MetroState WX

The official news feed for the MSUDenver meteorology field course: Field Observations of Severe Weather #FOSWX #CoWX #GetRowdy #Stormrunners

[MetroState WX @MSUDenverWX]

...and we are back! #cowx #weatherwithus

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

The @msudenver WX lab got a makeover! If you are interested in studying Meteorology in Colorado, please contact @keah88, @DocWX, or go to https://t.co/rAaQq113ep to learn more about our awesome program. We’re back for in-person this Fall semester! #cowx #wxtwitter #WeatherWithUs

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

PSA: Denver Cyclone ≠ DCVZ.

It looks like a Denver Cyclone is setting up over the metro area.

#COWX #DenverCyclone

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Classic atmospheric matchup along the Front Range Mountains: Buoyancy vs. Subsidence.

#cowx #colorado #wxtwitter #timelapse #clouds

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Six of the seasons are associated with El Nino (#1, #2, #4, #5, #6, & #11), five seasons corresponded to a Neutral phase (#8, #10, #12, #13, & #14), and three seasons are associated with La Nina (#3, #7, & #9). #COWX #ENSO #Snow #climate

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

.@CoAmateurHockey, please consider rescheduling all of your playoff games until at least Monday. Driving on I-25 and I-70 during Saturday afternoon & evening will be dangerous, especially across the Palmer Divide. #cowx #Snow #COHockey #Caha

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Not out of the realm of possibility that we might hear a rumble of thunder or two on Saturday afternoon. The NAM3KM is showing a pocket of instability. This instability is NOT associated with CSI, though. Thundersnow is possible. #COWX #snow #Thundersnow #snowstorm #wxtwitter

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

The 5460m thickness contour is not an ideal rain/snow line for Colorado. The more appropriate mark to use is the 5520m contour due to the higher elevation & precip does not have to fall as far to reach the surface. Change over is a moot point if the models verify. #cowx #snow

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

With the long duration of the easterly flow, I would not be surprised if a barrier jet forms with this upcoming snowstorm along the Front Range. A barrier jet could lead to an enhancement of snowfall locally for the Front Range communities. #cowx #snowpocalypse #snOMG #wxtwitter

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

If this upcoming storm gives us a 10-to-1 SLR (Snow to Liquid Ratio), I will be shocked. The most likely scenario will be between 6- and 8-to-1 SLR. Cyclonic upslope storms bring more moisture & warmer temperature into play. Stop applying a 10-to-1 SLR for all snowstorms! #cowx

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Snow-recho!

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Punxsutawney Phil would get a C in my Forecasting Lab course. #groundhogday2021 #GroundhogDay #COWX

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

That’s not a bat signal. That’s Comet Neowise behind a cloud.

#cometNEOWISE #NEOWISE #cowx #Astrophotography

[MSU Denver @msudenver]

Meteorology Prof. Sam Ng rocking his MSU Denver mask! ❤️💙

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

I caught some in-cloud lightning on an iPhone Live photo, so I decided to convert it into a GIF. It looks like the storm is sending a Morse code message.

#cowx #wxtwitter #lightning #thunderstorm #GIF #MorseCode #SendingOutAnSOS

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

The Republic of Landspouts #cowx @SevereWeather

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Hello, tilted updraft. Here is a timelapse video before the storm became severe.

#cowx #severeweather #timelapse #thunderstorm #StormHour #weather #meteorology #wxtwitter

[Nobody, Ph. D. @DocWX]

Timelapse of backlit updraft pushes before tonight thunderstorm went severe east of Denver. https://t.co/WGMq5SuF4v

#cowx #timelapse #sunset #thunderstoms #wxtwitter #Meteorology #Denver #stormhour #weather