Anniversary of a Historic Weather Event; Introduction to the Blog and Myself

Hi all,
Welcome to my weather blog! I'm Stefan Klein, a Skywarn spotter for the National Weather Service in Pueblo,Colorado. I like to study weather first hand, by applying forecasts, experiencing it, and documenting it. My favorite phenomenon is certainly supercell thunderstorms, but I do enjoy all manner of atmospheric events. I've considered a blog for a little bit now, and I decided a good day to start it is today; one year after the record-breaking wind event in Colorado Springs. The airport recorded a wind gust of 80mph, their highest ever, and a gust of 101mph was recorded on the Southwest side of town. I was living downtown when this happened, here are a few of the photogrpahs I took:

This storm caused over $1.5 million in damages, and killed two people. It ranks amongst the deadliest natural disasters in the area's history, with as many fatalities as the Black Forest fire, and the Waldo Canyon Fire. Anyone who lived here and was here that day certainly remembers!

I plan on making my next post about gustnadoes, until then stay weather wary!