There is a lot of talk surrounding tropical systems and how rainfall is even more severe in mountainous terrain. This is because of a phenomenon called orographic lift. Orographic lift occurs when ...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm system. Tom Renwick, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said, “If ...
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (CBS4)- Mountain commuters were caught off guard early Tuesday as overnight snow snarled the morning commute in and around the Eisenhower and Johnson tunnels. The snow was caused ...
Will the stuff CDOT puts on the roads for ice damage my car? In short, yes. However, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has recently completed a three-year study to determine exactly how ...
ABSTRACT Mechanically driven orographic lifting is important for air pollution dispersion and weather prediction, but the small dimensions of mountain peaks often prevent numerical weather models from ...
What’s the history of the old cabin up on Wise Mountain, known as the Wise Mountain Cabin? I proposed to my wife up there one night this week last year (Dec. 19, 2013), and it would be cool to know ...
The first burst of snow will travel from southwest to northeast later today. Although the snow will remain light for the majority of the area, there will be orographic lifting enhancing snowfall ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In our previous lesson, we discussed the process of our water cycle. We now have a general idea of how water goes from the ocean, to the clouds, to the ground and back around.
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