Good drives in Colorado to see the beautiful fall leaves
With a bright and vibrant Fall color season already underway, you may be wondering what a good drive might be to get a great look at the show for 2023.
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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.
With a bright and vibrant Fall color season already underway, you may be wondering what a good drive might be to get a great look at the show for 2023.
Colorado has a little more moisture available for a few showers and thunderstorms as your Tuesday goes on.
The next big thing we are watching is what we call a high amplitude ridge. High pressure over the Rockies shoots all the way up into Canada. This will give us a mild mannered stretch of weather thru most of next week.
Happy Friday! We have a soggy and cool finish to our work week. The cold front that brought soaking rains on Thursday night will continue to provide our state with more rain and cool temps.
A cold front is pushing across northern Colorado bringing with it cooler temps with showers and thunderstorms. It's a First Alert Weather Day.
After a mild mannered Wednesday with a slight chance for late day t-storms we turn our attention to Colorado's Next Big Thing. This is a cold front that is chugging toward the central Rockies for Thursday.
A terrific Tuesday is on the way! We have a drying and warming trend breaking up the cooler and wetter shot that rolled in this weekend.
Many Colorado peaks have picked up the first measurable snow of the season from our September cold wave that pushed through over the the weekend.
The combination of cool air and overrunning moisture from the southwest has changed our weather pattern to a more Fall-like feel.
It looks sunny for the Buffs and stormy for the Broncs! Tailgaters at the Broncos game should plan on getting some moisture. During the game and beyond into the evening there will be a good chance of passing showers and thunderstorms.
The 90s are back! A strong ridge of high pressure is centered over El Paso and ridging up into the Rockies! This will be bringing in a Summer-like surge into our September. Look for a cool change halfway thru the weekend.
Skies across Colorado will be mostly sunny all day Wednesday. But, if you live on eastern Colorado that sunshine may be a little on the hazy side for the day.
Fall color season is right around the corner and this year might be a really good show thanks to all the spring and summer rain we had.
A cold front pushed thru late on Labor Day kicking up gusty winds and bringing in a 10 to 15 degree cool down for Colorado.
Happy Labor Day! We have a pleasant holiday to kick off the week. There is a cold front tracking across northern Colorado though as the day goes on that will be cooling things down heading into Tuesday.