On February 22, Denver City Council will consider a proposal to partner with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and install a weather observation station on the Sand Creek Uplands Open Space at the site of the former Stapleton Airport. This site will provide automated real-time and long-term data, but will not replace Denver International Airport as the official weather observation site for Denver.
Yes, for the umpteen-billionth time, DIA sucks as a weather-observation location for Denver proper. But you know what? It doesn’t matter.
There are a lot of places in the United States where 23 miles doesn’t make much difference in what the weather is doing over days, weeks, months or years. That’s not the case with Denver. There s a world of difference between the weather downtown and 23 miles away at DIA because of the complex terrain we have around here. Here’s just a short list of what changes the weather between the airport and central Denver:
Why Denver s official weather station is at DIA
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Just a few days after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25, first dozens, then hundreds and eventually thousands took to the streets of Denver to protest police brutality and demand accountability and reform. The size and scale of the protests caught the Denver Police Department by surprise, and law enforcement responded in an unnecessarily heavy-handed manner, demonstrators charged and a judge agreed. The protests led to some major political developments, including state lawmakers successfully pushing for the country s most progressive law enforcement reform bill. Meanwhile, the city is now on the receiving end of multiple federal lawsuits regarding police conduct during the protests, as well as a critical report from Nick Mitchell, the outgoing Independent Monitor.
Ryan Stinnett | December 23, 2020 @ 10:57 am
BIG CHANGES THE NEXT 24 HOURS: Another decent day of weather for Alabama with temperatures surging into the 60s this afternoon, enjoy those temps, because they will fall like a rock the next 24 hours.
Clouds are increasing today and rain will arrive later this evening and overnight ahead of a strong cold front pushing across the Southeast. To the west of Alabama, the “marginal risk” has been reintroduced along the Mississippi River to the north of Memphis for this afternoon, but for now, much of Alabama is not included.
TONIGHT: A wet and windy night is in store for Alabama with the front moving into and through the state. A widespread soaking rain is expected with many locations receiving around an inch of rain before tomorrow morning. Along with the rain, expect very strong gradient winds (not related to rain or storms), these could gust as high as 35 mph during the night. As far as severe weather, the SPC has removed the th