal with it on the weekend.
But a lot of people don't have that morning time,
free time to do it, and so yeah, the best
day would be Sunday.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Because of the shade in my yard, it has to
have a good bit of time to dry out. From
the afternoon sims the day before. Why are we in
this weather pattern? Because this is not And of course
my kids and grandkids came this past weekend and I
was like, I honestly don't remember the last time we
had this many days of gray skies and overcast and rain.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It's been a very long time.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
So where what is happening right now that's creating this
weather pattern?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
What just kind of stuck between two areas to the
west of us along the West Coast, there's an area
of high pressure, it's dried there flow around that is clockwise.
To the east of US, near the Great Lakes, there's
an area of low pressure flow around that is added,
you know, anticlockwise. So the flow coming over Colorado is
in a northwesterly direction, and so we're getting storms that
(03:41):
are building over the mountains, which is typical, and they're
drifting out of Wyoming and they're coming down across the
Front Range and onto the eastern plains. With that pattern
in place, we have really good moisture. We haven't been
able to flush out the moisture. And so with the
moisture and plate every day, relatively good humidity levels, decent
due points as we talk about the measurement of moisture
(04:03):
in the air. You know, the due points have been
running in the forties and fifties. That's good number for
Denver every day with those passing showers, the thunderstorms have
boisture to work with, and we're just squeezing it like
a sponge. That pattern is probably going to stick around
for several more days. As I said, going in, it's funny.
Right before you guys you were talking about coming to
weather Wednesday, I was looking at long range models. We
(04:25):
have one of our computer models that we look at
for forecasting that has actually two of them are looking
like it. I'm going to keep an eye on. It.
Still has snow at around ten thousand feet on June third,
and wow, emulating snow. Emulating snow of several inches, not
just the dusting. So that should tell you the wet
pattern that we look like we're going to keep around
(04:45):
as we go into Junia.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
If somebody is a.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Question sort of related to what you were just talking about,
and it is Mandy, please ask Dave if the fog
is more dense in the spring or in the cold months.
I think I know the answer, but ask anyway.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Thank you, you know, it can be both. Really, I
don't think one season wins out over another. I think
in the this time of the year, you're dealing with
more moisture and it can be thick and grayer and dense.
But in the winter months sometimes, you know, you can
get that fog because of a snow that melts into
the lower levels, and it can be thick as well.
(05:20):
But I think this time of year you're dealing with
more of a gray, thicker fog. But anytime you have fog,
if the air is calm, whether it's leftover rain or
it's melted snow in the lower levels, it can be thick.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So this texter just asks, where are the official rain
measurements taken? Is that at the weather station by the airport?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
It is?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
It is so there are many weather gauges and volunteer
gauges up and down the front range that we can
look at and pull data from our radar. The radar
that we use also has a product that we call
rain vision. It can keep an estimation of rain. It's
good for showing where the pathsive storms were and whether
(06:05):
or not there was an the inch or two inches.
And so we can get approximations of rain, but the
official gauge is out at the airport. And you mentioned
a little bit ago about record rain. So on Sunday
we did break the record for a daily rainfall total
when we hit one point three nine inches. That substantial rain,
yea is yeah, more than an inch in a day.
And that was the official record at the airport. There
(06:26):
were other places, plenty of places, especially on the southeast
side of the Metro on Sunday, that got two to
three inches of rain.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Another question for Dave, I'm looking for clear sky, still
air for astronomy this weekend, and he says, southern Colorado
Preblo Trinidad. Is any of that going to be Is
it going to be good star watching this weekend? Anywhere
in Colorado?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
I would say potentially Saturday night. If the chance for storm,
the chanceller storms on Saturday is very low, the sky
should clear here along the front range. If not, Sundays
should be pretty good Sunday night.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Last question before I let Dave Fraser for Fox thirty one,
go Manny, please ask Dave if the Thunderbirds will be
able to fly tomorrow for graduation at the Air Force Academy.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
That's a good question. We do have a chance. Here's
the setup for someone. Do you know what time that is?
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Manny, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Sure, I don't know. I don't know if a rod
can look that up quickly. Here's the thing I'll tell you,
just quickly put tomorrow. If this helps your listener. The
chance for thunderstorms is already moving in this evening. Okay,
the chances are going to linger overnight.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Nine am is the Yeah, nine am is the ceremony.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
There is a possibility there could still be some showers
around them arow morning. That's what I was going to say.
