The Colorado Front Range urban corridor is known for its sunny skies and dry air. Yet, it does experience periods of gloomy weather, especially from March through May.
Ugly as they may be, these upslope wind patterns produce chilly rain or wet snow, important gifts to this semiarid ecosystem. More likely to soak in than the flash downpours associated with summer thunderstorms, these nourishing rains are also more widespread, often falling from the Palmer Divide northward to the Wyoming border.
Having received steady rain through most of yesterday, the gloom persists today with scattered showers. But we'll take this windfall before sunny, warm weather and dry air return to the Front Range tomorrow.
