Chinook Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 This is the 5-day QPF as issued by the WPC. This includes 2-3" in AZ, UT, ID, MT, and WY. That is quite a lot of rain for those areas. Later in the forecast period, the heavy rains will move into the western Dakotas and eastern Wyoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Storm total rainfall from northern Utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Storm southwest of Denver was looking impressive for a little bit, now hearing some thunder here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Lots 'o hail in that storm SE of Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Had some pea sized hail and wind gusts to 50mph as the storm passed through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Tornado warning SE of Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 The rotation is not exceptionally strong, but it is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I usually enjoy severe weather, but we got a LOT of hail damage in our neck of the woods this afternoon. Hail was around 1.5 inches, a couple inches deep in most spots. Pretty widespread, with 5-6 spotter reports of 1 to 1.75 inch hail around Centennial per NWS. Damage was mostly "minor", i.e. small amounts of roof damage on shake roofs and any car outside was decorated with lots of dents... also our neighborhood lost probably half its leaves in an hour. But then I went to my local car dealership on Arapahoe Rd near Havana to take care of some paperwork, and the usually bubbly staff looked like they were at a funeral. They were estimating the damage to each car in the lot at around $10K to fix... times a few hundred cars... times half a dozen dealerships in the immediate area. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 This was a pretty notable severe weather day in NE Colorado, especially with hail in the metro area. This was kind of a surprise for me. I thought Colorado would get missed my much of the heavy rain. The SPC didn't even give us a slight risk outlook yesterday. I don't think CAPEs were predicted to be very high. I think my area got 0.4" to 0.6" so far (not sure) with almost no lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 SPC did a pretty good job with their outlooking yesterday, I thought, but I think they hit the tornado threat a little harder than they should have. Yesterday just didn't have that feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I usually enjoy severe weather, but we got a LOT of hail damage in our neck of the woods this afternoon. Hail was around 1.5 inches, a couple inches deep in most spots. Pretty widespread, with 5-6 spotter reports of 1 to 1.75 inch hail around Centennial per NWS. Damage was mostly "minor", i.e. small amounts of roof damage on shake roofs and any car outside was decorated with lots of dents... also our neighborhood lost probably half its leaves in an hour. But then I went to my local car dealership on Arapahoe Rd near Havana to take care of some paperwork, and the usually bubbly staff looked like they were at a funeral. They were estimating the damage to each car in the lot at around $10K to fix... times a few hundred cars... times half a dozen dealerships in the immediate area. Yikes. Wow, sorry to hear about that! We got about 1/3 inch of rain and gusted to 32 mph this morning. Woke up to snowy peaks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 I usually enjoy severe weather, but we got a LOT of hail damage in our neck of the woods this afternoon. Hail was around 1.5 inches, a couple inches deep in most spots. Sorry to hear that your car got hit. I have actually repaired my car 2 or 3 times in Colorado, for hail sizes smaller than that. Even the small stuff takes a lot of money, more than my deductible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 No biggie actually as my car is 17 years old and hail damage is the least of its problems... but it runs great and should continue to do so for a while. The newer one was inside the garage, whew!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Work off 25 and Dry Creek... Can confirm every car in our lot was littered with big hail dents... Mine included. Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluggerWx Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Also, wind is hailing @ home here in Stapleton ATTM... Anyone else? Sent from my RM-927_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 The GFS and NAM are now showing a long rainstorm for much of Colorado in the next two days. The NAM even has up to 3" near the Palmer Divide. It will be a rather dreary Thursday and Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 storm total rainfall images from today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 The last couple of days have been very nice here with very blue skies and some high clouds mixed in. Double rainbow, with falling rain, September 28th. This may be my coolest rainbow picture ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Records broken at Denver on the 15th and 24th --- RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER CO215 PM MDT FRI OCT 24 2014...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT DENVER CO...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES WAS SET AT DENVER CO AT 135PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 80 SET IN 2011. --- RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER, CO200 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2014...RECORD DAILY MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT DENVER...A RECORD MAX TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES WAS SET AT DENVERINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 82DEGREES SET IN 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 Ash tree; solar eclipse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 High: 79.3. Low: 44.4 1981-2010 averages for October 24th: 61.3/32.9 18.0 degrees above normal on the high temperature, 11.5 degrees above normal for the low temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 The 12z NAM has 0.5" to 1" total QPF in 48 hours, about 0.5" at Loveland, and 1.0" at Cheyenne. The GFS has about 0.5" for Fort Collins, Loveland and Cheyenne. This could turn to snow, but the GFS says temperatures will stay in the 40's during Monday morning. I don't expect anything big. There is a winter weather advisory for high country (Larimer County). The high mountains have not been very snowy yet. We had a warm October. Fort Collins forecast Scattered rain showers before 3am, then scattered rain and snow showers. Rain and snow showers likely before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 I am seeing the first snowflakes of the season now. Fort Collins had 0.6" of rain overnight, with a few lightning bolts in the clouds at about midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 The short to medium range outlook is looking depressing. I get grumpy when there are too many days of sunshine in a row, especially with winter approaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 The West was all warmer than normal in October, and most of the Rocky Mountains had below normal precipitation. The snowpack levels are quite low, considering the warm/dry October. It is generally nice to see a normal Oct/Nov snowpack for our mountains. I guess we will have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Starting to approach record territory for lack of snowfall in Denver. The Euro says we'll only have to wait another week. BOU isn't as confident. LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY THE BACK SIDE OF A MEANTROUGH/CLOSED LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO COLORADO WITH ACOLDER AIRMASS. STRONG WEST-NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS PROGGEDFOR THE CWA MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE.MOISTURE IS LACKING...BUT THE COLD AIR AND UPSLOPE COULD MEAN SOMESNOW. IT WILL BARE WATCHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 IT WILL BARE WATCHING. Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huronicane Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Bear ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Bear Bears watching: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderrr Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Both the ECMWF and the GFS making me feel a bit more optimistic today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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