time for our April weathe
is a great month because
and the snowstorms. It re
of severe weather season,
can certainly still get b
the mountains still do, b
and severe thunderstorms
right on the cusp of the
starts in May and June. S
and watch those skies. No
on record was back in 190
eight inches of precipita
1963 60 years ago, just 6
was in 1933 with almost 3
recently as April 2013. J
had 20 inches of snow dur
average is 8.8 for snow i
Now, our storm threat sta
bit less in the way of co
we certainly can still ge
is still obviously a pret
drop off a little bit exc
activity and that thunder
to pick up starting this
the heavy wet thunder sno
get a lot of convection i
month of April as the gro
up more due to that highe
for snows 1933 at almost
1920 28.3 and just close
about 25 inches and nine
25 inches of snow for the
spring outlook coming up
conditions to be slightly
colder to the north of us
edge of drier than averag
of a different story than
in off of California. But
a little bit. La Nina, wh
on for the last three yea
water in the Pacific has
we're shifting more to El
get into the warm season,
that next month as we get
strong westerly flow, som
tend to be fast moving sh
moisture and our recovery
does continue. So El Nino
water out in the Pacific.
the pattern of the jet st
to evolve, that can mean
events coming into Colora
and that could supercharg
rainstorms. We'll get int
later as closer to the re
here's some really good n
ended across western Colo
greatly on the eastern pl
off in Kansas, northern O
with some extreme drought
parts of southwestern Neb
is too wet. California ha
because of all those big
what are we looking at as
this moisture? I talk abo
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the observations. Here's
right now, we're kind of
and warmer conditions and
slightly drier conditions
longer term 90 day foreca
more toward the warmer th
than average. But we'll s
out as we get into the sp
months. Now, speaking of
change and this is from o
central, we are seeing a
warmer springtime weather
southwestern Colorado dow
parts of New Mexico. When
the severe weather, not o
even globally, there is a
We're seeing more extreme
flooding events, but also
waves and droughts. The c
of the ice caps and the g
setting wildfires have be
that in the southern hemi
coming out of their summe
Global average co two is
and increases by 100 mill
day. These are the differ
Mona, Loa American Samoa
They take those observati
every single day and what
step. That's the growing
it all out, it's about 41
But in the growing season
suck that carbon back dow
a little bit. And then in
it goes back up, we use t
and I show that every day
climate calendar, I show
low and I also put in the
temperatures are respondi
in carbon dioxide. All of
globally have occurred si
at this, the trend, the d
since the early industria
we had some colder than a
You haven't seen that sin
of warmer than average gl
And it coincides with the
dioxide. The world has wa
2.5 degrees Fahrenheit In
because of the increase i
is a brand new graphic fr
check out all the generat
through them all. And the
have all been when we get
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is what our younger gener
up in. And so the stripes
temperatures, the shift f
cooler for the earlier ge
this is my generation rig
for the current generatio
make significant cuts in
are the projections as to
will look like for some o
including my grandchildre
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hotter. You think it's on
if your child had a fever
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with significant carbon c
to renewable energy, we d
that future. We can chang
a feather and a down comf
that would otherwise esca
that stays there for a lo
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residence time of that CO
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