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  • School Days, School Days

    As of Monday, January 16th, the state’s community colleges are back in session, and from an instructor’s perspective, here are a few tips for success… 1)  Plan your semester before you actually show up. I’ve met a number of students...

  • The weather in 2011 in Colorado Springs and Pueblo

    The yearly weather statistics for 2011 are in, (Thank you National Weather Service), and it was an interesting year, weatherwise, in both Colorado Springs and Pueblo.  Here are the highlights. Colorado Springs: The warmest high of the year was 97...

  • Nationwide, the most extreme weather events of 2011

    I ran across an OUTSTANDING compilation of the most extreme national weather events of 2011 at http://www.noaa.gov/extreme2011/index.html and thought it was worth sharing. Events reach from the Groundhog Day blizzard (with images and weather maps) to the tornado outbreaks that...

  • A better year for reindeer in Colorado Springs and Pueblo

    (They like snow, right?) I just looked at the latest snowfall and precipitation figures for the year and the snow year (which runs from July 1 to June 30…I don’t know why, it’s a “government” thing), and both Colorado Springs...

  • Cassini provides detailed images of Saturns moon Dione

    The Cassini spacecraft, which has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, recorded some “up close and personal” detailed images of Saturn’s moon Dione on Monday, 12/12.  The fly by (76, 000 miles from the moon) was actually for the benefit of...

  • Here come the Geminids

    This year’s grand finale to the major meteor showers is about to occur. The Geminids will be in the sky (best after midnight) on the mornings of the 14th and 15th. Weatherwise, early viewing on Tuesday morning isn’t a great...

  • The Last Lunar Eclipse Until 2014 Will Be Saturday Morning

    There’s lots of information about Saturday morning’s total lunar eclipse available. Here’s the local information you need to get your look at it. There’s good news and bad news. Good News: 1)  The sky should be clear. No problem there....

  • What you need to know about wind chill

    We’ve just been through a night when the wind chill was in the 20s and 30s below zero, and I heard lots of people saying things like “Wow, 20 below. That will kill my car battery” and “That’ll freeze the...

  • Northerly winds will mean more snow for some

    With another cold, windy storm racing towards Colorado, it seems like the appropriate time to remind you that the direction the wind blows from will determine how much snow you get. It’s based on the fact that if you force...

  • What causes Colorados damaging winds?

    With one round of damaging winds behind us, and the potential for more this weekend, many of you have asked “what drives these strong winds?”. It requires a combination of weather events all coming together to produce them. 1)  First...

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