ravensrule Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I'm interested in severe. Moreso than previous years. But it kinda feels like baseball season. Something to pass time with until the real stuff starts with football season. It's like watching the Houston Astros play until the Super Bowl Champions start playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Why don't you guys just stfu with your disdain of svr--no one cares. Snow is white and purty. oooh ahhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Why don't you guys just stfu with your disdain of svr--no one cares. Snow is white and purty. oooh ahhh. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I doubt it unless we get a mod/strong Nino....if we are neutral or weak nina, I am 80%+ confident DCA gets <12" My only reasoning is that if we can avoid a Nina then we might be able to pull at least normal precip. The bad luck with temps a degree or two too warm right at precip time can't last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Winter might not end in the central us. That might give an early jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 Why don't you guys just stfu with your disdain of svr--no one cares. Snow is white and purty. oooh ahhh. Disdain? Nah, I like it but the leads are tricky and I can't recognize patterns yet so I'm still mostly a snow weenie. No disdain until you troll snow threads again in the winter.Then I hope we have 120 days straight of onshore flow from April-July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Disdain? Nah, I like it but the leads are tricky and I can't recognize patterns yet so I'm still mostly a snow weenie. No disdain until you troll snow threads again in the winter.Then I hope we have 120 days straight of onshore flow from April-July.Don't remember much real trolling. I'm just not head over heels like some. I try to appreciate the slumps etc and take what we can get.. Well not when it comes to getting cold wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Winter might not end in the central us. That might give an early jump. Truly an amazing month out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 it isn't just bad luck...the precip and dynamics aren't there....you need exceptional good luck...like a March 99/09 or some Richmond uber band....all things being equal we don't have a good storm track in a non-nino in a -PDO/Nina-esque regime....it will just be more of the same with some unique differences that can make winter interesting but mostly miller B's and other nonsense approaching from the west with 0.30" modeled QPF that verifies at 0.08 and 0.3" snow....I think everyone is sick of the 0.2" events...I like them, but I want some decent events too... I understand what you are saying, but unless there's some law of physics that says it has to be 34 degrees when precip is falling in DC, then some of it really is bad luck. Cut 2 degrees and you guys have decent events on several occasions last winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Winter might not end in the central us. That might give an early jump. July snowpack in the plains will help with a -NAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Don't remember much real trolling. I'm just not head over heels like some. I try to appreciate the slumps etc and take what we can get.. Well not when it comes to getting cold wind.Crappy attempt at making a joke on my part. I was referring to next season irt trolling. U took a few stabs this past winter but who wouldn't given the futile chase of lameness. I would hardly call it trolling tho.I plan on paying close attention once the first legit severe threat heads our way. Not much to talk about weatherwise these days. Weather has been near perfect to go out and enjoy activities buy not particularly stimulating to talk about here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Truly an amazing month out there. Yes it has been an amazing run over the past 4-6 weeks out in plains and west. Wonder what the latest snowfall for Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis and Amarillo is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Yes it has been an amazing run over the past 4-6 weeks out in plains and west. Wonder what the latest snowfall for Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis and Amarillo is? May 24th for Minneapolis, though I saw just over an inch on May 26th, 1992 in my hometown SW of there. The record Minneapolis is chasing is the single day May snowfall record of 3". Could happen, but it is likely to be a fairly narrow band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Yes it has been an amazing run over the past 4-6 weeks out in plains and west. Wonder what the latest snowfall for Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis and Amarillo is? Amarillo had 4.7" on May 2, 2005. Wichita, KS might be the place to watch as they have never had measurable snow in May and they have a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Manhattan KS had 7" on 5/26 That is ridiculous. Thats only like an hour or two from Wichita I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Wonder if Denver has had snow in every month? If not, wonder what elevation you'd have to go to in order to say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 measurable every month but July I'd guess 7500', maybe even less has had measurable in July... 3 out of the 7 july 4th weeks had measurable to the valley floor when I lived 80 miles west of Devner. The valley floor was 8,900. 7 - 7,500 seems quite reasonable. We had frost more often than not during summer too. I remember scraping it off my motorcycle seat before riding to work quite often. The cool part was that it would hit 70 - 75 by noon. 40 degrees in 6 hours was common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I want to move to Denver. I might just go without my girlfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I want to move to Denver. I might just go without my girlfriend. Dying for that May snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Dying for that May snow?They have a really interesting climate locally plus it's like an hour from monster supercell country and a short drive from much of the Plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 They have a really interesting climate locally plus it's like an hour from monster supercell country and a short drive from much of the Plains. You would probably love it there. Denver has a really fun social culture. And it's a very active and physically fit environment. The amount of things to do and see within a 200 mile radius takes years to experience. They don't get as much snow as most people think and winter isn't "brutal". The foothills are a short drive and they will get 1-3' storms almost every winter on top of the garden variety stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Pretty classic foothills / upslope storm going on in CO today. If Ian was in Devner he could be in the 30" zone in less than an hour. .LATE SPRING SNOW STORM CONTINUES ACROSS COLORADO TODAY...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRALCOLORADO..DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHTSNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGEMOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING ASA STORM SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSOEXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO.TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINSWILL BE 15 TO 34 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE FOOTHILLS OFLARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR...SNOWAMOUNTS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTSFROM AROUND BOULDER NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER. FOR THE EASTERNPLAINS...1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...LOWEST AMOUNTSOVER LINCOLN COUNTY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 They have a really interesting climate locally plus it's like an hour from monster supercell country and a short drive from much of the Plains. This. Denver is an awesome base if you're into weather. First, if you love snow, you're likely to get your 60" average over the course of a 6-7 month period.....early October - early May and you're a short drive from the higher elevations that receive substantially more snow. Second, you get in on the severe weather and just a short drive east on I-70 puts you into an area for big SCs. You'll also likely see some storms produce crazy amounts of hail, which you'll never see in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 You would probably love it there. Denver has a really fun social culture. And it's a very active and physically fit environment. The amount of things to do and see within a 200 mile radius takes years to experience. They don't get as much snow as most people think and winter isn't "brutal". The foothills are a short drive and they will get 1-3' storms almost every winter on top of the garden variety stuff. Yeah I forgot about the mtns. might be about the perfect spot for a weather weenie. Lots close by and pretty decent overall at home. If all else fails maybe we'll go skiing instead of chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Duluth,MN, Rapid City,SD and Boulder,CO in April all broke all time monthly snow records for any month. Pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 measurable every month but July I'd guess 7500', maybe even less has had measurable in July... You are close: Snow in May hits Denver roughly once every three years. July and August are the only months that snow hasn't been recorded there, National Weather Service forecaster David Barjenbruch said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 RE: Denver snow... did the NWS make a distinction between locations? Records were kept at Stapleton until 1995 when Denver International took over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 still weird to see this even if it snows in may out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 still weird to see this even if it snows in may out there MSP missed out, but there are a couple of 15" reports which likely have set the MN state record for May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 You would probably love it there. Denver has a really fun social culture. And it's a very active and physically fit environment. The amount of things to do and see within a 200 mile radius takes years to experience. They don't get as much snow as most people think and winter isn't "brutal". The foothills are a short drive and they will get 1-3' storms almost every winter on top of the garden variety stuff. This x 10. Once you get through a couple days of high altitude sickness, you're set for a great place to live. If the girlfriend has any sense, she'll move there as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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