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<v Speaker 1>Our favorite chief meteorologist from Fox thirty one, Katievr.

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Frasier. Hello, Dave, how are you, my friend?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing great. How are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I am doing just fine.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, I'm happy to announce we

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<v Speaker 1>can stop paying attention to politics because the insane clown

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<v Speaker 1>Posse has endorsed Kamala Harris, so obviously the race is over.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't need to do any anymore of that, so

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<v Speaker 1>we can talk about important things like the weather.

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<v Speaker 2>Dave.

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<v Speaker 1>I realize I'm supposed to be upset or something about it,

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<v Speaker 1>about it being seventy five.

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<v Speaker 2>Degrees today, but I do not hate this. How much

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<v Speaker 2>longer of this? Glorious? Are we having.

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<v Speaker 3>Several more days? Actually, all the way through Monday of

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<v Speaker 3>next week, we're looking to be running above average. And

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<v Speaker 3>by the way, I'm in your corner, I'm not upset

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<v Speaker 3>the fact that the temperatures are running about ten to

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<v Speaker 3>twelve to ten degrees above normal. We're not breaking records,

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<v Speaker 3>which all are in the eighties. And it is nice.

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<v Speaker 3>It's you know, it's that kind of fall warm. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not summer hot, yep. And the evening the evenings are fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>Cools off quickly with the earlier setting sun, you got

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<v Speaker 3>the overnight lows in the forties. You know, we haven't

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<v Speaker 3>had that freeze yet, which we're looking at potentially next

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<v Speaker 3>Tuesday night into Wednesday, we might be right there at

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<v Speaker 3>thirty two degrees for the time this year. So we're

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<v Speaker 3>talking an eye on that change coming up and the

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<v Speaker 3>potential for maybe another shot of moisture. Very very dry

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<v Speaker 3>here in October. So to be talking about getting a

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<v Speaker 3>little moisture, whether it be a rain, rain, snow mixed,

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<v Speaker 3>or even a little bit of heavy wet snow in

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of spots is not a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 1>No, we did get some good snow in the mountains,

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<v Speaker 1>which is always you know, you always want to have

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<v Speaker 1>a nice solid start because we're thinking about our snowpack here.

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<v Speaker 1>And I guess Wolf Creek is opening this week. They

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<v Speaker 1>got a ton of snow down there at Wolf Creek Pass,

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<v Speaker 1>so they're opening.

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<v Speaker 2>There was one I believe maybe this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no, yes, so, oh yesterday, so they're already opening today.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that seems a little crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Well they got if you've been down to skied Wolf Creek,

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<v Speaker 3>it's rugged skiing, it's good skiing, it's three up and down. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's yeah. And so they got twenty seven inches over

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<v Speaker 3>five days, twenty two inches in a little over a day,

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<v Speaker 3>and that was enough to get them the eighteen inch

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<v Speaker 3>base that they need mid mountain to get people up

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<v Speaker 3>in skiing, and some of the if you go on

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<v Speaker 3>social media, you'll see some of the guys skiing and

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<v Speaker 3>folks skiing down there, and it looks it's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 3>And then for the North Central Mountains, places like Copper

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<v Speaker 3>and Keystone and a Rapahole Basin and Loveland got anywhere

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<v Speaker 3>from five to ten inches, and so that's a helping

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<v Speaker 3>hand from other natures. They continue to run their snowguns

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<v Speaker 3>in hopes of getting open soon.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, I got a question from the text line

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<v Speaker 1>for Dave. Have we seen temperatures like this year September

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<v Speaker 1>and October in the past pre global warming series, like

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<v Speaker 1>fifty years ago? And I think they're kind of asking

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<v Speaker 1>how common are these very warm September and octobers.

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<v Speaker 3>I hadn't checked the fifty year record, but the way

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<v Speaker 3>I tend to look at trends like this is are

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<v Speaker 3>we smashing records left and right? And how old are

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<v Speaker 3>those records, and as I just said a few minutes ago,

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<v Speaker 3>we have not been breaking records here in September. Early

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<v Speaker 3>September we had some warmer days in the nineties and

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<v Speaker 3>we did break a few records. But even though we

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<v Speaker 3>had at the beginning of the month in October we

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<v Speaker 3>had temperatures in the eighties, we weren't breaking records. And

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<v Speaker 3>while we've been in the seventies for pro long period

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<v Speaker 3>and we'll stay in the seventies all the way through

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<v Speaker 3>Monday of next week, we're just not breaking the records.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think that should give you some historic perspective

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<v Speaker 3>about how warm have we been compared to where the

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<v Speaker 3>records are set.

