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<v Speaker 1>After yesterday's gloomy day of rain. But of course, when

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<v Speaker 1>you live in Colorado, you have to automatically say, but

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<v Speaker 1>we needed the moisture. We're going to talk to Fox

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<v Speaker 1>thirty one's chief meteorologist, Dave Frasier about what kind of

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<v Speaker 1>moisture totals we got.

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<v Speaker 2>David, would have been.

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<v Speaker 1>Great to have yesterday be a Saturday when we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to go to work.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, absolutely, I agree with you one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved the conversation about, you know, sitting around a

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<v Speaker 2>cup of coffee or coked.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, watching a watching a movie, reading a book.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to the pitter pad of rain out on the

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<v Speaker 2>windows and the doors and the roof and the whole

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<v Speaker 2>soup conversation. By the way, loaded potato bacon soup is

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<v Speaker 2>what I make.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot go wrong with loaded potato soup.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no way to screw that soup up. It's so

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<v Speaker 1>perfect every single time.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's easy, Yeah, the easiest thing. Dump everything into

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<v Speaker 2>the crock pot and enjoy. Correct. Correct.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about how productive that rain was, because

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<v Speaker 1>moy it lasted forever and it was like a nice,

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<v Speaker 1>gentle rain. First of all, let's talk about snow totals

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<v Speaker 1>in the out was what do we get?

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<v Speaker 2>So we had anywhere from two and a half around Loveland,

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<v Speaker 2>which they were excited to see. It won't help with

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<v Speaker 2>the skiing. They need some cold nights to get the

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<v Speaker 2>guns running. So we saw that up on Loveland Pass

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<v Speaker 2>and over air Loveland Ski and then we had similar

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<v Speaker 2>reports up near Brainerd Lake off.

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<v Speaker 3>To the west. There were some higher totals.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Winter Park got seven inches. That was exciting. You

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<v Speaker 2>could see it on their snowstick which is their webcam online.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we had some other one twos and threes.

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<v Speaker 2>There were a couple of six and a half inch

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<v Speaker 2>reports up near Cameron Pass. Obviously up to the north

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<v Speaker 2>along Highway fourteen, so there were some decent totals. I

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<v Speaker 2>would say two and a half to seven inch was

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<v Speaker 2>about what we saw, and it wasn't everywhere. Obviously, this

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<v Speaker 2>was hugging the higher peaks, the higher terrain, and while

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<v Speaker 2>we had our first winter weather advisory for the mountain passes,

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<v Speaker 2>they actually did very well because this just didn't contain

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of cold there, but there was enough at

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<v Speaker 2>past eleven thousand to fourteen thousand feet to throw some

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<v Speaker 2>accumulating on the peaks. So what do we get?

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously, we just got rain here and nobody saw any

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<v Speaker 1>snow here in the metro did they know?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no, no, it was all rain. It

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<v Speaker 2>was all rain. And I was telling I was telling

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<v Speaker 2>a rod. You know. One of the great things about

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday's rain was a lot of viewers were emailing me

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<v Speaker 2>at the station telling me how much rain they got

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<v Speaker 2>using their rain gagers and stuff, and they were excited

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<v Speaker 2>about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, can I just say, like, as a weather man,

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<v Speaker 1>that's got to be kind of fun, right, everybody rushing

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you how much rain they got on their

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<v Speaker 1>house on Smith Street in Denver.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Like, Yeah, I think that's got to be kind of

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to just see how many people are excited to

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<v Speaker 1>share their numbers with you.

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<v Speaker 2>When we start when we have a snow event of significance,

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<v Speaker 2>our inbox when it comes to snow totals, when we

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<v Speaker 2>have like a snow day and everybody's at home and

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<v Speaker 2>the kids at school has been canceled, our inbox just explodes, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>with people wanting to send us their snow measurements, their

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<v Speaker 2>pictures of what's going on because they want us to

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<v Speaker 2>see and it actually helps to tell the story because

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<v Speaker 2>of our veried terrain and we know that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>one neighborhood can get this much and another one can

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<v Speaker 2>get that much, and it really does help us. So

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday I was getting a lot of emails, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of most of them were coming from the northern Front

