ValpoVike Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Here we go, it will eventually snow. Some snow starting to creep into the forecast for 10/24 for the Front Range, which is the system that the GFS sniffed out at 240h. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I had to fly out early morning the 27th and there was nobody at our house to measure. The 4 nearest COCORAHS stations reported T, 1.0, 1.3 and 1.4 inches of snow and there were a few patches in the shade when I came home yesterday that looked about an inch, so I'll call it our first 1.0 inch of the season on October 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Yeah same here. Took a vacation trip to Virgin Islands and missed our first snowfall. good to see snow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 GFS has really backed off on any chance of snow for the eastern half of Colorado this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 The 06z NAM has 1-4" of snow east of Greeley and east of DIA this week. The GFS/Canadian/ECMWF have amounts around 1" near and east of I-25. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 With its warmest October now in the books, Portland has set warm monthly records for 3 consecutive months. That is now in the past. Exceptionally cold air looks to move into western Canada this weekend. Some of the guidance shows measurable snow in Vancouver for Monday and Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 HRRR has band of moderate snow/rain at Denver at 22z (4:00PM) tomorrow (temperature is 37) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese007 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Man today really has "the feel" to it. If it's anything like this tomorrow afternoon DFW is in for a bumpy ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Storm performing well in the foothills but looks to be a bust for most of the Palmer Divide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Up here in the Larimer foothills, I received about 3". A bit of a disappointment as I was hoping for 4-5, but still very welcome. This storm was however the "winter driving pipe cleaner"....the storm where people apparently have to re-learn how to drive on snow. Even with such light accumulation, Estes Park was overloaded with accident reports and 36 was closed due to numerous slide-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 inches in my yard, a little more in the park down the street. Most came during the Thursday evening rush hour. 100 vehicle pileup in Denver on 6th ave early this AM on that big long overpass over I-25 from Kalamath to Federal. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 So, I guess 3 ft of snow fell since September 30th in WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, and CO, with more coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Bulldog Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Perhaps a bit of a sleeper NW flow event for Summit County and other favored areas this week. Positioning on the upstream side of the trough is conducive enough to bring decent amounts of jet energy into the region, so I would expect orographically favored spots should be able to squeeze out some good localized showers over the next few days. Breckenridge already showing decent accumulation, I think some ski areas might be pleasantly surprised over the next few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Bulldog Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 6 inches at Breckenridge last night which already eclipsed forecasted snow totals for the week. 4 at Copper, 1-3 elsewhere. Another backdoor pulse of energy is coming down the trough tonight, perhaps a few more inches in favored areas. While this fluff won't do too much for the SWE of the snowpack, it is nice to see CO cash in a bit after just missing out on last weeks bonanza. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 There is a winter weather advisory for the Front Range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 This shows the temperature ranking on the late summer to fall heat wave: #1 warmest Aug to Oct, basically for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 20-25:1 ratios with this next Colorado system 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 There have been snow reports of 1.5" to 4". The temperature is 16 degrees in Denver. There are light snowfall rates, with a few bits of heavier snow rates around Boulder and south Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Ended up with about 3", right in the middle of the original 2-4" forecast, and despite NWS upping my area to 4-6" yesterday morning (which always is an omen for a bust) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3.8" IMBY, combined with an inch on Tuesday makes 6.8" for November and 7.8" season to date. Not a bad start, though I still have to rake most of the leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 Pretty underwhelming up here, just under 3" compared to 6-12 being forecasted. But I'll take any snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Five different measurable snowfall events already, but yet only totaling 4.2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 looks like 2.0-3.5" at Fort Collins and Loveland with maybe 10:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 I think the ratios were the issue...as Chinook mentioned at 10:1. I had been hearing as high as 25:1 being expected, and while very early in the day the ratios seemed high...it quickly transitioned to pixie dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 It's kind of funny the 10:1 to 12:1 is still quite common even when the models with Kuchera snow ratios calculations say that won't happen. Another idea I had over the last few years. With streets that don't receive any plowing or salting, the total liquid equivalent of the snow is pretty much the main factor for how much snow/ice is packed onto the street after a day or so, given temperatures below freezing. Then, of course if it's 60 degrees the next day, that total liquid equivalent goes into puddles quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 looks pleasant and sunny, with a minimum of snow in this field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 The global models have some general agreement on this. There is an open 500mb trough powering up this snow event on possibly Tuesday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 NWS web page "weather story" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 Not a bad event up here in the Larimer county foothills. I ended with 6.1” which is right at the midpoint of the forecast. Really cold today too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Nice. 2.0" here though I measured a couple hours after the snow stopped, so with high fluff factor there might have been a little more. Darn cold, more like January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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