Field Notes
What we are learning about forecasting, verification, and the strange things the atmosphere does when nobody is watching.
Why Predicting Storms in the Mountains Is Difficult
One March 2021 blizzard, followed from Boulder over the Continental Divide, shows what makes mountain snow hard to forecast.
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Why Temperature Forecasts Go Wrong in the Mountains
Cold pools and smoothed terrain can make mountain temperatures hard to forecast. Here is what station records and elevation data can—and cannot—show, and what we do about it.
ReadWeatherkind: A New Kind of Weather Intelligence
Why we started a weather company in the mountains of Colorado, how we bring the forecast down to the ground you stand on, and why we publish our own record.
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