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<v Speaker 2>Range where the totals ranged. As you get up towards

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<v Speaker 2>Fort Collins, Greeley and then up the Ice seventy sixth quarter,

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<v Speaker 2>there were some two two plus inches there. That was

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<v Speaker 2>the area that actually had the higher totals, and then

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<v Speaker 2>as you came down I twenty five into Denver, there's

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<v Speaker 2>some one inches one and a half, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>go south of there, the numbers dropped off a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>but everybody in northeast Colorado and along the Front Range

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<v Speaker 2>got it down towards Monuments about a half an inch

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<v Speaker 2>around an inch in Castle Rock, and then you get

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<v Speaker 2>an inch inch and a half as you go a

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<v Speaker 2>little farther north from there. So it's fantastic. And for Denver,

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<v Speaker 2>we had a daily rainfall record yesterday one point two, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>one point two eight inches. It broke the old record

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<v Speaker 2>of eighty three hundreds back in I think twenty seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>and now for the month of September.

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<v Speaker 3>And we will not get any more rain.

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<v Speaker 2>For the month. Were hind by six tenths of an

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<v Speaker 2>inch and now we're ahead by a half an inch.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually a little more than half an inch. So we

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<v Speaker 2>have done really well in September just with two storm

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<v Speaker 2>two rain events that we had, and we're two and

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<v Speaker 2>a half inches ahead for the year. So August, yeah, September.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to ask you about that because I

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<v Speaker 1>was talking to a woman and I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>I told you this last week, but I met a

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<v Speaker 1>woman who moved to the Springs like last year, so

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<v Speaker 1>she's been here a little less than a year, and

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<v Speaker 1>she said, you know, it rains every day, And I said,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not that normal for here. Normally everything's on fire

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<v Speaker 1>by now, so be grateful for the rain. I was

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<v Speaker 1>going to ask you, like, this summer feels very wet

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<v Speaker 1>and humid.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, well, you know I always pulled before our

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<v Speaker 2>conversations the outlooks.

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<v Speaker 3>For the month, and here we go again.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you'll remember, July ended up warm and dry,

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<v Speaker 2>and there.

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<v Speaker 3>Was some fire concerns.

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<v Speaker 2>And then August came and the thirty day out looked

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<v Speaker 2>for August was warmer and drier than normal, and that

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't ended up being the case. We had two big

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<v Speaker 2>events in August, one on the twenty sixth, one on

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<v Speaker 2>the tenth. They both were like one point three one

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<v Speaker 2>point four inches. We ended up with the third wettest August.

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<v Speaker 2>It was cool, and so the long range OUTLOKD busted

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<v Speaker 2>for August, and here in September it was the same.

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<v Speaker 2>The outlook for September was supposed to be warm and

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<v Speaker 2>dry than normal, but now we're half an inch ahead

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<v Speaker 2>for the month. We won't. It's not record setting, and.

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<v Speaker 3>The temperatures are about actually.

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<v Speaker 2>We're one degree below normal, and the forecast of the

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<v Speaker 2>remaining days in September are.

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<v Speaker 3>Right about average.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't think we're going to be anywhere near warmer.

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<v Speaker 2>And the out October is dry and warmer than normal,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just don't buy it at this point because

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<v Speaker 2>all it takes is I tell you time and time again,

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<v Speaker 2>it only takes one event. So a thirty day average,

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<v Speaker 2>all you need is one day like we had yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>to bust.

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<v Speaker 1>That thirty day right, it's just kind of interesting to

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<v Speaker 1>watch the way our weather pattern The weather patterns this

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<v Speaker 1>year for me have felt very strange. Not that not horrible,

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<v Speaker 1>not like, you know, we need to build an arc

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<v Speaker 1>or something, but it's just this summer has been different

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<v Speaker 1>than any of the prior summers that I can remember

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of it just as felt humid the whole summer.

