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Reposted from Colorado Storm Chasers FB group: it seems like the fan in Elbert County (see discussion from winter thread a couple weeks ago) will be in full operation tomorrow.

Opened a warm season thread for now through Octoberish.

On to a new thread, hoping for moisture this warm season. NWS says warm and dry, what a surprise. Fortunately, mountain snowpack most places is reasonable.

Just a note as the warm weather 2025 thread opens- Loveland ski area has had 20 inches of snow the last 48 hours! One last opportunity for a powder day- unfortunately too many Easter weekend plans. 3.6" snow total in April, 51.1" on the season unless we get anything more.

A wet inch here, nothing to write home about except for the unseasonable warmth and all the flowers out earlier this week. Total moisture 0.09" at both DEN and APA.

But as always, QPF for this "storm" for my area goes 0.9" (Mon), 0.7" (Tues), 0.6" (yesterday), 0.45" (now)... I'll expect 0.1" and be happy with 0.4". Glad I don't farm for a living.

Would be nice if either of those came close to verifying.

Got 0.1 inches of snow last night, total 2.1" in April. Lots of chilly blossoms on the trees, but it didn't get super cold (low of 30 here) so things should be OK.

That could attract tourists from as far away as... Colorado. Driven that a bunch of times, and by that stage, anything is worth stopping for.

Seems like Elbert County causes practically anything that goes through there to rotate. Must be a great big hidden fan or something.

You know, I thought I saw that too, in my backyard with clouds at different levels moving in opposite directions about 5 PM yesterday. 0.5" of wet snow last night, to combine with 0.2" in all of March (!) for 48.0" on the season to date. Will we get more this week?

Now the GFS is drinking heavily, with 2 feet plus of snow for much of NE Colorado next Sat-Sun. All the major models have 6 inches plus, even the ensembles. The ECMWF seems to have returned to its usual sedate self. Hmm. I do have a couple of lift tickets left.

0.72" rain between midnight and 7 AM today, most in one go since the November snowstorm. Nice! Though I've never seen so many flowers blooming in March since I lived in NC.

Euro's been fooling around with the GFS and thought it'd pull an April Fool's joke. Where would the cold air come from?

Yeah, I'm a little suspicious of that. Not sure how weather this dry and warm with no snow cover for a while now wouldn't result in a decrease in soil moisture at least. I'm guessing the data are lagging behind, somehow.