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National Weather Service

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    April 17, 2012

    Photos: Lower North Fork Fire review shares lessons learned by disaster

    The just-released review of the Lower North Fork Fire, which cost three lives and destroyed dozens of structures, is quite a thorough document given the short amount of time it took to produce. And while the report (on view below) is written dispassionately, it's plenty damning when it comes to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Fire bans in Boulder and Golden as Lower North Fork Fire blazes out of control

    The Lower North Fork Fire has already resulted in two fatalities and remains uncontained at this writing -- and the conditions that have fueled it are clearly not lost on officials in other communities. Below, see information about newly announced fire bans in Boulder and Golden, as well as a releas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Mike Nelson: For 7News forecaster, National Weatherman's Day will be sonny

    Mike Nelson​As Jef Otte wrote, tomorrow is National Weatherman's Day. No really. Created for 18th-century weather observer John Jeffries, it honors "men and women who collectively provide Americans with the best weather, water, and climate forecasts and warning services of any nation," the Nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    300 days of sunshine per year in Denver? Casting a shadow...

    ​Next thing you know, Denver won't actually be a mile high. The current Men's Journal casts a shadow on Denver's claim to have 300 days of sunshine annually, pegging our sunny total at 245. Turns out, boosters are counting not days, but hours of the bright stuff. How many days of sunshine do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Kenny Be's Friday Afternoon Club: Crystal Egger and Dan Daru at Racines

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Long-range Obama forecast: flip a coin

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Beware: The Water Police Are Watching

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2007

    For Folk's Sake

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • Home Entertainment

    December 21, 2006

    A True Horror Classic

    ​ "Dan, please stop joking on air that the new National Weather Service Station, located near the 12th tee at City Park Golf Course, is reporting 'hail-sized golf balls.' You're confusing our senior viewers!"

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Weather by Numbers

    The cold truth about forecasting

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Weather or Not

    Despite advances in forecasting technology, predicting the weather is often a crapshoot.

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Strike Zone

    There's hope after lightening stikes.

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Unlucky Strike

    Gary Rudd got zapped one day, and life has never been the same.

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Off Limits

    No-tell hotel.

  • News

    May 30, 1996

    Seeds of Discontent

    Kansas farmers say their weather-modification program causes rain. Colorado farmers say it causes trouble.

  • News

    August 30, 1995

    KC (& THE SUNSHINE BAND) AT THE BAT

    THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING AT COORS FIELD.

  • News

    July 12, 1995

    ATLATL DO

    THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING AT COORS FIELD.

  • News

    June 22, 1994

    FLACK ATTACK

    HOW PR BIGWIGS TRIED TO PULL DIA OUT OF A TAILSPIN.

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