mayjawintastawm Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Was skiing at Loveland today and on the way back the temp went from 24 (at 11000 ft) to 43 (in Idaho Springs, 7500 ft) then dropped as I went down the hill to 32 in Lakewood with heavy snow/graupel, flooded roads and thunder and lightning. Quite a trip! Rain changed to snow here about 6:45 PM and it's been snowing pretty hard though not accumulating a whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 And 4.7" total snow here, monthly total 21.7". Looks like the foothills and lower mountains just W and S of Denver did the best with this. Overall a very moderate event other than the initial excitement with convection late yesterday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 looks like there was 4" in Loveland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 I love seeing fantasyland output from models other than the GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I saw that too. I think it went insane for 12z but it is April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Interesting that BOU AFD mentioned the potential of a Colorado Low next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Some impressive winds coming to the Front Range this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tezeta Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 This is my first major chinook event. Have no idea what to expect. Hopefully my proximity to 25/the plains helps cut down my max gusts. I'm supposed to pick up my wife at DIA tonight and am hoping her flight just gets cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, Tezeta said: This is my first major chinook event. Have no idea what to expect. Hopefully my proximity to 25/the plains helps cut down my max gusts. I'm supposed to pick up my wife at DIA tonight and am hoping her flight just gets cancelled. this is more of a cold upper-air event, which might be called a "bora," which is one of two downslope wind types (katabatic and adiabatic, Foehn and Bora, from the Alps in Europe.) NW wind gusts of 41 kt next to SE wind gusts of 38 kt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezeta Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Chinook said: this is more of a cold upper-air event, which might be called a "bora," which is one of two downslope wind types (katabatic and adiabatic, Foehn and Bora, from the Alps in Europe.) NW wind gusts of 41 kt next to SE wind gusts of 38 kt My understanding is that the first half of the event is bora, switching to chinook later tonight. This is based upon last nights boulder forecast discussion, but I’m not a met. Either way it sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 XCel energy is proactively shutting off power to a lot of homes on the front range until tomorrow. Seems a bit drastic, but then again they'll get blamed for wildfires if they didn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezeta Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 minute ago, smokeybandit said: XCel energy is proactively shutting off power to a lot of homes on the front range until tomorrow. Seems a bit drastic, but then again they'll get blamed for wildfires if they didn't do it. No email from xcel for me. Fingers crossed. My development is all buried so hopefully will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, smokeybandit said: XCel energy is proactively shutting off power to a lot of homes on the front range until tomorrow. Seems a bit drastic, but then again they'll get blamed for wildfires if they didn't do it. Inconvenient yes, but not drastic If the winds increase as expected. The last time the area got hit with such winds was during the Marshall fire. Given that Xcel infrastructure was determined to be an ignition source, it is prudent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 5 years ago: (mar 13 2019) was NOT the big one (that is 2021), but a plains blizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I wouldn't mind one more last snowstorm before I start thinking about turning the sprinklers on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezeta Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 it's ripping here in north fort collins...not as bad as it is a few miles up the road, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Winds have been pretty meh for me. Only a couple gusts into the 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Winds hit 46mph a few minutes ago here and increasing. Unfortunately there is a new fire start on hwy 36 near Big Elk Meadows and Pinewood Springs, northwest of Lyons. Uggg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Akron CO got to 72mph wind gusts, Sterling CO got to 70mph wind gusts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 No snow nor even freezing temps in the next week forecast, with the first 80 F sometime this weekend. No snow for April so far, season total 58.1", just a little above average due to El Nino finally coming through in March. Still wishing for one more snowfall, but it may not happen. Only three Aprils in the past 140+ years didn't have snow, though, and only 13 had a trace or less, so won't call this final. Time for a new Mountain West thread in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 A couple model runs here and there have hinted at a last gasp snowstorm a week from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Nice storm for Denver to Boulder. Just teasing snow and about an inch for me. That puts me about 75" for the season and a foot more than last winter. Onto spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 3.2" for me today, over 60" for the first time in a couple years anyway. Had a pretty incredible powder day up at Loveland, absolutely dumping snow in the convection this afternoon with temps dropping enough (upper 20s) to make it gorgeous to ski in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On vacation in Las Vegas and s Utah since Tuesday, gradual cooling trend ended with rain and gusty winds today, hot to warm to very cool, now just 40F at Kanab, UT (was 90F on Tues in Vegas). Both LAS and SLC set daily rainfall records, at 0.23" Vegas to 0.82" SLC. I think gradient of rainfall in between was fairly linear so about 0.4" fell in parts of s Utah. It is the first significant rain in Vegas and s UT since winter ended but the wet winter resulted in very good desert blooming, saw lots of flowering cactus on display at Desert National Wildlife Refuge located about ten miles north of Vegas outer suburbs on US95, if you get a chance it's a very interesting area, as is nearby Red Rock Canyon and Fire Valley State Park. Going to various national parks in UT now but in most cases have visited before so we know what to expect (life elevated). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Down to 34 degrees. Still rain though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 About 3” here so far with a temp of 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Up to an inch of rain on the day, but temps up to 36. Unless another shot of cold air shows up (and HRRR still insists on it), this is an ugly east coast-style "cold and rain" event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 Yup. Happens here maybe every 2-3 years. Holding at 36 here also, an inch and a half of rain (including half an inch of hail last night and a trace of snow mixed in this AM) since 6 PM last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Rain/snow mix now. Temps slowly dropping back down. Give me enough snow to cover all the green and I'll call it a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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