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<v Speaker 2>How are we doing drought wise around the state.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a report last week, and I want to

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<v Speaker 1>ask this question first before we talk about how we are.

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<v Speaker 1>We are one of those states like California. We're kind

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<v Speaker 1>of perpetually in drought on and off cycle, are we not.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we're a high desert climate for much of

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<v Speaker 2>the state.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, we're a semi arid climate, which means we are

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we depend a lot on our snow to

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<v Speaker 3>fill our reservoirs. We depend on you know, a wet

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<v Speaker 3>spring is certainly helpful during the growing season. We did

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<v Speaker 3>get some beneficial rain early in the season until we

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<v Speaker 3>hit June, July, August, September, October. Prior to that, the

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<v Speaker 3>spring was in pretty good shape when we were head

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<v Speaker 3>for the year, and then we dried out. The drought

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<v Speaker 3>monitor comes out every Thursday, and the worst route in

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<v Speaker 3>the state, and the entire state is not in droughts.

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<v Speaker 3>A matter of fact, the San Juan Mountains southwest Colorado

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't have any drought. They they've been doing very well.

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<v Speaker 3>The worst rout is right in the foothills of Lharmer

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<v Speaker 3>and Boulder County, just west of I twenty five and

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<v Speaker 3>Metro Denver is in there, but not as deep in

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<v Speaker 3>the drought as they are, and we've been struggling to

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<v Speaker 3>get this year. There's no question about the problem with

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<v Speaker 3>the drought monitor now, Mandy is we're in the kind

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<v Speaker 3>of end of the season so everything is naturally dried out.

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<v Speaker 3>We just don't look for that leg up right now.

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<v Speaker 3>But we're hindering the winter and that can help to

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<v Speaker 3>crush the drought in some places.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we do have a couple of people on the

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<v Speaker 1>text line asking about what are we going to have

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<v Speaker 1>for Halloween? A Rod has been asking this too. He's

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<v Speaker 1>got a big party, He's got all kinds of stuff planned.

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<v Speaker 3>What are we looking at Halloween? Well, A Rod's party

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<v Speaker 3>over the weekend is great. Any plans you have through

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<v Speaker 3>the weekend, If you do have parties like kay Rod,

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<v Speaker 3>you're fine. It's going to be in the seventies, mid

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<v Speaker 3>seventies Saturday, seventies, upper seventies Sunday. We are tracking this

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<v Speaker 3>incoming cold front. It looks to get us down into

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<v Speaker 3>the upper fifties and by that time next Tuesday Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 3>so you're talking the thirtieth, twenty ninth, and thirtieth of

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<v Speaker 3>the month. The advertise around sixties, so it's more of

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<v Speaker 3>a seasonal correction right now. We think it's just outside

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<v Speaker 3>the seven day so we can't see too many specifics,

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<v Speaker 3>but we think Halloween will be dry but a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit cool, So it'll probably be in the mid fifties

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<v Speaker 3>during the day and then for trick or treating hours,

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<v Speaker 3>say between four or five o'clock till nine o'clock, probably

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<v Speaker 3>slipping into the low forties towards the end of that timeframe,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe the upper thirties. But it does look to be dry, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Dave Fraser at Fox thirty one. I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>anything else for it. Oh wait, hang on, this may

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<v Speaker 1>be the wrong question to ask. At the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the segment, does Dave Fraser believe in climate change?

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<v Speaker 3>We've talked about this time and time again. Yes, the

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<v Speaker 3>climate has changed, but there's a bigger question beyond that

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<v Speaker 3>that you and I have talked about. That becomes the

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<v Speaker 3>question of you know what why riving factor? Why exactly?

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<v Speaker 3>And that's where you get into the argument and it

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<v Speaker 3>just goes down the rabbit hole very very quickly, because

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<v Speaker 3>people have their own opinions of what. But yes, you

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<v Speaker 3>can clearly tell as you look over the historical data

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<v Speaker 3>and you look at the weather patterns and stuff, that

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<v Speaker 3>there are other driving forces that can change climate. But

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<v Speaker 3>remember this climate is cyclical and what the future holds

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<v Speaker 3>is yet to be.

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<v Speaker 1>Seen exactly, Dave Fraser, you can see them on Fox

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<v Speaker 1>thirty one. We will talk to again week after a

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<v Speaker 1>few more days of this glorious weather.

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<v Speaker 2>You can just keep it here as long as you want.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we'll get you an updated. It times out perfectly

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<v Speaker 3>next Wednesday. We'll be sitting right on top of that

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<v Speaker 3>forecast for Halloween excellent.

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<v Speaker 2>That's say Fraser David, I appreciate you. We'll talk to

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<v Speaker 2>you next week.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, all right,