Colorado Weather - Where do you get your forecasts?

[midwestwi]

Where do you get your weather forecasts while out elk hunting? Is there a good resource on AM/FM radio???

What resources do you use for westher?


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[couesbitten]

I'm not in CO, but I use a number of apps on my phone and compare the two. I use Accuweather and the NOAA weather app. The nice thing about the NOAA app is that you can pick a specific spot on the map and it will give you the weather from the nearest weather monitoring station.

 

[come2elmo]

NOAA weather radio. Inreach has a weather feature but haven’t tried it myself. Phone weather apps obviously only good if you have signal.

 

[M22]

Mountain weather forecasts can helpful for bow season in CO, especially in early season when you can find yourself above treeline: https://www.mountain-forecast.com/

I use that in conjunction with the zip code forecast on NOAA’s page (this is my go-to usually) - once you search a zip, you can customize and locate the forecast zone, and it’s usually pretty solid:https://www.weather.gov/

 

[5MilesBack]

I don't. I'm pretty much separated from the world while I'm out there. Just the way I want it. Whatever weather comes.......comes.

 

[justinspicher]

I just look outside and go with the flow. It’s gonna do what its gonna do.

 

[tjihrig]

InReach weather is ok but really vague. It’s more temperatures and sky conditions. I’m going to carry a clip on barometer this year so I can watch pressure trends. I check the 7 day forecast before going in and make note of it as well.


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[Rky Mtn Farmer]

I use a couple weather apps on my iPhone, Dark Sky and a local Denver weather app Fox 31 Weather. At camp I usually don’t get signal, but during the day when I get up on a ridge I will check the weather and see what the forecast is.

 

[bat-cave]

+1 for Dark Sky

 

[Brian_Holcombe]

I wear a barometer watch that tracks trends and has a storm alert when pressure drops significantly (Suunto Traverse Alpha) and I use my eyes. I’ve been caught out up high and had some very close calls in lightning storms, so I’m very cautious with storms near and above treeline.

 

[SonnyDay]

NOAA is the most accurate in my experience. Especially in the mountains.

 

[Whaledriver]

My experience has been predicting weather in the mountains is throwing darts in the dark. I usually check closer on third season as big storms are more predictable. We used the inreach weather one September and it was vague to say the least. A 10% of precip was 8" of snow. The higher up on the hill the crazier it can and will get.

 

[mvmnts]

NOAA, nothing else is even close. Click the map, get the full forecast. Can't be easier. I screencap this page and put it on my phone before every trip.

National Weather Service

forecast.weather.gov

 

[rayporter]

am/fm weather forecast in the mountains has been so bad i could call them and give them the weather.

as in like "snow in the high country" no crap, dick tracy -----when your looking at a foot and dont know when it will stop. now if they say major storm coming you better button down, or scoot.