We have one of these situations where you know, we
rarely get rain overnight. There's going to be some lingering
pockets of showers overnight. I don't know that the cloud
deck will be low enough to prevent them from flying,
but there could be some wet weather for graduation down
there to the south early in the morning, as we'll
have these kind of lingering morning showers before the sky
(07:58):
start to break and we get some clear later in
the afternoon. So I can't speak to specifically the cloud
deck and what they're you know, what they're lowist is
for flying. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's good
and everybody can enjoy graduation.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
All right, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
That's a wrap there, Dave Fraser from Vox thirty one,
you can always and you know what ay Ride and
I talked about right before you came on the air,
just like a little free plug. We were talking about
how we always use the Pinpoint Weather app because it
is the most accurate weather app period for a local forecast.
So if you are looking for the local forecast, the
Pinpoint Weather app from Box thirty one. And I have
(08:32):
five weather apps on my phone, although one of them
is just an obscene weather app where it gives you
the forecast in dirty language.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I moved everyone off my homepage except for this one.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Now, yeah, the only one on my homepage is the
Pinpoint Weather app.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So there you go.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Dave Fraser, a little free plug as you guys do
a great job.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
With that, all right, man, have a.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Great bud, all right.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
That's is Dave Fraser.
Our favorite meteorologist. He is Box thirty one's Dave Frasier. Dave,
what are we at a rainforest all of a sudden?
What is happening with all the rain right now? But
of course, as I am a Colorado resident, we need
the moisture, I have to add that last part.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Yeah, we always need the moisture.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
You know, I'm surprised I kept the favorite part because
the rain is welcomed, it is needed. I didn't like
the timing. I'm sure most people didn't. Made for a
soggy holiday weekend, but boy was it beneficial. May is
our wettest month on average, a little over two inches.
We are now a little over three inches. We're not
(00:38):
on the top twenty wett maize. We would need another
three quarters of an inch. However, we have rain chances
just about every day through the end of the month,
so it's possible we could crack that top twenty for
wett It's made and we're ahead for the year now,
so we've made up for the shortfall that was March.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
In April, That's what I was going to ask you.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
We pay a lot of attention to snowpack at what
percentage of average? So this did kind of right the ship.
I guess on our water situation.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Is that what you just said?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah, I mean, you know the problem is you know
they're statistics, right, so you can't hold it for when
we dry out again and sprinkle it around to even
it out. But statistically, right now we are ahead of
the game. May has been very beneficial to it. It's
interesting because you and I always talk about and I
pull up the long range outlooks for these conversations to
(01:27):
see what's what. At the beginning of the month. In
the middle of April, May was looking to be like
March and April were projected to be below normal and
above average for temperatures. Well, we're exactly where we should be.
For temperatures. We've had a few days in the eighties,
we've had days in the sixties the last couple of days,
so it's averaged out. But for moisture were ahead. So
(01:50):
those long range outlooks, as I say, they can give
you a kind of an overview, but they generally don't
tell you anything about the day to day, and they
can bust. And in this case, March and April held
true to be dry and warmer than normal, but May
has been a bust on that long range outlook, and
they just updated the six to ten day outlook, so
think three more days beyond a normal seven day forecast,
(02:11):
and we're looking to be wet and below average for
the next six to ten days. And there's a pretty
good chance for rain this afternoon Friday Saturday, the rain
drops off. Sunday the only dry day I have. It's
our warmest date about eighty six, and then we are
back to rain chances come Monday and Tuesday as we
transition into the start of June.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
So basically, what I just heard is Mandy, mow your
lawn on Sunday. Is what I just heard? Is that
what you just said? Okay, just double.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Checking, OK, if you like me do it. I'd like
to do it in the morning before the rain comes
to me the afternoon. So for me, my chort list
is Friday morning before I go to work, so that
it don't have to deal with it on the weekend.
But a lot of people don't have that morning time,
free time to do it, and so yeah, the best
day would be Sunday.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Because of the shade in my yard, it has to
have a good bit of time to dry out. From
the afternoon sims the day before. Why are we in
this weather pattern? Because this is not And of course
my kids and grandkids came this past weekend and I
was like, I honestly don't remember the last time we
had this many days of gray skies and overcast and rain.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
It's been a very long time.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
So where what is happening right now that's creating this
weather pattern?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
What just kind of stuck between two areas to the
west of us along the West Coast, there's an area
of high pressure, it's dried there flow around that is clockwise.
To the east of US, near the Great Lakes, there's
an area of low pressure flow around that is added,
you know, anticlockwise. So the flow coming over Colorado is
in a northwesterly direction, and so we're getting storms that
(03:41):
are building over the mountains, which is typical, and they're
drifting out of Wyoming and they're coming down across the
Front Range and onto the eastern plains. With that pattern
in place, we have really good moisture. We haven't been
able to flush out the moisture. And so with the
moisture and plate every day, relatively good humidity levels, decent
due points as we talk about the measurement of moisture
(04:03):
in the air. You know, the due points have been
running in the forties and fifties. That's good number for
Denver every day with those passing showers, the thunderstorms have
boisture to work with, and we're just squeezing it like
a sponge. That pattern is probably going to stick around
for several more days. As I said, going in, it's funny.
