This from Superior, Colorado, a NW suburb of Denver. https://t.co/FmIaOfq6NG
— Kees van der Leun (@Sustainable2050) December 30, 2021
— Dr. Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) December 30, 2021
Boulder-area wildfires forcing mass evacuations as winds to 100 mph fan flames. Dangerous, extremely unseasonable situation evolving. Long-term drought plus strong winds = what's going on now. (Snow comes tmrw!). https://t.co/mVK7nqvAGI
— Andrew Freedman (@afreedma) December 30, 2021
Genuinely hard to believe this is happening in late December in Boulder, CO. But take a record warm & dry fall, only 1 inch of snow so far this season, & add an extreme (100mph+) downslope windstorm…and extremely fast moving/dangerous fires are the result. #COwx #MarshallFire pic.twitter.com/rd7L3JOFI8
— Dr. Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) December 30, 2021
Conditions along South Boulder Road right now. #marshallfire #COwx pic.twitter.com/90ejGfF9ms
— Dr. Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) December 30, 2021
GOES satellite heat detection of the #MarshallFire which has quickly become an extremely dangerous wildland-urban interface event in a very populated area. #COwx pic.twitter.com/jXjcYBWOUg
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) December 30, 2021