ValpoVike Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 30 minutes ago, mayjawintastawm said: So, the "low end forecast" for snow from this "storm" was 2.2 inches. We got 0.8", if I lean the ruler over just right. And there were supposed to be some wind gusts. Max wind at our house was maybe 12 MPH. Well. It is cold like was forecast. Yeah pretty meh. I did get about 5” but that is far short of the 7-12 forecasted. This has been typical all season in my neck of the woods. Fortunately we have nickled our way to a not too bad winter though. I do hope we get the March dumps this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I got 1/2" out of my forecast 3-6" The cold looks to be overproducing though. Forecast high of 16, didn't get above 5 and am already at -4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Not to drive you guys nuts, but I want to commemorate one of the first times I've seen a blizzard warning for southern California, even the San Gabriel Mountains north of Burbank. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 57 minutes ago, Chinook said: Not to drive you guys nuts, but I want to commemorate one of the first times I've seen a blizzard warning for southern California, even the San Gabriel Mountains north of Burbank. I was wondering why no one here was mentioning this historic warning, I just saw it: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Major bust low on the low temps. -12 degrees this morning after a -1 forecast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 7 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Major bust low on the low temps. -12 degrees this morning after a -1 forecast Indeed. -10 here and forecast was +2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 15 hours ago, Chinook said: Not to drive you guys nuts, but I want to commemorate one of the first times I've seen a blizzard warning for southern California, even the San Gabriel Mountains north of Burbank. Wondering what blizzard criteria for Southern CA would be... 1 or more snowflakes visible within 1/4 mile and temps+winds making it somewhat uncomfortable to wear shorts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Lost lobe of the PV drifting down the west coast, temps near 35F central OR coast to Eureka, cold rain at sea level and probably snowing above 200' asl, meanwhile ahead of the coldest phase, 45-50 F around SF Bay and low 50s s CA coast, 20s in San Gabriels. The peak mountain blizzard conditions there will come tomorrow into Saturday. I live north of the border, a snappy -2 F here at sunrise, now about 10 F, sun through high clouds, nasty NE wind at times. Coldest day of the winter so far. SOG here is about normal, 15" with 18-24 in local mountains (ski resort says anyway). I will report from time to time on what happens around soCal as I don't think we have members there. Think the record snowfall near sea level around LA was in Jan 1932, 2-3" .. think this may be more of a sleety mix but could get some measurable at LAX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 -12.4 at Fort Collins is pretty darn cold for in town 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 So, 58" is possible just today at Sequoia National Park. Got it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I saw that Redding, CA got a few inches of snow. They're famous for their 110-120 degree days in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Hate to say it, but the ugly second half of winter dry pattern is reasserting itself here... though cooler than normal, Centennial (nearest station to me) is only at 0.42" for Jan-Feb and my house not much more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 The GFS has a complicated snowy scenario for a lot of the northern Plains coming up this week, which would include northern Colorado in the snow. The ECMWF does not really have the snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 GFS has been bouncing all around the place with that system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 And now there is no system. Back to super dry and windy like 3 of the last 4 Marches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Looks like the snow just isn't going to be there. Keep up the hope for more snow in March. Northern Colorado isn't doing badly on total snow for the cities (I think). The snow water equivalent is 104%/121% in the mountains. The areas well east of I-25 seem to have gotten quite a bit of snow over this winter. DIA: 41.6" Boulder: 67.3", just a bit above normal Fort Collins: 28.5", below normal Greeley: 31.1", above normal Longmont Co-op: 41.9" that seems much better than Fort Collins Walden: 60.2 (above normal for this higher elevation location) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Chinook said: Looks like the snow just isn't going to be there. Keep up the hope for more snow in March. Northern Colorado isn't doing badly on total snow for the cities (I think). The snow water equivalent is 104%/121% in the mountains. The areas well east of I-25 seem to have gotten quite a bit of snow over this winter. DIA: 41.6" Boulder: 67.3", just a bit above normal Fort Collins: 28.5", below normal Greeley: 31.1", above normal Longmont Co-op: 41.9" that seems much better than Fort Collins Walden: 60.2 (above normal for this higher elevation location) And 7.3" here in Feb for a total of 40.4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Loveland Co-op, close to where I lived in Loveland: 40.1", also much better than Fort Collins. (I don't know what street that was on.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 For being the snowiest month of the year in NE Colorado, March sure doesn't seem interested in obliging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 6 hours ago, smokeybandit said: For being the snowiest month of the year in NE Colorado, March sure doesn't seem interested in obliging. March has been awfully weird lately. 4 of the top 20 least snowy Marches (since 1882) have been since 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 It has been two years since the Big One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 6 hours ago, Chinook said: It has been two years since the Big One. That was fun. Boy was I tired after shoveling that- was about at the limit of throwing snow up onto the banks. Only took a couple weeks, though, before it was mostly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 near sunset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 A nice upside snow overnight and this morning up here. Currently standing right around 5", but a bit hard to get an exact amount due to some periodic gusts. Regardless, we have outperformed the forecast "of less than 1 inch". So far this season has had a bounty of 3" snows, but a lot of busts on calls of higher amounts. Good to finally see an outperformer. Still waiting for the big one or two for spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Great. We got graupel for 2 minutes that added up to a trace. March precip to date 0.18" and 1.6" snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Mayjawintastawm probably liking this for Boston 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 This is a picture of me on March 14, 2021. Sometimes I trim my beard back a little bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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