Chinook Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 I am getting a few wind gusts between 30 and 45mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 First Winter Storm Watch of the season here. NWS going for 4-8" across the metro area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_fran Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Just got a blizzard warning text alert from NWS about 45 mins ago... Any new developments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Just got a blizzard warning text alert from NWS about 45 mins ago... Any new developments? It's for the Palmer Divide and eastern plains. I guess your area could barely be in the warning area if you're far enough south in Highlands Ranch. The rest of the metro area is under a WWA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 They switched it to a blizzard warning for the Palmer Divide just south of HIghlands Ranch. They also switched the I-25 corridor to winter weather advisory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Ended up with about 2.5" here. Looks like areas east and south of Denver did better with this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 'Bout the same IMBY. Missed it by THAT much... things really rocking a couple hundred miles NE of here in NE. It really exploded right after it passed us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Some areas of Fort Collins got 3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 It has been 6 years since the big one, December 20, 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terpeast Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 It has been 6 years since the big one, December 20, 2006. What about Feb 2012? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Had a good dump of snow on 2/3, around a foot or a bit more of low density powder, but not anything real spectacular. Still waiting for my first real CO blizzard. Somehow I feel like the dry and warm cycle that we've been in may finally be about over, even though we only had 3" total yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 What about Feb 2012? December 20th 2006 was about 20" here, pretty cold stuff, wind gusts to at least 30 or 32mph in town, 40-43mph outside of town. It was really the worst storm in my memory. It cancelled my flight out of Denver that day. I never went to Denver that day. Then I had my epic bad day at DIA on December 22nd 2006. They couldn't clear the runways until December 22nd, so thousands were in the airport. February 2012 storm was nice here, we had 10" but it compacted to 8 or 9". It snowed very lightly here for several hours, while Denver racked up a few more inches. We didn't get the jackpot, nor did we get the winds in the 40mph range. It wasn't even really that windy in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 What about Feb 2012? I got 22" over three days with that storm, but I guess I was kind of in the jackpot area. DEN even managed almost 16" with that storm as well, which is pretty good for them. I had snow on the ground almost the entire month, was pretty nice. Nothing has beat Dec 2006, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 around 8" yesterday and last night. Must be a good year for SLC I think I am up close to 60" already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 around 8" yesterday and last night. Must be a good year for SLC I think I am up close to 60" already Officially SLC has had 22.1 through early this evening. +2.7 for the season. Above average but not by much, certainly. Elko has had 16.5" for the season (since July) as of 10PM, which is +3.1". Of course, more than half of that has fallen while I've been back east, and as soon as I return it looks like it will shut off. Figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 About 12" IMBY on the season... about 2/3 of normal, just like everything else precipitationally. Nice 'n' cold, 10.3 F. Interesting that the cold spots in the lee of the Front Range are colder than even the high valleys to the west- only Alamosa is colder right now. WAA up high for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Officially SLC has had 22.1 through early this evening. +2.7 for the season. Above average but not by much, certainly. Elko has had 16.5" for the season (since July) as of 10PM, which is +3.1". Of course, more than half of that has fallen while I've been back east, and as soon as I return it looks like it will shut off. Figures. Yeah I think my location has gotten lucky a couple times. The storm 2 weeks ago brought 14.5" here but only 3.5" in SLC. And the storm in mid-November brought 25"+ but only 13" to SLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Look at the model depictions for 12z Monday (Dec. 31) They show a sharp trough axis going through the Four Corners and Colorado, with no precip on the Front Range. That just stinks. This is the time of year when we could really use a couple of inches of snow from a Four Corners trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Look at the model depictions for 12z Monday (Dec. 31) They show a sharp trough axis going through the Four Corners and Colorado, with no precip on the Front Range. That just stinks. This is the time of year when we could really use a couple of inches of snow from a Four Corners trough. The NAM shows a fair amount of precip, the GFS very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 yeah, kind of strange- difference is even greater for the eastern Plains, where the NAM tries to create a pretty good dump of snow from eastern NE down through OK with over an inch of precip in spots. Wonder if the GFS sees more suppression with no Gulf moisture and no upslope here, where the NAM sees some of both. Would love to see some NYE snow, though the roads are tricky enough as it is that evening with people going in strange and unpredictable directions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 yeah, kind of strange- difference is even greater for the eastern Plains, where the NAM tries to create a pretty good dump of snow from eastern NE down through OK with over an inch of precip in spots. Wonder if the GFS sees more suppression with no Gulf moisture and no upslope here, where the NAM sees some of both. Would love to see some NYE snow, though the roads are tricky enough as it is that evening with people going in strange and unpredictable directions... NWS seems to think the GFS is out to lunch and expects a few inches most places. ALL THE MODELS...EXCEPT THE GFS ARE SHOWING A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW SOMETIME LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TIMING OF THE SNOW STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT. SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND PLAINS WILL BE LIGHT...MAINLY LESS THAN 4 INCHES...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES BEING COMMON. EXPECT SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS NORTH. IT WILL BE COOL MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 20S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 I like the 700mb cold pocket and low circulation here for at least some snow. The NAM and SREF show something like 1" for Denver and the eastern Colorado plains. I wonder if it will be more than 1" or mainly dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QC_Halo Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi all. Sorry to ask such a general question here. I'm from the southeast and tho type of questions are reserved for the banter forum, but I know there isn't as much posting activity for the west on here so I thought I would ask. Was curious as to the the January snow outlook for the Rockies, and more specifically the Wasatch. Better than last year I'm hoping. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi all. Sorry to ask such a general question here. I'm from the southeast and tho type of questions are reserved for the banter forum, but I know there isn't as much posting activity for the west on here so I thought I would ask. Was curious as to the the January snow outlook for the Rockies, and more specifically the Wasatch. Better than last year I'm hoping. Thanks Through the first 10 days it doesn't look very snowy. However, this December was considerably more snowy than last December, with some locations I think receiving over 50". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QC_Halo Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Yeah, I've been watching. I knew that early season was going a lot better than last year. I also noticed the current lull. I'm going skiing(couldn't you guess), the last week of January. Hope things pick up again in the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 The high in Elko today was 7. That's the coldest high temperature since December 1990! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Wow, I've gotten spoiled. The last 6 weeks, especially the last 4, it has seemed like significant snow every few days, 10-40" per week. None of the models, or any of the ensemble members bring much precipitation here in the next 14 days. Hoping to squeek some weak trough through or something and set off some orographics. For the poster who asked about the wasatch, the skiing is nothing like last year so far. 160" of snow vs 60" last year YTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarkwx Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Took a trip to Tucson and definitely was not expecting to see this on New Year's Eve. These were taken on Gates Pass Road looking east towards the city and the eastern foothills. Another view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 As of noon, today, here in northeastern Nevada above 7,000 feet temperatures are near freezing. Down here at 5,000 feet? 3. Degrees. Fahrenheit. Can you say "super inversion"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacoman25 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 As of noon, today, here in northeastern Nevada above 7,000 feet temperatures are near freezing. Down here at 5,000 feet? 3. Degrees. Fahrenheit. Can you say "super inversion"? That's nuts. How much snow is on the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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