NOAA, situated under the Commerce Department, is instrumental in climate research and houses the National Weather Service, which provides detailed forecasts and weather modeling. In Colorado, NOAA maintains laboratories in Boulder, while the National Weather service has forecasting offices covering Boulder, Grand Junction and Pueblo.
Boulder should see highs in the 30s today with cloudy skies, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s forecast calls for cloudy skies with a high of 31 and an overnight low of 20, with a 30% chance of snow after 2 p.m. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch is possible.
Boulder should see highs in the 50s today with partly sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service. Today’s forecast calls for partly sunny skies with a high of 53 and an overnight low of 22, with a 30% chance of rain after noon.
President Ulysses S. Grant created the first national weather service in the War Department in 1870. It became a civilian service in 1880 under the Department of Agriculture and is now in the ...