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May 2014 Banter Thread


Eskimo Joe

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I had a nice trip down to the Blue Ridge Parkway & Great Smoky Mountains. Some of the higher elevations are a long ways to go before leaves coming out. It was nice to come back today to cooler temperatures.

 

I-81 must be the longest road ever. It felt like it was never going to end. lol

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Central and northern CO rockies + eastern foothills are going to get clocked. Arapahoe Basin along the divide has already received 14" in the last 2 days. Best spring skiing in many years.

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO

6 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS

TONIGHT WITH RAIN INITIALLY FALLING AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000

FEET. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BECOME MORE

WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP

TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT

TIMES.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH HAZARDOUS

TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS AND

MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THE

HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES

POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME TO BREAK.

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even downtown Denver should get a few inches

It's not terribly uncommon in May but it takes a cold mid or ull spinning upslope into the foothills to get it. Heck, that's how Denver get's 90% of their snow. E-NE surface and midlevel flow can produce unreal amounts in areas just up I-70 like Evergreen. And like here, late season stuff melts in a hurry and has limited impact once it winds down.

I'm glad they are getting a May storm and I'm jealous.

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It's not terribly uncommon in May but it takes a cold mid or ull spinning upslope into the foothills to get it. Heck, that's how Denver get's 90% of their snow. E-NE surface and midlevel flow can produce unreal amounts in areas just up I-70 like Evergreen. And like here, late season stuff melts in a hurry and has limited impact once it winds down.

I'm glad they are getting a May storm and I'm jealous.

They got hammered last May

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They're going up with totals in Larimer County.  We have a small (800 sq ft) cabin in Estes Park near the entrance to RMNP - looks like they are getting totally raked.  C.A.P.E. is right - it is all about upslope.  We were there in December, almost no snow (cold and dry); back in March and great snow in the mountains but Estes and the foothills areas only do well in the Spring storms, rarely see much snow until March and April, because they are east of the divide and need the upslope storms to their ESE to see heavy accumulation.

 

Webcam here:  http://ymcarockies.org/webcams/

 

Forecast:

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST COLORADO INTO
EASTERN COLORADO BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHILE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS
MORNING ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR. ACROSS THE PLAINS...RAIN
WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.

COZ030-031-033-035-112200-
/O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140512T1500Z/
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
548 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING BY MIDDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH 12
TO 24 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER COUNTY.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS UP
TO 30 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SOME ROADS IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE HEAVY
WET SNOW. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LEAFED OUT TREES
AND MAY BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. IF
POSSIBLE...AVOID GOING UNDER OR PARKING UNDERNEATH LARGE SNOW
COVERED TREE LIMBS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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