Chinook Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 The forecasts for this snowfall continued to be shifted westward. I saw there are blizzard warnings in the area. So, I guess this is happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 I should hit double digits for a storm that started at 2-5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Gonna be some impressive numbers coming out of arapahoe, Douglas and elbert counties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 We had snow for a lot of hours just north of APA, but it amounted to 3.8" total over the 24 hours or so that it snowed (3.4" in the first 6 hours). We were on the edge of heavier stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 this is what the NWS says for the snowfall as of last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Here is my new surface loop of our northern Plains storm. The storm was kind of a combination of upper level troughs. Now, it's stuck between the northern and southern jet streams and there's not a very cold air mass. Because there's never a very cold air mass. But there was a blizzard for some. https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Dec_24_27_2023_surface_loop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 just to remind you of what should happen with El Nino, but I'm sure won't be exact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 Even the NWS BOU forecasters are looking at hour 240 on the models. Yawn. Skied yesterday at Loveland with the lowest % open by this point in the season in my 14 Decembers here. Beats working, but we could really use a couple storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 last year on 12/21/2022. Last year had a cold air mass that has not yet existed this winter. Were you ready for the drop to -9 degrees and snowing? Wind chill was -28 at Cheyenne and Denver for the evening hours on 12/22/2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 On 12/29/2023 at 7:18 PM, Chinook said: last year on 12/21/2022. Last year had a cold air mass that has not yet existed this winter. Were you ready for the drop to -9 degrees and snowing? Wind chill was -28 at Cheyenne and Denver for the evening hours on 12/22/2022. That was the storm that saved Christmas week for the I-70 ski areas. This year, not so much. Lots of dead batteries the morning of 12/22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Snowfall season to date: October 8.0", November 1.5", December 7.4" (surprise!), total 16.9". So an average start to what feels like a really dry season to date so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Looks like next week could be interesting for NE CO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: Looks like next week could be interesting for NE CO. If this were the New England forum we'd already be wringing our hands about whether we'd get 0.5 or 4 or 15 inches of snow. (in fact, they are.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: If this were the New England forum we'd already be wringing our hands about whether we'd get 0.5 or 4 or 15 inches of snow. (in fact, they are.) I spent many a year on the mid-Atlantic forum trying to predict where that rain/snow line would end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 El Nino please help. Maybe we will see a big improvement in snow pack values (including the Sierra Nevada in the short term.) Upcoming storms will surely help the drought conditions in the Southeast. But that's not this forum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 9 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I spent many a year on the mid-Atlantic forum trying to predict where that rain/snow line would end up. I'm sort of glad I don't have to keep redefining "northern and western suburbs", though it would be nice to have something, anything, to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Snow drought continues up this way, just a frozen 1-3 inches around my elevation and bare ground in Columbia valley, usually there would be 1-2 feet here and 6-10 inch base in the valley. Golf courses are open in valleys further west. On NYD it was near 60F in Vancouver BC and 63F was reached on Dec 29 at SEA. Winter? I don't see it around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Storm in Albuquerque with briefly 1/2 mile visibility snow in ABQ airport, and some light snow amounts in Colorado Springs right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 we haven't seen a lot of these colors on the map when the temperature is 50 degrees, coast to coast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 a good bit of Colorado has a watch/warning/advisory/blizzard warning now. If you use your imagination, the blob of warnings and watches in the plains looks like a supercell with the blizzard warning colors as the RFD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Snow situation much improved here now, 10" fell on Saturday and another 1-2" today, 15-20" reported in alpine ski areas. Full operations possible for first time this winter here. Temp around 28 F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Blizzard warnings for the Cascades and Olympic Mountains. I didn't think they did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Heavy snowfall rates with blizzard conditions for E Colorado and W Kansas. The HRRR shows a temperature of 21 degrees, snow, and winds of 30kt-50kt in the southeastern section of Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 9 hours ago, Roger Smith said: Snow situation much improved here now, 10" fell on Saturday and another 1-2" today, 15-20" reported in alpine ski areas. Full operations possible for first time this winter ere. Temp around 28 F. Great news. My home area (Loveland) still is only 20% open and maybe will get another 5-6" by next weekend, an inch at a time. Still waiting for more than dust. All the energy keeps going south and east. Good thing I'm planning an East coast trip to visit relatives next weekend- will experience their bulletproof glacier by Friday with a foot and a half of snow today followed by 2.5" rain on Wednesday then a freeze-up. Don't miss that a whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 This snow is going to be impossible to measure due to the wind. Some spots I have nothing, some spots 6+ inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 15 hours ago, smokeybandit said: This snow is going to be impossible to measure due to the wind. Some spots I have nothing, some spots 6+ inches. My picnic table is affected a lot by NW winds and was mostly scoured clean. Best average I could find around here poking around with my ruler was 2.1". Probably 15:1 ratio. COCORAHS spotters were pretty consistent around 2.5" south, east and west of here by a few miles, so I'd trust this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 some plains storm reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 18 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: Probably 15:1 ratio I have only been in Colorado for 4 winters so far, but that snow was the lightest and fluffiest I've seen here. Which is good since I found drifts 18"+ I had to take care of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 5 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I have only been in Colorado for 4 winters so far, but that snow was the lightest and fluffiest I've seen here. Which is good since I found drifts 18"+ I had to take care of A year or two ago I had 3" of fluff in my driveway that I was able to move by getting down on my knees and blowing. That was probably 30-40:1. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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