There is a lot of talk surrounding tropical systems and how rainfall is even more severe in mountainous terrain. This is because of a phenomenon called orographic lift. Orographic lift occurs when ...

Will the stuff CDOT puts on the roads for ice damage my car? In short, yes. However, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has recently completed a three-year study to determine exactly how ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm system. Tom Renwick, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said, “If ...

What’s the history of the old cabin up on Wise Mountain, known as the Wise Mountain Cabin? I proposed to my wife up there one night this week last year (Dec. 19, 2013), and it would be cool to know ...

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (CBS4)- Mountain commuters were caught off guard early Tuesday as overnight snow snarled the morning commute in and around the Eisenhower and Johnson tunnels. The snow was caused ...

Precipitation generated or enhanced by air that rises as it interacts with terrain is called orographic Precipitation is described as orographic when it is generated or enhanced by air that rises as ...