Chinook Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 My place got 6" -- the true snowfall total over these last two days may be 7". Nice fluffy snow on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 I've gotten about 3" so far, though most of it has melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 2" at my place by 7 AM today- very fluffy. Couldn't be more than 0.1" WE total, probably more like 0.06". Hoping for more to moisten things up. Vegetation doesn't like to be freeze-dried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Rain yesterday into the early morning today went over to snow. Briefly accumulated about half an inch in the city, after weeks in the 60s/70s. Will be interesting to see what the official snow measurement is - they recorded 0.10" as snow, but all above freezing. Probably only 0.2" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiegeog Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Sipapu reported 8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 You know, this is a real year for snow around here. And don't put away the snow shovels yet. Every model has snow for the Front Range cities on Thursday. You know things are bad when the UKMET and Euro predict heavy snow in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I haven't had to shovel in a while. The forecasts have busted low lately. My advisory for 4-8" yesterday got me about 2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnster Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Our house southwest of Bellvue in the foothills had 10” on the ground yesterday morning. It snowed off and on during the day yesterday but not much more accumulation. I’ve kind of lost track of our season total so far but we’ve had our share. I would say 100” +|- 10%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 It has indeed been a pretty good year up in the foothills. Frankly, after this next storm I am hopeful that we are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 It is hard to get an accurate measurement with plenty of drifting, but I think around 12-13" overnight here. Not bad considering I went to bed last night with less than 1" on the ground. Now...bring on spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Boulder did great with this storm. Another bust (3rd this week) for the Palmer Divide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 My place has had snow accumulating since maybe 9:00 last night. I think I have 8", but I will need to measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Good for you Chinook and ValpoVike! We are busting. Snow didn't begin till 6 AM and it snowed for 2+ hours accumulating 1 inch, then changed to freezing drizzle. What a difference a few miles makes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 56 minutes ago, mayjawintastawm said: Good for you Chinook and ValpoVike! We are busting. Snow didn't begin till 6 AM and it snowed for 2+ hours accumulating 1 inch, then changed to freezing drizzle. What a difference a few miles makes! Sorry to hear that! I am up to 18" now. Hoping to get to 20" before all is done. Then Spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, ValpoVike said: Sorry to hear that! I am up to 18" now. Hoping to get to 20" before all is done. Then Spring I measured 9.2" The light wind is knocking a lot of snow off the tree branches. All the tree branches have 3" on them. Edit: 10.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I'll be very curious to see the final snow totals for the West in May, but I was pretty optimistic for the high areas for snow for Oct-May last Fall- that looks pretty good overall. The models / SOI are already hinting at some kind of big system at the end of the month with a lot more snow and severe weather too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 And edit: got 3" more this PM so 4" total on this storm, not a total bust after all. With the 4.2" the other day, that makes 11.0" for the month and 89.1" for the season. Pretty sure it's the snowiest "winter season" since we arrived in 2010. BTW, I heard that the majority of the peach crop in Palisade was lost this week. That REALLY stinks. Best produce in Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan789 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 hours ago, raindancewx said: I'll be very curious to see the final snow totals for the West in May, but I was pretty optimistic for the high areas for snow for Oct-May last Fall- that looks pretty good overall. The models / SOI are already hinting at some kind of big system at the end of the month with a lot more snow and severe weather too. It take guts to put out a winter forecast and I salute you for that and the related detailed analysis. But I think it’s important to honestly grade oneself at the end too. The reality is that the mountains throughout the West have generally had an ok but not great snow year, the Front Range of CO had a good to phenomenal snow year, and most points east of there had a mediocre to historically bad snow year. Meanwhile, here’s your forecast: I don’t mean to be a troll but think accountability is important for everyone who,, to your credit, tries to predict the weather. Anyway, hope you’re right about the action to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 when everything is white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 visible satellite from this morning, before much of the snow melted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 7001st post. And it's a big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” will honor Colorado’s front line COVID-19 responders with a series of community flyovers following the U.S. Air Force Academy’s commencement flyover on April 18, 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 For snow, the NE was my biggest issue. But generally, the maps I use have pretty incredible snow totals for the West in the high terrain for July-June. I can't get on the site to update the running snow total % map - but it looked pretty decent to me outside the NE, west TX and CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 The USAF flyover did not quite go as planned. I drove down toward Eisenhower Blvd at 12:45. I was expecting to see the jets from 12:50 to 1:00. I finally gave up on it and came home. I heard some distant jets at 1:45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 10:15 AM, mayjawintastawm said: Long as it doesn't get below 20 it should be fine... the buds are starting to come out and it would be nice to see flowers and fruit, especially this year. We've had too many 15 degree mornings in April the past few years. So that didn't happen. Low temps of 6 -14 in Loveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Chinook said: The USAF flyover did not quite go as planned. I drove down toward Eisenhower Blvd at 12:45. I was expecting to see the jets from 12:50 to 1:00. I finally gave up on it and came home. I heard some distant jets at 1:45. The AFA graduation was delayed, which caused delays to the flyover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 3:08 PM, Chinook said: So that didn't happen. Low temps of 6 -14 in Loveland. Yeah, down to 8 F one morning and 12 F another one last week, with others in the mid teens. Amazing sustained cold for this time of year. Unfortunately, spring is as gray as fall was after 10/12. All the blossoms on the trees, even those that were not really out yet, are dead. Maybe a few apple trees in shadier locations will recover, hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 7:26 PM, smokeybandit said: The AFA graduation was delayed, which caused delays to the flyover. We have friends in the business who were updating us- delays, plus rain showers and low level turbulence, made for a less than ideal tour with a couple shortcuts toward the end. Still, they did what they could before they bugged out to Nellis. A 7 hour mission in a fighter with multiple midair refuelings makes for a tough day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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