Here's How Today's 'Bomb Cyclone' Formed On The Central Plains.

Forbes ^ | 03/13/2019 | Dennis Mersereau

[CARTOUCHE]

Winds gusting to 97 MPH at Colorado Springs Airport. Similar gusts reported across eastern Colorado as the system winds-up. Forget about flying into or out of these airports for awhile.

Excellent article explaining the cause of today's 'hurricane force' storm.

[rstrahan]

Flights out of Denver now set for Saturday or Sunday. Interstates closed through Colorado, Nebraska, the Dakotas.

[taxcontrol]

Excel energy is reporting a series of power outages. Most likely due to icy power lines combined with high winds. DIA is averaging 45 mph with wind gusts in the 60+ range. Weather man says possible 80+

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Watch it in Real Time, here:

https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

Or, here:

https://www.windy.com/-Rain-thunder-rain?rain,41.030,-92.966,5

[Tijeras_Slim]

Northeast of Tucumcari NM wind derailed a train off a trestle.

[rktman]

Did the “cli-fi” channel name it yet? You know “Arctic Blast Melvin” or something? Without a name, meh.

[CARTOUCHE]

I often trucked from KC to Denver before so much of the freight became containerized and placed on trains. Knots of wind gave me knots in the stomach.

[nascarnation]

I’ve never recovered from last summer’s unexpected soaking by pop-up thunderstorm “Bruce”

[rktman]

WOW! I have a foot peddle for my guitar rig headed my way and it was supposed to be in Tucumcari this morning. Hope everybody was okay.

[Bratch]

[CARTOUCHE]

I haven’t looked-in on the Cli-Fi Channel today or its ugly step-sister Accu Wx.

[Red Badger]

Well, at least it’s not a SHARKNADO!......................

[rktman]

Land locked winter hurricane is what it looks like. “Hurricane Wrangler Bob”.

[5by5]

Storm name is “Ulmer.”

[CARTOUCHE]

I’m hoping the engineers on the freight didn’t die.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

And, yes. I’m not going to complain today about the small amount of rain and flooding we’re getting in SE Wisconsin! :)

[rktman]

Like ‘Fudd’?

[real saxophonist]

Most of the Denver stations have gone to all-day coverage. Only one that hasn’t is the CBS station, because God forbid people miss ‘Let’s Make A Deal’.

[EEGator]

Blucifer:

[CARTOUCHE]

I have an aquaintance in Eagle River where the snow depth is tremendous. Eventually all that snow will cause flooding up that way too.