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Winter, spring, summer or fall

Mark Healey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:10:38 +0000

Today’s high temperature is 59 degrees, according to Weather Underground. The overnight low should dip into the upper 30s, with a 38 degree target.

Saturday’s forecast is slushy. Boulder should expect a 60 percent chance for precipitation as the approaching storm front passes through the county – 56 degrees is the Saturday high, with 36 degrees overnight.

On Sunday, high temperatures are forecast to fall below 50 degrees and settle around 47. The chance for a rain/snow mix remains at a steady 60 percent throughout Sunday.

Hurricane Ike’s “short but eventful life”

Mark Healey — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:39:44 +0000

While we were on vacation, Hurricane Ike struck Haiti, Cuba and eventually Texas and Louisiana. I knew this was a big storm, but I had no idea the damage was this bad. Just look through these photographs from The Big Picture.

In its brief lifespan of only 13 days, Hurricane Ike wreaked great deal of havoc. Affecting several countries including Cuba, Haiti, and the United States, Ike is blamed for approximately 114 deaths (74 in Haiti alone), and damages that are still being tallied, with estimates topping $10 billion. Many shoreline communities of Galveston, Texas were wiped from the map by the winds, storm surge and the walls of debris pushed along by Ike – though Galveston was spared the level of disaster it suffered in 1900. (28 photos total)

We’re not in Charleston anymore, Dorothy

Mark Healey — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:31:00 +0000

It’s not twisters that plague the Low Country, but hurricanes. And according to National Geographic, the forecasters at Colorado State University say the 2008 hurricane season is going to be “well above average.” CSU researchers predict “15 named tropical storms gathering between June 1 and November 30.”

It’s safe to say during these few months of the year, I’m happy to not be living by the sea.

Boulder is cookin’

Mark Healey — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:47:42 +0000

I knew the weather we’ve been having has been unseasonably warm, but this is crazy for December. (And, no, I didn’t Photoshop this… it’s straight off my Dashboard.)

It’s that time of the year

Mark Healey — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:02:23 +0000

Three posts in a row about Zimbabwe, it’s only fitting this one’s about the weather — one of my favorite topics. This is what December is like in Zim, and this time of the year is revitalizing, for the entire country and its people are literally dying for the rains.

This is Colorado

Mark Healey — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:16:47 +0000

Right Through the Very Heart of It — Newport, Newport

Mark Healey — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:01:11 +0000

Jude and I spent this past weekend with a good part of my family (missing The Fourie’s!) near Newport, RI at my parent’s place. The remnants of Ernesto quite literally rained on our parade, but despite this not-so-agreeable weather, we all had a fantastic time together.

All the fun permanently recreated in the whopping heap of photos at JudeAndMark.com.

Ernesto, You Bastard.

Mark Healey — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:15:38 +0000

Most will agree: this hurricane-turned-tropical storm-turned-tropical depression-turned-tropical storm-turned-tropical low is a pain in the neck.

If you’ve got weekend plans in the northeast, don’t forget your slicker. Meanwhile, here at home, Charleston had some water to deal with yesterday. CNN/WCSC reports in this video.

Keep a Watchful Eye

Mark Healey — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:45:19 +0000

Update 25 August @ 6am: This storm, now Tropical Storm Debby, is said to pose no threat to land.

In the NHC’s daily 5pm advisory, the office announced Tropical Depression Four has officially formed off the west coast of Africa.

AT 500 PM AST... 2100Z... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 21.5 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES... 405 KM... SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.National Hurricane Center

Track it: Sat, chart, XML.

For those of you a little more interested than others, check out National Geographic’s Forces of Nature—what Flash is supposed to be used for, and a helluva lot of fun.