Ahead of today's severe weather forecast, here's a reminder of why Colorado is susceptible to such large hail storms. COwx
A massive hail storm rocked the Colorado Springs metro area in August 2018, smashing car windshields throughout much of the city’s south side and injuring at least eight people.
The forecast from the NWS office in Pueblo that day warned Convective Available Potential Energy values could top 2,000 joules/kilogram, showing an unusually high degree of energy for the area. These figures also helped cause the Storm Prediction Center, the governing body for severe weather, to bump up the Front Range’s severe weather outlook to a “slight risk,” noting in its discussion “a mixture of supercells and multicells capable of large hail and damaging winds” in its Colorado discussion.
From a broad perspective here in Colorado, we’re extra-prone to large hail for one simple reason: Our elevation. Denver’s mile-high altitude places it 5,280 feet closer to the freezing level than a sea level location, giving us somewhat of a head start in getting those hail stones to the freezing level and making us one of the most susceptible locations in the world to large hail.
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