Wind warnings expire, but breezy conditions will persist
Several days of strong winds in Colorado are starting to ease in Colorado.
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First Alert Chief Meteorologist Dave Aguilera grew up in Colorado. He is an Emmy Award winner who was born in Pueblo. He has worked in every television market in the state and has been at CBS Colorado a long time .. since 1993!
Having lived through and reported on many major weather events, including everything from droughts and floods to blizzards and tornadoes and has seen how the weather deeply affects people. He has been a TV and Radio broadcaster in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region since 1986.
He is, perhaps foremost, an optimist, which is a good thing to be when people tend to blame you for the bad weather. But no matter what the sky is doing, Dave looks forward to coming to work, and he always tries to bring a little sunshine into the lives of his audience, no matter what it's doing outside.
As far back as his senior year in high school, Dave knew he wanted to work in television, but he assumed it would be delivering news. After graduating in 1987 from Colorado State University/Pueblo (formerly University of Southern Colorado) with a Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications/journalism, he found his direction shifting. His interests were definitely looking up - literally. Everything Dave wanted to know was now in the sky. He went on to earn a Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
He holds the American Meteorological Society's Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation, a professional recognition of the quality of his weather broadcasts. Among radio and television meteorologists, the CBM designation is sought as a mark of distinction and recognition.
Dave is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorology Society and holds the Television Seal of Approval from both organizations.
Dave has won several Heartland Regional Emmys and Colorado Broadcasters Association Meteorologist of the Year.
Dave has worked as a weather anchor at KRQE-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico; KOAA-TV in Pueblo/Colorado Springs, Colorado; and at KREX-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado. He also worked as a news reporter/anchor for KHOW-Radio and KOA-Radio in Denver, and as a Disc Jockey for KCCY, KRYT and KDZA, in Pueblo. In September 1993, Dave accomplished the goal he had set for himself in college by joining CBS News Colorado as a meteorologist.
Dave participates in and emcees numerous fundraising events for nonprofit groups throughout the year. He feels the community has given him so much and this is his way to give back.
In fact, in 2018 Dave was inducted into the Pueblo South High School Hall of Fame for his work in broadcasting and helping the community.
His hopes for the future are to continue to work for CBS News Colorado. Living in Denver, which he thinks is the "greatest city in the country," means playing golf when the weather is nice, skiing when it's snowing, and giving people the First Alert when the weather gets rough.
Just The Facts
Role model: My mother
Dream job: Indy race car driver
What keeps you in Colorado? This is home, born & raised here
Alma Mater: Colorado State University - Pueblo, Mississippi State University, Starkville
Star sign: Leo
Year hired: 1993
First TV appearance: 1987, KOAA-TV, Pueblo
Hobbies: Golf, racquetball, coaching his kids basketball, football and soccer teams
Favorite food: Anything on my plate
Favorite musicians: Jon Batiste, Carlos Santana, Billy Joel
Favorite sports team: Denver Broncos
Favorite vacation spot: Disney World
Favorite word: Graupel
Favorite noise: Rain on the roof
You can contact Dave by sending an email to yourreporter@cbs.com.
Several days of strong winds in Colorado are starting to ease in Colorado.
We have a First Alert Weather Day weekend! The combination of a Pacific northwest storm and cold Canadian air will team up for what may be Denver's first measurable snow and a rough travel holiday weekend for many areas of the state.
It is a bit early to give exact mountain snow forecasts but, travel through the mountains along the I-70 corridor could be rather slick Thursday night into Friday morning.
Across the state, Coloradans have been photographing the aurora borealis -- commonly referred to as the northern lights -- and even seeing them with their naked eye, which typically has a harder time seeing them than cameras with the right settings.
Tuesday is a First Alert Weather Day for the cold expected to develop Tuesday morning and again on Wednesday morning.
Freeze warnings are posted for areas of Colorado that have yet to drop below freezing so far this October. The warnings include the Denver metro area overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.
As far as precipitation is concerned, most of the state is forecast to have equal chance of below or above-average moisture. That would increase the odds of a normal snowfall. That being said, in a La Niña, year most often the northern and central mountains would get more snow and lower levels for Denver.
Despite heavy rain and snow during the first storm of the season, people were out and about throughout Colorado enjoying the state's plethora of outdoor activities.
Fall is bringing in a blast of cold temperatures, heavy rain and significant mountain snow, prompting the first Winter Weather Advisory of the season for the Northern Front Range mountains of Colorado.
The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Denver International Airport on Tuesday evening.
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at Denver International Airport due to windy conditions on Monday evening.
The combination of near record heat, extremely low humidity and dry, gusty thunderstorms will create a fire danger situation for more than half of the state on Thursday.
If you have been experiencing itchy eyes or more sneezing on this Thursday it is likely caused by the thick haze over Denver and the entire state.
Denver and the Front Range definitely felt muggy and humid all day Tuesday. The reason? Increased monsoon flow from the south and a humid cold front from the north teaming up across the Eastern Plains of Colorado.
Denver and Colorado will be experiencing the TWO FACES of the Monsoon between now and the start of next week. We are in the "Burst" now and the "Break" is on the way!