smokeybandit Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 My "official" total was 7.8" Should get over 8 with the remaining showers this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 My place just had a little bit of slop. CoCoRAHS had 0.3" of QPF with maybe 2" of snow. It stuck to the trees, but other than that, just covered over some of the dirty snowpiles, which will eventually look very very dirty in the coming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 28" of snow in the months prior to the blizzard. 26" since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Winter Weather Advisory up for Albuquerque. I think most of the city is going to get under two inches. Higher amounts to the western areas of the city. Nice little storm for March though. Timing matches the big SOI crash ten days ago. Not bad for Southern Colorado either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 4:12 PM, smokeybandit said: 28" of snow in the months prior to the blizzard. 26" since then. Yup, fairly typical for many years to have 3/1 as the midway point. I had 41.5" pre-blizzard thanks to an early start, then 28.3" since, guessing we'll get about another 5-10" more to finish with a respectable 75-80" on the season. Average for me is about 55". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 some more picks-- Thursday, bike trail Sunday - new snow flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Still snowing in places down here. Taos Powderhorn snow pack may cross 80 inches for the first time this cold season tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiegeog Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 33 minutes ago, raindancewx said: Still snowing in places down here. Taos Powderhorn snow pack may cross 80 inches for the first time since cold season tomorrow. Loma Linda (southern Taos County, NM south of Sipapu Ski at 9,000ft) got over 13". It's been a good March there with over 2 feet so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnster Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 While I still have them on my phone I wanted to share some pics from the mega-storm. These are from our house 4 miles southwest of Bellvue CO. We got about 3 ft. at our place and much more (45"+) just to the west of us. Yesterday I hiked up the mountain behind us and there is still 18-24" in the trees/north facing hills. Yep, quite a storm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Surprised by another 4.2 inches this morning- now 75.5" on the season and 34 inches for March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 I didn't really think this would be much of a storm for the Denver area, but I guess it was. My area dropped from about 70 degrees yesterday to 33 degrees right now. My area probably had wind gusts that were 40mph, but most likely not as bad as Cheyenne, the mountains or farther east in Colorado, all of which had at least 50mph wind gusts I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Yup, high here was 74 yesterday, low this AM was 24. More good moisture- was already starting to get pretty dry with the wind over the weekend. Soon we'll have to start the warm season thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 A nice cold front, but less than 1" of snow. The good stuff stayed to the north and west (story of my winter). Looks like spring in full force for the near future though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 These maps are never particularly precise, but it's been interesting month for snow. Remarkably low totals for a lot of the East, and some solid storms in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 4:39 PM, smokeybandit said: A nice cold front, but less than 1" of snow. The good stuff stayed to the north and west (story of my winter). Looks like spring in full force for the near future though What's your season total? Most years, Parker area (especially >6000) is a good 10-15 inches or more greater than DIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Time frame to watch now is mid-April for a big system. Not sure if the position was right for the front range or west, but the 3/26 967 mb off Kamchatka should come through somewhere in the US as a major system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: What's your season total? Most years, Parker area (especially >6000) is a good 10-15 inches or more greater than DIA. ABout 60" so far. Last winter was about 90". From what I can tell, 80" is average for where I am (6300 feet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 We have gone from a blizzard to 80 degrees in a kind of short time frame. This is like some of the things we saw last fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindancewx Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Cyclically, this is the warm part of the pattern of the repeating 46-day cycle that's been in place since July. There has been consistent +10 degree warmth down here in each prior cycle (first half of February was quite warm as an example). I do think there is one pretty major cold shot later in the month though, going by the timing of the prior cold shots. You guys probably aren't completely done with snow just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 What was supposed to be a chance of t-storms with rain changing to snow ended up starting as pure snow reminiscent of the blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 3:32 PM, raindancewx said: I do think there is one pretty major cold shot later in the month though, going by the timing of the prior cold shots. You guys probably aren't completely done with snow just yet. Yeah, all the fruit tree blossoms have frozen 2 years in a row, might as well make it a 3rd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 my place total snow October 1st-April 1st 67.2" (Fort Collins - CSU: 60.7") (Loveland Co-op: 69.4") total precip October 1st-April 1st : 6.75" (Fort Collins-CSU: 6.05") (Loveland Co-op: 6.93") I didn't count September snowfall, as that was kind of a weird out-of-season snow storm that was a pretty weird snow-to-liquid ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Chinook said: my place total snow since October 1st 67.2" (Fort Collins - CSU: 60.7") total precip since October 1st : 9.97" (Fort Collins-CSU: 6.05") I didn't count September snowfall, as that was kind of a weird out-of-season snow storm that was a pretty weird snow-to-liquid ratio. Wow that's wet!! My automated rain gauge is crappy with snow (undercounts like crazy) but guessing our precipitation since 9/1 is about 6". 76.0" snow, counting the bit in Sept and also the half inch last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Both the GFS and Euro are showing some impressive QPF and snow early next week for the front range,. Temps really look suspect though, and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 GFS starting to spit out numbers like its now-retired cousin was prior to the blizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 24 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: GFS starting to spit out numbers like its now-retired cousin was prior to the blizzard Yeah, Larimer and Boulder counties get hammered by the "new" GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 GFS and Euro have evolved to just a mountain/foothills storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 The 12z GFS still has some significant snow for Fort Collins and Loveland. It is starting to get to the point of the year where snow is possible, but rain or very slushy snow is more likely. I think I would like to see rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 OK, I guess we will have to take this seriously, although still about 5 days away. Like I said, I'd love to see wet grass rather than do some more shoveling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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