Right before you guys you were talking about coming to
weather Wednesday, I was looking at long range models. We
(04:25):
have one of our computer models that we look at
for forecasting that has actually two of them are looking
like it. I'm going to keep an eye on. It.
Still has snow at around ten thousand feet on June third,
and wow, emulating snow. Emulating snow of several inches, not
just the dusting. So that should tell you the wet
pattern that we look like we're going to keep around
(04:45):
as we go into Junia.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
If somebody is a.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Question sort of related to what you were just talking about,
and it is Mandy, please ask Dave if the fog
is more dense in the spring or in the cold months.
I think I know the answer, but ask anyway.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Thank you, you know, it can be both. Really, I
don't think one season wins out over another. I think
in the this time of the year, you're dealing with
more moisture and it can be thick and grayer and dense.
But in the winter months sometimes, you know, you can
get that fog because of a snow that melts into
the lower levels, and it can be thick as well.
(05:20):
But I think this time of year you're dealing with
more of a gray, thicker fog. But anytime you have fog,
if the air is calm, whether it's leftover rain or
it's melted snow in the lower levels, it can be thick.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So this texter just asks, where are the official rain
measurements taken? Is that at the weather station by the airport?
Speaker 3 (05:41):
It is?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
It is so there are many weather gauges and volunteer
gauges up and down the front range that we can
look at and pull data from our radar. The radar
that we use also has a product that we call
rain vision. It can keep an estimation of rain. It's
good for showing where the pathsive storms were and whether
(06:05):
or not there was an the inch or two inches.
And so we can get approximations of rain, but the
official gauge is out at the airport. And you mentioned
a little bit ago about record rain. So on Sunday
we did break the record for a daily rainfall total
when we hit one point three nine inches. That substantial rain,
yea is yeah, more than an inch in a day.
And that was the official record at the airport. There
(06:26):
were other places, plenty of places, especially on the southeast
side of the Metro on Sunday, that got two to
three inches of rain.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Another question for Dave, I'm looking for clear sky, still
air for astronomy this weekend, and he says, southern Colorado
Preblo Trinidad. Is any of that going to be Is
it going to be good star watching this weekend? Anywhere
in Colorado?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
I would say potentially Saturday night. If the chance for storm,
the chanceller storms on Saturday is very low, the sky
should clear here along the front range. If not, Sundays
should be pretty good Sunday night.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Last question before I let Dave Fraser for Fox thirty one,
go Manny, please ask Dave if the Thunderbirds will be
able to fly tomorrow for graduation at the Air Force Academy.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
That's a good question. We do have a chance. Here's
the setup for someone. Do you know what time that is?
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Manny, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Sure, I don't know. I don't know if a rod
can look that up quickly. Here's the thing I'll tell you,
just quickly put tomorrow. If this helps your listener. The
chance for thunderstorms is already moving in this evening. Okay,
the chances are going to linger overnight.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Nine am is the Yeah, nine am is the ceremony.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
There is a possibility there could still be some showers
around them arow morning. That's what I was going to say.
We have one of these situations where you know, we
rarely get rain overnight. There's going to be some lingering
pockets of showers overnight. I don't know that the cloud
deck will be low enough to prevent them from flying,
but there could be some wet weather for graduation down
there to the south early in the morning, as we'll
have these kind of lingering morning showers before the sky
(07:58):
start to break and we get some clear later in
the afternoon. So I can't speak to specifically the cloud
deck and what they're you know, what they're lowist is
for flying. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's good
and everybody can enjoy graduation.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
All right, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
That's a wrap there, Dave Fraser from Vox thirty one,
you can always and you know what ay Ride and
I talked about right before you came on the air,
just like a little free plug. We were talking about
how we always use the Pinpoint Weather app because it
is the most accurate weather app period for a local forecast.
So if you are looking for the local forecast, the
Pinpoint Weather app from Box thirty one. And I have
(08:32):
five weather apps on my phone, although one of them
is just an obscene weather app where it gives you
the forecast in dirty language.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I moved everyone off my homepage except for this one.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Now, yeah, the only one on my homepage is the
Pinpoint Weather app.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So there you go.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Dave Fraser, a little free plug as you guys do
a great job.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
With that, all right, man, have a.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Great bud, all right.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
That's is Dave Fraser.
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