I’ve lived in this area for close to 20 years now and can confirm the weather patterns around the Air Force Academy is notoriously fickle.
The area has a known micro-climate that creates strong winds that swirl around the Palmer Divide to the north and creates weird wind patterns with strong gusts coming off the Rampart Range (that’s Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain that houses NORAD in the distance). These same winds create awesome glider conditions with lots of thermals.
I’ve seen blizzard conditions and total whiteout at my house then go 5 miles down the road and it’s sunny and clear skies.
