Great article here. And a good reminder: while large wildfires are increasing in frequency and size, smaller fires are resulting in more destruction throughout the wildland urban interface.

Dr. Jeff Masters@drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 2d ago

Urban firestorms like the one that devastated Spokane Saturday have been growing more common because of increased development in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and climate change. In this post, I document 9 such fires since 2016 in the U.S. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/urba...

Watched the drone show after the Rockies game last night at Coors Field. Celebrating Colorado's 150th birthday. It was quite impressive and reaffirmed my belief that we can move away from fireworks. Less triggers for humans and animals, less fire risk, improved storytelling!

In happier news, it turns out that blueberries grown beneath solar panels turn out sweeter! 🫐 (via @billmckibben.bsky.social)

In Massachusetts, a solar farm was raised nine feet above blueberry fields, and its shade is changing how the fruit grows and tastes

In Massachusetts, a solar farm was raised nine feet above some blueberry fields, and its shade is changing how the fruit grows and even how it tastes.

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Happy 150th birthday, Colorado! Here's one of our favorite maps: average annual precipitation with color shading inspired by the state flag. It nicely illustrates the many variations in weather and climate across our beautiful state. 🎂🥳

A Flash Flood Emergency again for the Aspen Acres Fire tonight is leading to significant flooding in hard-hit Beulah. An estimated 1-2” of rain fell on the burn scar again this afternoon, after 1-3” fell on it yesterday. 📸: Pueblo County Sheriff's Office

And weather station went from 94° to 73° with the passage of this storm. Ahhhhhhh...

Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · last wk.

12:05p: Well hello there…some early storms already popping up in the foothills. Thundershower by Boulder. Will get busy for the rest of the metro within the hour. Early storms with a mostly heavy rain/flash flood risk. #COwx

July 27-28th, 1997: Fort Collins, CO, was inundated by a flood that killed five people. The event inspired the creation of CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network), an international network of volunteers who monitor daily precipitation totals.

This. Looks. Amazing. I didn’t think I could love rugby more. But here we are.

CNN@cnn.com · 2w ago

The first LGBTQ+ rugby team and a cabaret club in Cardiff, Wales have paired together for Drag Rugby, an event where Wale’s most fabulous drag queens show of their skills on the field.

Late to the party, but for those interested: in June levels in Lake Mead dropped below the top intake valve

Check on your Front Range Colorado friends today. We don’t do well in humidity.

I am highly annoyed by this. It’s just all going to go around me!

Worth a watch: models are showing some nearly off-the-charts moisture late tomorrow night along the Front Range. Mid-upper 60s dewpoints are very rare for the I-25 corridor. For context: modeled dews shown below would be the highest on record for Denver. #COwx

Aspen Acres containment climbs to 48% as crews focus on protecting Colorado communities

Aspen Acres containment climbs to 48% as crews focus on protecting Colorado communities 

The state's largest currently burning wildfire remains active near the communities of Rye and San Isabel. Plus: Updates on Gold Mountain, Ferris, Willow, Fishhook and Elk fires.

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Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

Karen R. Lips@karenrlips.bsky.social · 3w ago

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#ElNiño is favored to persist through early spring 2027, with an 81% chance of a very strong El Niño from October-December 2026. Learn more: wwa.colorado.edu/resources/in... @cires.colorado.edu

What is Climate.us? It’s a new independent, nonprofit climate information website with a simple goal: keep trusted climate science easy to find, easy to understand, and available to the public. Climate information is a public good. Climate.us is here to help protect it. Explore Climate.us 🌍️ 🧪

The daily record low of 32F yesterday at Cold Bay, Alaska, is also a monthly record low and the first July freeze there on record. @alaskawx.bsky.social

data visualization is my passion.

This is Hina, Sasha, Momo, and Kikko. They just got in line behind their turtle friend. Not sure what the line is even for, but man is it moving slow. 12/10 for all (IG: yokokikuchi_ks)

Lightning safety is super important. Flood safety is super important. What's most important? Heat safety. We don't talk about that enough.

Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · last mo.

It's interesting that most people don't seem to know what weather event kills more people every year in the U.S. according to the National Weather Service Here you go...

NEW: Aspen Acres fire in southern Colorado explodes to near 48,000 acres in size, nearly doubling in size today alone. Of note: New maps show Beulah in the fire zone. Awful news as strong winds appeared to fuel the fire's rapid spread today. #COwx

Unbelievable damage to a wind farm near Highmore, South Dakota after this morning’s storm. #sdwx 📸 cred via @jakobwx.bsky.social x

Wow. What an incredible view of the Cottonwood Fire yesterday evening. Remarkable resolution of a robust pyrocumulus plume.

Genuinely extreme--and quite frankly explosive--fire behavior ongoing within #CottonwoodFire in SW Utah late this evening, with a persistent, deep, and apparently rotating *nocturnal* pyrocumulonimbus. This region had record low snowpack a following record warm winter. Yikes.

Smoke in northern CO likely coming from UT fires. But there’s a new concerning one west of Glenwood Springs and South of I-70.

Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · last mo.

Satellite imagery shows multiple large & fast-spreading wildfires in UT, NV, AZ, NM, & CO--including a large pyrocumulonimbus plume from #CottonwoodFire in UT. This is a concerning look heading into a 5+ day period of adverse fire weather conditions amid severe -extreme drought.

Heat kills - in France especially. In our paper last year we showed that day with high temps approaching 40 °C cause a >30% increase in the mortality rate across French departments. We should expect hundreds of excess deaths per day across France this week. Citation: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · last mo.

Dangerous and potentially historic extreme heat is forecast to impact parts of western Europe this week. We already know that these temperatures are made at least 5x more likely due to human-caused climate change. Stay safe! Explore the attribution data at csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

What's it like to put yourself in the path of a tornado 🌪️? Jen Walton and Anastasia Tomanek are part of both @girlswhochase.com and the @dowfacility.bsky.social team, pursuing up-close scientific measurements of severe storms. Read about their experiences: https://bit.ly/3QyrbVU

I like big triatomic molecules and I cannot lie

Gef the Toking Mongoose@geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ok water calm down