When it comes to weather, and specifically extreme weather, making the wrong decision in real-time can come back to bite you, even turn you into a statistic if you're not careful. Here are some of the most popular summer weather myths you should absolutely avoid.
In Colorado, we tend to think of Monsoon Season as that part of summer when we can expect thunderstorms on a daily basis. Does Colorado really experience a "Monsoon Season," and if so, when, for how long, and how big of an impact does it have on the state?
It was the summer of 1816 and Indiana technically wasn't even Indiana yet as the area didn't officially become a state until December of that year. The problem was there really was no summer that year.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins on June 1st. Once again it appears as if Mother Nature is ahead of the curve. Just as we've experienced in some of the recent previous seasons there is an area of disturbed weather in the tropics that forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are monitoring for development.
It's not every day that you get to witness a true mountain tornado, but that's exactly what happened in Wyoming today as a confirmed twister touched down near Laramie Peak in Wyoming.