Chinook Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 We had wind gusts to around 40mph at our observation site near the foothills. I think the middle of Ft. Collins only had gusts in the 30's. I think that Copper Mountain AWOS broke on the 22nd of last month http://w1.weather.gov/obhistory/KCCU.html Trees changing, viewed from above Fort Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 I saw a brief thunderstorm with slushy raindrops in the morning- 7:30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 Thermopolis Wyoming- winds of 51 knots gusting to 55 knots, 26 degrees F. Is this AO2 weather sensor broken, or did this city at 7300ft turn into the North Pole today? KTBX 142315Z AUTO 30051G55KT OVC001 M03/M04 A3022 RMK AO2 PWINO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 Upper level Block-o-rama helping to bring cold temperatures to the Rocky Mountains 72 hours in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 First half of October has been very cool for the West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 The models are showing a minor snow event for Larimer, Weld, Cheyenne, and Laramie WY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The models are showing a minor snow event for Larimer, Weld, Cheyenne, and Laramie WY. Latest NWS discussion suggesting the heavy band could shift further south late in the night, though the models aren't showing it: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THIS HEAVIER BAND COULD SHIFT SOUTHWEST TOWARD DENVER OVERNIGHT. FOR NOW WILL KEEPTHIS BAND NORTHEAST OF DENVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Thermopolis Wyoming- winds of 51 knots gusting to 55 knots, 26 degrees F. Is this AO2 weather sensor broken, or did this city at 7300ft turn into the North Pole today? KTBX 142315Z AUTO 30051G55KT OVC001 M03/M04 A3022 RMK AO2 PWINO This weather station is on a 7300 ft peak, rather than in a city. It is near Boysen Peak, near Boysen Reservoir. That could explain the harsh conditions. We should see some 2-4" amounts in Fort Collins, going up to the Cheyenne Ridge and north Weld County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Fort Collins actually got about 3" of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 168 hour forecasts from the ECMWF (0z and 12z) have a large trough forming in the Rockies and Great Basin, developing out of Canada. GFS also shows a similar trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 fall pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Uh oh. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. The first day the models forecast a 3-6" snow event for Denver. this is the ECMWF 00z, 150 hour. The ECMWF is forecasting a long-duration snow here. the GFS has the upper trough a little more to the north, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Two things: 1) great pictures. best Fall color I've seen since we moved- this is my 4th fall in CO. 2) It will definitely snow next Tuesday because I will not be here- visiting family and friends in New England where some are speculating on a Halloween ice storm. Also, Halloween will be WS game 7 in Boston if it goes that far- would love to see a World Series ice storm- would certainly be the first! I can see it now - a slide into 3rd base, followed by the dugout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 The cottonwoods seem to have kept the green longer than others this year. Ash trees seem to be nicely red. Maybe something to do with the wet soil. I'm not an expert on trees though. I like it when it's warm in October, so I was not that pleased to see the models predicting the storm, as I posted earlier in this thread. NOAA is back to work, the ESRL web page and Reanalysis is working again. Reanalysis shows that October 1st-20th 500mb anomalies show that most of the rest of the North American continent and northeast Pacific had positive anomalies, and the Rockies and Great Basin had negatives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 The weather models have changed their tune quite a bit, for the weather on Front Range. I previously had thought that Tuesday would be snowy and 25 degrees and then we would slowly get back to the low 50's. I looks like we could see upper 40's to mid 50's around here, with much less precip, little chance of accumulating snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Famartin, Are you getting heavy snow in Elko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Famartin, Are you getting heavy snow in Elko? It came down good for a little while this morning, check the time lapse on the webcam: http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/famartin1/1/video.html?month=10&year=2013&filename=current.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Some more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Do love those Freeman's Maples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 We had thunder and lightning at 1:20AM... didn't look outside.... snow is in my yard. I guess that means we got thundersnow, or snow fell just after we had a cold rain thunderstorm. We had 0.1" of drizzle over the last two days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO SciFan Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 We had thunder and lightning at 1:20AM... didn't look outside.... snow is in my yard. I guess that means we got thundersnow, or snow fell just after we had a cold rain thunderstorm. We had 0.1" of drizzle over the last two days. I did go outside and it started out as rain/graupel/ice/snow mix at my location in central FOCO and finished up as snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 There seems to be some chance of snow in Colorado with the cold front on Tuesday. I am not sure that this will be significant. Perhaps it will be gray skies with a dusting of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 I deleted several pictures from this thread, because I was having a hard time loading this thread. Slow internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The CPC short to mid-range precipitation maps look dismal for Colorado right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 A Boulder windstorm happened, with peak gusts to 70mph at NCAR Mesa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALhurricane Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 My wife and I are flying into Denver late next week and staying in Estes Park. Can any of you mountain mets whip up some snow for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 November 7 lenticulars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 My wife and I are flying into Denver late next week and staying in Estes Park. Can any of you mountain mets whip up some snow for us? Glad you're staying in Estes- they could really use the revenue after the floods + gov't shutdown! Might be some flurries to at least make it look a little wintry. Best chance of some more snow looks to be if you go up into RMNP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 How will you get to Estes Park? US 36? I think US 34 is still closed for rebuilding. It's a shame that US 34 had damage. They designed it nicely after the 1976 flood. The contiguous US was a little bit below normal for October, with much of the western states around 2 to 4 degrees F below normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Do any of you guys know how to find the "South Platte Basin High-Low snowpack summary" plot on the internet (SNOTEL/NRCS) ?? edit. see Vandy's post from April 12, 2013 (Colorado high-low snowpack.) I thought it was SNOTEL or NRCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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