NWS Boulder
KFTG Radar Animation from May 18, 2025 Tornadoes
- Title
- KFTG Radar Animation from May 18, 2025 Tornadoes
- Runtime
- 0:10
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This animation shows reflectivity (left) and Doppler velocity (right) from the KFTG WSR-88D from 1-2 PM MDT on May 18, 2025. Each tornado is labeled and will move with the animation. The tornado label is always to the right and sometimes down from the actual tornado location. Damage tracks are overlaid on every frame for each of the 4 tornadoes. Green track #2 is EF-1 intensity, yellow tracks (tornadoes 1, 3, 4) are EF-2 intensity.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- TDEN Radar Animation from the May 18, 2025 Tornadoes
- Runtime
- 0:24
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This animation shows reflectivity (left) and Doppler velocity (right) from the TDEN Terminal Doppler Radar from 1-2 PM MDT on May 18, 2025. Each tornado is labeled and will move with the animation. The tornado label is always to the right and sometimes down from the actual tornado location. Damage tracks are overlaid on every frame for each of the 4 tornadoes. Green track #2 is EF-1 intensity, yellow tracks (tornadoes 1, 3, 4) are EF-2 intensity.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- June 21, 2023 Radar Imagery for the hailstorm that hit Red Rocks Amphitheater
- Runtime
- 0:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- This radar animation runs from 8:46 PM MDT - 9:34 PM MDT. On the left is 0.5 degree base reflectivity, and on the right is Maximum Expected Size of Hail (MESH), in inches. The Yellow range rings are centered on Red Rocks Amphitheater (which is the little red square), with the inner-most 5 miles, the middle ring 10 miles, and the outer ring 15 miles from Red Rocks. The yellow polygons are Severe Thunderstorm warnings issued by the National Weather Service in Boulder. Radar KFTG is located just north of I-70 east of Denver/Aurora, and it is 37 miles east of Red Rocks.
- Title
- June 21, 2023 Radar Imagery for Logan County Tornadoes and Hail
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- This radar animation runs from 4:09 PM MDT - 6:30 PM MDT. On the left is 0.5 degree base reflectivity, and on the right is 0.5 degree base velocity. Radar KFTG is located just north of I-70 east of Denver/Aurora.
- Title
- June 21, 2023 Radar Imagery for Washington County Tornadoes and Hail
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- This radar animation runs from 3:10 PM MDT - 7:30 PM MDT. On the left is 0.5 degree base reflectivity, and on the right is 0.5 degree base velocity. Radar KFTG is located just north of I-70 east of Denver/Aurora.
- Title
- NWS Boulder/Denver 2023 Virtual Basic SKYWARN Class
- Runtime
- 1:41:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- This is a recorded virtual basic SKYWARN class hosted by Boulder/Denver NWS forecast office.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- KFTG Reflectivity and Velocity from the Marshall Fire 12/30/2021
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This animated 2-pane radar imagery shows reflectivity on the left, Doppler velocity on the right, from 11:28 AM to 8:03 PM MST on 12/30/2021 showing much of the life of the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, CO. The radar detects the smoke plume. All imagery is from 0.5 degree elevation angle, which puts the center of the radar beam 2.2kft above Superior, CO.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- NWS Boulder KFTG WSR-88D SLEP
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The pedestal refurbishment is the third major project of the NEXRAD Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), a series of upgrades that will keep our nation’s radars viable into the 2030s.
Take a look at a time-lapse of the event which includes a few radar facts in the video!
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- SKYWARN Spotter Webinar-May 21st, 2020
- Runtime
- 2:11:10
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- This presentation contains the basic SKYWARN weather spotter training based on the live May 21st 2020 webinar.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- NWS Boulder's Incident Meteorologist doing a Preseason Fire Shelter Deployment Practice
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- During wildfire pre-season, NWS Boulder's IMET practices fire shelter deployment skills to remain proficient.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Sending spotter reports and website orientation
- Runtime
- 22:40
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- This video describes how to send weather reports along with an orientation around our website.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- NWS Boulder Live Webcam
- Runtime
- 1:35:47
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- NWS Boulder Webcam
- Runtime
- 0:00
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The view is in southwest Boulder at the David Skaggs Research Center looking west towards Bear Peak (left) and Green Mountain (right).
