What a range of weather conditions!

Friday, July 17th was one of the more interesting weather days we've seen in awhile. Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and most cities along the I-25 corridor were sunny to partly cloudy, breezy and close to average in the temperature department.

In contrast. the eastern counties (Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Bent, Baca, Prowers and Las Animas were under a Tornado Watch, and saw everything from funnel clouds to baseball-sized hail. Why the difference? (and those of us closer to the mountains were glad there WAS a difference).

It was mostly a matter of water in the air. There was lots more of it closer to Kansas and Nebraska. Add in a weak cold front to act as a trigger, and the end result was a day eastern Colorado residents will be cleaning up from for a few days, while folks who live in El Paso and Pueblo counties will wonder what all the fuss was about.

Welcome to some of the most interesting weather on earth! (By the way, along those same lines, there's usually more difference in temperature between Colorado Springs and the top of Pikes Peak than between Colorado Springs and Iceland.