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Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Read More >

 

Pictures from around western Colorado and eastern Utah

 

SURFACE  |  UPPER AIR  |  CAMERAS  |  WINTER DATA  | ROAD CONDITIONS 

 

Winter Data

 Snow data  | Avalanche Information | Snow Information  |  Wind Chill 

 Snow Data

Daily SNOTEL Reports using Old 1961 to 1990 climate averages. From NRCS 

"SNOTEL (Snow Telemetry) is a remote measuring system, operated and maintained by the Snow Survey branch of the Natural Resources Conservation Service , designed to determine the water equivalent (not snow depth) of mountain snowpacks. 

Avalanche Information

Snow Information

Wind Chill 

 

 

Wind Chill Chart
Temperature (°F)
Wind
Speed
(MPH)
calm 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25
5 36 31 25 19 13 7 1 -5 -11 -16 -22 -28 -34 -40
10 34 27 21 15 9 3 -4 -10 -16 -22 -28 -35 -41 -47
15 32 25 19 13 6 0 -7 -13 -19 -26 -32 -39 -45 -51
20 30 24 17 11 4 -2 -9 -15 -22 -29 -35 -42 -48 -55
25 29 23 16 9 3 -4 -11 -17 -24 -31 -37 -44 -51 -58
30 28 22 15 8 1 -5 -12 -19 -26 -33 -39 -46 -53 -60
35 28 21 14 7 0 -7 -14 -21 -27 -34 -41 -48 -55 -62
40 27 20 13 6 -1 -8 -15 -22 -29 -36 -43 -50 -57 -64
45 26 19 12 5 -2 -9 -16 -23 -30 -37 -44 -51 -58 -65

"Calm-air" as used in wind chill determinations actually refers to the conditions created by a person walking briskly (at 4 miles-per-hour) under calm wind conditions.

Frostbite Time for Exposed Skin (minutes)

  30   15   10   5