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- 2013 Radar Imagery - Colorado (9/15/13)
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- 2013 Radar Imagery - Colorado (9/14/13)
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- 2013 Radar Imagery - Colorado (9/13/13)
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- 2013 Radar Imagery - Colorado (9/12/13)
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- EIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- 2013 Radar Imagery - Colorado Flood (9/11)
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- EDIT: Provide a short description describing the content of the video. Leave the "signature" below in every video.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Noctilucent clouds visible from Boulder, CO on June 24, 2019
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- This is a time lapse video of the noctilucent clouds that were visible over Boulder, CO between 4:45 AM MDT and 5:00 AM MDT. The gray clouds at the top of the image are a mountain wave cloud, while the white, wispy clouds are the noctilucent clouds, which occur in the mesosphere at an altitude of about 80 km.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Virtual Office Tour of NWS Denver/Boulder
- Runtime
- 8:11
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- This video gives an introduction to the NWS Office in Boulder CO. Staff members describe what they do in support of providing forecasts and warnings to north central and northeast Colorado.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - March 2017
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Looking off to the east-northeast from the window outside the NWS Boulder Forecast office in Boulder, CO. Not much happened during the month. Vegetation remains dormant through the month due to overnight temperatures often falling below the freezing mark.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - February 2017
- Runtime
- 3:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The view of the changing skies outside the NWS Boulder Forecast Office in Boulder, CO.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - January 2017
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The month started off snowy and gray, but after about of week the sun returned. Looking east-northeast from the NWS Boulder Forecast Office, located in the David Skaggs Building on the southwest side of Boulder, CO.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - December 2016
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Looking out the window at the NWS Denver/Boulder office located in southwest Boulder. A couple mornings show some snow on the ground, and the moon makes an appearance on the evenings of the 17th and 18th.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - September 2016
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The view looking to the east-northeast from the Boulder Forecast Office, in the David Skaggs Building, located in southwest Boulder, CO.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - February 2016
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The view from the National Weather Service Office in Boulder, CO. A couple of snow storms moved through during the month, leaving some snow on the ground for a few days.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - August 2016
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Summer skies as viewed from the Boulder National Weather Service Office in the David Skaggs Building, in southwest Boulder, CO. The view is looking to the east-northeast.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - July 2016
- Runtime
- 2:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Looking to the east-northeast from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in the David Skaggs Building in Boulder, CO.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - June 2016
- Runtime
- 0:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The view looking east-northeast from the National Weather Service Forecast office in Boulder, CO.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - May 2016
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Skies over southern Boulder, Colorado as viewed from the NWS Boulder forecast office in the David Skaggs Building. A storm system in the middle of the month provided plenty of moisture to the trees and grasses. This resulted in lush, green conditions through the end of the month.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - April 2016
- Runtime
- 4:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The view outside the NWS Boulder office in the David Skaggs Building in Boulder, Colorado. The view is off to the east-northeast. By the end of the month, the trees will begin leafing out and the grass in the field will be greening up. Spring on the high plains comes late.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - March 2016
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Looking to the east-northeast over southern Boulder, Colorado from the NWS office in the David Skaggs Building. Enjoy the beautiful sunrise pictures from the days with clear or mostly clear skies.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - November 2015
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The view to the east-northeast from the National Weather Service office in the David Skaggs Building in southwest Boulder, Colorado.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - October 2015
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The autumn view of the skies over Boulder, CO as seen from the David Skaggs Building. I was out of the office for about half of the month, making this video shorter than others.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - September 2015
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The view of the skies over Boulder, CO from the National Weather Service office in the David Skaggs Building. Late in the month you can see the leaves on the trees beginning to change.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - April 2015
- Runtime
- 4:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Watch the Spring season break out outside the NWS Boulder office in southern Boulder, Colorado. Look for a series of pretty sunrises from the 11th through the 18th, and look for a rainbow on April 20.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - April 2017
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The view of the skies over Boulder, Colorado as seen from the National Weather Service office in the David Skaggs Research Center. Music composed and performed by Matt Corbetta, and used with his permission.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Boulder Skies - March 2015
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Looking out over the south parts of Boulder, Colorado from the National Weather Service office in the David Skaggs Research Center.
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National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Boulder/Denver, CO
- Title
- Cold Springs Fire photos courtesy of Susan Williams
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Boulder Skies - February 2016
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The view outside the NWS Boulder Forecast Office. Looking east-northeast from the David Skaggs Building in southwest Boulder, CO. It was a snowy start to the month, then mostly sunny and dry after that.
- Title
- Boulder Skies - January 2016
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The start to the third year of this series. The view looking east-northeast from the NWS Boulder Forecast Office in the David Skaggs Building in southwest Boulder, CO. The moon makes some appearances on the evenings from The 23rd to the 27th.
- Title
- Boulder Skies - December 2015
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The view outside the NWS Forecast Office in Boulder, CO. Looking east-northeast from the David Skaggs Building in southwest Boulder. Some sunny days. Some cloudy days. And a little bit of snow too.
- Title
- These NWS WPC maps show where rain and snow are forecast.
- Runtime
- 0:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload)
- Title
- August 2015 Skies
- Runtime
- 3:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Skies over southeast Boulder, CO during August 2015. Looking east-northeast from the David Skaggs Building. See August 8th for a rainbow.
- Title
- Boulder Skies - July 2015
- Runtime
- 4:26
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Looking east-northeast from the Boulder NWS Forecast Office in the David Skaggs Building, Boulder, CO.
- Title
- May 2015 Skies
- Runtime
- 4:21
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Lots of cloudy skies over Boulder during one of the wettest Mays in Boulder's climate history. The view is from the NWS forecast office in the David Skaggs Building in southwest Boulder.
- Title
- Boulder Skies June 2015
- Runtime
- 4:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The view of the skies over southeastern Boulder, CO from the NWS office.
- Title
- January 2015 Skies
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The view looking east-northeast from the Boulder NWS Forecast office in South Boulder, CO.
- Title
- February 2015 Skies
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The view outside the Boulder NWS Forecast office. The last two weeks of February featured a cycle of storms that resulted in Boulder's snowiest month on record. The snow depth on the last day of the month was around one foot.
- Title
- December 2014 Skies
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Looking east-northeast from the Boulder Forecast Office in the David Skaggs Building. A snow storm on Christmas Night allowed Boulder to finish the year under a blanket of white.
