The Durango Doppler radar at the LaPlata County Airport is scheduled to be online in August. See below for more details. (Click on title of post if image does not appear)
Thursday – 1 August 2024 – 8:30am
Included in this newsletter: Big Thank You Waves to Individual Donors & Our Sponsors; Community Outreach News; Calendar of events, CoCoRaHS and Contest Updates…
Personal Donations
Huge waves of thanks to folks who made donations in July! Special waves of thanks to: Tom & Teresa Lydick, David Robb, and Dave Duquemin.
What your generous donation goes towards…
Your donations help us take care of our website manager, Fluid Elements, the Pagosa Weather website, commercial weather subscriptions, and other business expenses. Most importantly your donations ensure that we will be able to provide this free service for everyone for years to come!
To make a donation, click on this link: How to Donate. You can donate by PayPal, Visa or MasterCard through Square, or send a Check to: Pagosa Weather, 135-F Country Center Dr. #142, Pagosa Springs CO 81147. Thank you so much for your generosity!
Shawn and I have been truly touched by the support our followers have shown for us! THANK YOU!!!
Scroll down to see NEWS on Community Outreach, Calendar of Events, CoCoRaHS and Contest Updates.
Sponsors
We LOVE our Sponsors! They just amaze us with their support!
Pagosa Springs Medical Center committed to another year as a Snowman level sponsor! We are grateful to Dr. Rhonda Webb and her entire team for their continued support of our service.
Click on the sponsor’s logo to follow to their website.
Blizzard Level Sponsor
Snowman Level Sponsors
Snowball Level Sponsors
Storm Sponsor
Community Outreach
Pagosa Springs 4th of July Parade
Huge thanks from Arleen & Shawn to our Pagosa Weather parade team (L to R): Bryan, Rob, Todd, Jane, Melinda, Kate, Greg, Robert, Stephen, Heather & little Liam & Abby. And of course our mascot, Tommy!
The highlight of 4th of July Festivities in Pagosa Springs is the parade! The Pagosa Weather Team joined the parade for the 3rd year! This year we handed out stress snowflakes.
Huge thanks to all our followers who called us out at the parade and showed their love for Pagosa Weather. We are so grateful to each of you.
Pagosa Springs Photography Club
Arleen and Shawn made a presentation at the July Pagosa Springs Photography Club meeting. Arleen talked about how to figure the golden hours near sunrise and sunset, and also moon rise, and moon set. In addition she talked about how to identify some of her favorite clouds and how they form. Finally, she will give a quick overview of the monsoon. It was a different and fun presentation.
Huge thanks to Andy and the rest of the club for the invitation.
Durango Radar UPDATE
We received an update from the LaPlata Public & Governmental Affairs Manager on the Durango Doppler radar at the LaPlata County Airport. The Durango Doppler radar at the LaPlata County Airport is still scheduled to be online in August. We’ll update you as we see any news.
Assembly of the radar began the week of July 15th. Arleen paid a visit to the site last week and got a few pictures. Since then the radar dome has been placed up on top of the pedestal. “The golf ball is on the tee”.
The community will have access to the data via the app and a widget on the La Plata County website. Beyond that, direct access to the data requires paid logins and there may be opportunities in the future to explore providing access to entities outside of the County and NOAA. They’ll have more details on access once the tower is up and looking around.
Our hope is that the data is at least integrated with the other NOAA radar sites on NWS’s radar page, MRMS. As soon as we have definitive information, we will update you.
Festival of Trees
The Pagosa Weather Team is seeking creative volunteers to help us decorate a tree for the Festival of Trees. Contact Arleen @ pagosaweather@gmail.com for more information.
If any teachers or organizations would like us to visit for a presentation, send an email to Arleen at pagosaweather@gmail.com.
Pagosa Weather Calendar
- September 20th-22nd, Colorfest, Brief balloonists
- September 28th, Saturday, Chili Cha Cha, Pagosa Weather Booth
- October 10th, Thursday, 6pm: Winter ’24-’25 Outlook, Ruby Sisson Library. OPEN to the PUBLIC
- Early December: Festival of Trees; Pagosa Weather tree adorned with snowmen and snowflakes.
CoCoRaHS Newsletter Updates
Pagosa Weather is the Archuleta County “CoCoRaHS Coordinator” and “Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador”.
Weather Data Lovers, CoCoRaHS has released CoCoRaHS Data Explorer, or “DEx” for short. This tool provides countless new ways to visualize and analyze data. Note: it is highly recommended to use larger screens when viewing the DEx.
Click here to go to the DEx Station Search page for data access to any station in the database. (open to the public)
HELP! Do you or do you have a friend that lives in one of the five areas highlighted below?
Archuleta County is well represented but we still have BIG data gaps. We really need a volunteer in Arboles, Dulce, west on Highway 160, Pagosa Junction, and the upper Blanco. Sign up by filling out this web page: https://www.cocorahs.org/application.aspx. Or send us a note and we can send you more detailed information.
Perhaps, our September Newsletter will show fewer red circles!
The red circles are areas we could use a CoCoRaHS observer. Let us know if you can give us 5 to 10 minutes every morning to measure precip and snow. CoCoRaHS provides all the training you need.
Shawn’s July 2024 summary will be out in the next few days. He’s waiting on more DATA!
Contest Newsletter Updates
Special Thanks to our sponsor businesses that have stepped forward to sponsor our weather contests. They are a lot of fun! 1st inch of snow contest will be announced in August.
Active Contest
Monsoon Weather Contest! (this contest is closed to new guesses) The winner receives a Restoration Prize Package from The Springs Resort, our Storm Sponsor! The package includes (2) VIP Day Passes, (2) of their signature Wellness Tonics to enjoy poolside, and a 30-minute Therabody Rapid Recovery Session for two!
The Springs Resort is Pagosa Weather’s Storm Sponsor and is there with us through blizzards and significant monsoon storms. We are deeply grateful for their support!
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