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<v Speaker 1>It is it is, you know, the rain has been consistent, like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just been interesting. And you've got to wonder, in

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<v Speaker 1>the grand scheme of climate change, what all of this

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<v Speaker 1>sort of is going to mean going forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, and it's a valid point. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>weather by definition is variable. It ebbs and it flows.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to take it seven to ten days at

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<v Speaker 2>a time. I know there will be stretches during a

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<v Speaker 2>season summer, winter, spring, fall where things may be a

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<v Speaker 2>little you know, a little cooler, a little warmer, a

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<v Speaker 2>little drier, a little wetter. I always say, never give

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<v Speaker 2>up on a season until it's done. You got to

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<v Speaker 2>wait until the final calculations come in. However, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're talking about climate change and stuff. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>things we looked at is we are going to post

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<v Speaker 2>another September because we have no snow in the forecast

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<v Speaker 2>right now in the end of the month, going to

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<v Speaker 2>post another September where we have not had measurable snow,

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<v Speaker 2>not even a trace. And so we looked back. September

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<v Speaker 2>is generally Denver's first measurable snow month on average through

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<v Speaker 2>our record history going back to the eighteen hundreds, is

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<v Speaker 2>about an inch. Well, I looked at the status yesterday.

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<v Speaker 2>We were talking at work, and the last time we

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<v Speaker 2>had one inch of snow, it was that big wind

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<v Speaker 2>width that we had. You'll remember we were like at

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and one, and two days later the temperature

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<v Speaker 2>plummeted into the thirties. We ended up with a winch

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<v Speaker 2>inch of snow. That was in twenty twenty. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to go all the way back to two thousand to

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<v Speaker 2>find the next measurable snow. We've had one one inch

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<v Speaker 2>snowstorm in the month of September in twenty four years. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's it. That's it. So you have to look at that,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to read into that is summer gotten

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<v Speaker 2>a little later? Here's like is Labor Day not really

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the summer season. Those are things that climate.

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<v Speaker 2>Climate is cyclical and it changes and you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>we use averages, we're using a thirty year average. Obviously

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<v Speaker 2>ten years from now that average could change, and so

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<v Speaker 2>we have to monitor and keep an eye on that.

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<v Speaker 2>But the weather, I agree with you, has been just perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>Little warm stretches nineties, ninety ninety five, ninety eight, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred book, Here comes a cold front, here comes some races,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just think, I look at my lawn, I

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<v Speaker 2>drive around, I see people's you know, you know, landscaping,

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<v Speaker 2>and I look at the natural the natural grasses that

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<v Speaker 2>round a little bit. That's okay, we're at that time

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. But I just think we have been

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<v Speaker 2>in a great shape all season long.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree Dave Frasier. I got one quick question from

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<v Speaker 1>the text line. Why do the seven seven day temperature

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<v Speaker 1>bar charts only show the high temperature?

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<v Speaker 2>They're all lowe They're all.

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<v Speaker 1>The same on the bottom, and then it shows on

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<v Speaker 1>the bar chart where the high is. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how you'd even fix that.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess i'd need to see an example of what

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<v Speaker 2>they're talking about. Our seven day forecast. Yeah, as low

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<v Speaker 2>temperatures that we have white boxes at the bottom showing

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<v Speaker 2>the overnight lows for each day, and then the high

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<v Speaker 2>temperature is sitting on the top.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and they say they just show the low temp

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<v Speaker 1>as a number, not on the bars themselves. I just

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<v Speaker 1>think that's an aesthetic thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you think they may be talking about a bar

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<v Speaker 2>forecast that could be different from a seven day forecast

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<v Speaker 2>where the bars kind of go up and down depending

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<v Speaker 2>on what the temperatures are, but the bottom stays the same.

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<v Speaker 2>That may be something somebody created where they're just illustrating

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<v Speaker 2>the high temperatures, so you'll see different elevations in the

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<v Speaker 2>high temperatures based on what the high is, and then

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<v Speaker 2>underneath that it could just be a steady stream of

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<v Speaker 2>what the lows are and they didn't use like bars

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<v Speaker 2>to represent the low temperatures. That's my guess without seeing it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that sounds reasonable to me. I think it's more

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<v Speaker 1>of an aesthetics thing than anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, we're late, Dave Fraser.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk to you again next week.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend, I enjoyed the warm up coming your way

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<v Speaker 2>for the week.