mayjawintastawm Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 7" so far and dumping hard in the last major band right now. We are right on the northern edge of the heavier snow. Likely a foot plus 5-6 miles to my south and east. Didn't get the true blizzard here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConiferMtnMan Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Probably 7-8" at home. Hard to tell with the blowing and drifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtownwx Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Models did not handle this storm very well with the low tracking ~100 miles further south than progged. Have to wonder how significant of a feedback the widespread convection in the midwest had on the forecast for our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Here's some METARs from Limon Colorado. 7:25 and 7:55AM, heavy snow, 1/4 mile visibility, wind 31 or 38kt gusting to 47 or 48kt. Now that's a blizzard. KLIC 171425Z AUTO 34038G48KT 1/4SM +SN FZFG VV008 M04/M04 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 34048/1424 P0001 T10391044 KLIC 171455Z AUTO 34031G47KT 1/4SM FZFG VV006 M04/M04 A2964 RMK AO2 PK WND 35049/1437 SNEMM SLP050 P0002 60007 T10391044 53009 PWINO FZRANO $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 0" in Boulder. Barely got any flakes. I'm not too surprised given the model disagreement late into the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Chinook making it all the way out here. 29 an hour ago, now 42. All the trash not picked up yesterday blowing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 We are getting some winds here. I don't think it has been this windy here since last winter or the winter before that. Everything is shaking around. Bunches of leaves are traveling down the street at 25mph. The weather station on the edge of town had a wind gust in the upper 60's mph. KFNL had a max of only 39kt (44mph). Wind gusts in Greeley are up there in the 50's mph range KGXY 181735Z AUTO 30037G49KT 10SM CLR 12/M04 A2949 RMK AO1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlerockwx Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ended up with 14" from yesterdays storm. Quite the gradient in snow totals. Wind has been impressive this morning along the Front Range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 snow (and severe) local storm reports from Nov 16-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoulderWX Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 0" in Boulder. Barely got any flakes. I'm not too surprised given the model disagreement late into the event. was a tough one, got nervous as I saw the Sr guidance roll in and as shown, we got nothing. hoping we get a few storms this winter, not fun missing out on the first two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Yeah, the HRRR "bait and switch" around 8 PM on Monday was terrible. If it ends up being like last winter at all though (good analog), Boulder will have plenty to shovel before all is said and done, though may not be able to put the shovel away for good till Memorial Day. Next week's possibility is looking good for areas further north. Winds just need to come around to the E a little more and you'll be all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoulderWX Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Yeah, the HRRR "bait and switch" around 8 PM on Monday was terrible. If it ends up being like last winter at all though (good analog), Boulder will have plenty to shovel before all is said and done, though may not be able to put the shovel away for good till Memorial Day. Next week's possibility is looking good for areas further north. Winds just need to come around to the E a little more and you'll be all set. Thanks man, appreciate it; unfortunately Ill be on the east coast for thanksgiving, which means we will no doubt get a storm here during that time frame - it's all good, there are still several months of winter yet, and despite an anticipated slow-start to december, I'll be hoping we can get one good storm before christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 It is feeling much more like a mid-winter afternoon in the Midwest now. After a high of 50 before the cold front, we are now at 33 with a few snow flurries and some breeze. It is 3:26 and it feels like sunset is coming soon-- but it's not quite that bad. Also 32-34 around the Denver metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Full loop of the recent storm- as one storm came in from California, traveled through CO and NM, and joined another storm moving across Canada and the northern tier of the US http://www.greatlakes.salsite.com/Nov_15_2015_storm_loop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Newscast from Monday/Tuesday's blizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 The 12z GFS is showing a little bit more snow that I expected for the Front Range corridor, about 6 to 8". I was expecting light snow and possibly freezing drizzle, up to 3" in the Front Range corridor. -- NWS Boulder discussion this morning -- AT THIS POINT BEST TOBROAD BRUSH AREA WITH MAINLY CHANCE POPS EXCEPT LIKELY SNOWIN/NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. STILL AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE ON THE LOW SIDEWITH 1-3 INCHES OVER URBAN CORRIDOR WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF4-6 INCHES IN/NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. GIVEN THE SHALLOW MOISTURE ONTHE PLAINS AMOUNTS WOULD BE UNDER AN INCH BY FRIDAY AM.TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD WITH READINGS ONLY IN THE 20STHROUGH FRIDAY.UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST IS EVEN HIGHER OVER THE WEEKEND ASLONG RANGE MODELS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN HANDLING THE GREAT BASINLOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKStormFan Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Looks like a somewhat surprisingly decent event heading the way of Denver again? Watching the local forecasts it seems like they were only expecting an inch or two leading up until about yesterday, all of a sudden things look like sticking around a little longer and some parts of the metro could be looking at 3-6". Some decent totals into Wyoming too. 3 snow events in 3 weeks! Something we can only dream of back home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 The NWS generally predicting 2-6" of snow for most of the cities for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, as well as over 8" for the high mountains. The light easterly wind upslope is very good for Fort Collins. Fort Collins gets less snow when the wind is too northerly. Without a deep-layer upslope I won't expect over 6" here, so this is reasonable. For many of the previous model runs, shallow-layer upslope snow looked likely. This is really no surprise that the NWS is forecasting 2"+ for many areas. Cold temps may help the snow ratios to be greater than 10:1. There may be snow ratios of 15:1 for areas over 7000ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 We got 5 to 6" of snow here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Brrr! Last time it was over 20 here was Thursday at 2 PM. 3" storm total here, mainly very fluffy. Would not be surprised if the last inch had a 25:1 ratio or greater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Fort Collins had some freezing drizzle Wednesday night. My place got 6 to 7" total from Wednesday night to last night. It is packing down a little bit since the ground is warm. Temps are not yet in the upper 20's and we have had no sunshine since Tuesday or Wednesday. It is looking like a midwinter scene, since the snow didn't melt super quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Snow hits the metro area for the Pats/Broncos game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castlerockwx Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Good snow down here at the moment. Maybe a fresh half inch or more on top of the 5" from Friday. We are up to 26" for the year, off to a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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