ValpoVike

Maybe after tomorrow a fork can be put in with models pointing to a few inches on Wednesday. But the NWS says - Meh. Up here we have had a pretty good season, though I honestly have no idea how much total snowfall has occurred. We even picked up some surprisingly good snows on Labor Day and again in late October. March and April have been good to us as well. In between was underwhelming. I'm ready for snow season to end too, and also hoping that the Monsoon actually shows up this year. The lack of a real monsoon last year seems to me to be what drove the massive fires last year.

We have done pretty well this week.

It's been a steady nickel/dime event up here in Glen Haven. About 3" on Tuesday, and about the same amount again yesterday evening and night. The road surface melting in-between has been welcome...so bring on the moisture! I did have a hairy experience on the switchbacks north of Estes on CR43 where a layer of ice had formed under a layer of snow Tuesday evening, that was not fun at all as my Jeep nearly hit a guardrail despite crawling down at 5mph.

The precip is going to be spread out over most of the week, and temps will be quite marginal. I think snow that does accumulate will melt fairly quickly, and especially down in the lower elevations there will be more mix and periods of straight rain.

Yeah, Larimer and Boulder counties get hammered by the "new" GFS.

Both the GFS and Euro are showing some impressive QPF and snow early next week for the front range,. Temps really look suspect though, and it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Last weekend's storm did wonders on catching most of the Northeastern CO region on seasonal snowfall. From the NWS this morning, contrasting seasonal totals prior to the storm and totals following the storm:

Picture time. Looking out from a window, Glen Haven...looking NW.

I was reading that apparently a Denver cyclone formed overnight and created a downslope for y'all.

Not sure about in town at EP, but so far not bad north of town. I was hoping for 40"+ this weekend, but it doesn't feel like we get there. Maybe we exit today at 30-32"...which is still great. It depends on when the spigot shuts off obviously.

19" so far IMBY, and estimating about 12" of that fell after midnight. Kind of hard to tell how much more today...HRRR is looking crazy high on additional QPF, but it looks like the moisture train to the east is drying for points north. EDIT - that is, for northern Colorado.

I live in Glen Haven. About 6 or 7 miles north of Estes.

I say we get there, no problem.

Larimer and Weld doing quite well, it is getting heavy up here. Radar seems to be filling in east and southeast of Denver, so I think everyone eventually gets into the party.

I25 just closed btwn Wellington and WY border.

I think you have a shot to get it. Take a look at the river coming in from the east, this is classic.

Yup, it's made the turn from the east. This should be really good

It is looking like upslope is finally kicking in based on the pop ups over central/western Boulder County.

Yeah, returns are cranking to the NNW. Much faster.

I am going with absolute faith that the massive gap around Denver fills in soon.

Finally, starting to crank in Glen Haven.

Yeah, but not sure it is open with Covid. It is a mom and pop place owned by an elderly couple. I haven't seen any activity there for the past year.

I am in Glen Haven, which is a few miles north of EP. EDIT - a town of about 200. No hotel, so I would think EP is still a good base for you.

It's hard to stay positive on this mess. As I look at my gauge with a measly .08 so far.

Yes, AFD mentions heaviest snow from 06z to 18z Sunday.