Chinook Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 severe-level wind gust at DIA (58mph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Winds are no joke. But the Euro wins again after being the first to push the lower further east and make it just a brief snowmaker for the metro area. 3-4" probably. Rough to tell with the wind. But it never stuck to the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 We had 0.20" of rain and a trace of snow, and no precip after midnight. Only impact here was to tip over a few lightweight patio chairs. Quite the bust as the storm exited stage right faster than anyone predicted. Back edge of the snow is already at the CO/KS border at 9 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 And ice went out on Cherry Creek Lake over the last 24 hours, remarkable because 2 weeks ago it was at its thickest. 60s during the day with full sun and nights above freezing will do that. Short season this year, only about 8 weeks frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I woke up to a surprise 4” snowfall this morning. I’ll take that any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Today's storm has been an impressive storm from California to Wyoming, with some warnings in Nebraska also. There was lots of snow on the Colorado webcams today such as Breckenridge, Ouray, Frisco, Pikes Peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 huge weather system coming in, but no alerts for high winds in Denver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 observations have been 10-20" for the Sierras in the last day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Had a 65 mph wind gust at my house last night about 10:30 PM, though only a trace of snow. Biggest gust since I got the station a year or so ago. Still gusty this AM though much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 heavy snow recently in Wyoming, and other places out west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 On 3/19/2025 at 4:14 PM, Chinook said: Wow, lots of red east of the Divide for 500 miles or so. The Gulf has been closed for business as regards any moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 6 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: Wow, lots of red east of the Divide for 500 miles or so. The Gulf has been closed for business as regards any moisture. The Dust Bowl coincided with too many La Nina/neutral winters, By my inexact calculations, a double El Nino helped finally wetten up the central part of the country before WWII. And then of course they changed the farming practices and planted trees for windbreaks. By the way, the last storm (March 20th) picked up dirt from the Plains and deposited it on my car through the light rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Monday at 01:22 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:22 PM Sure looks to be a disappointing end of winter for NE Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Monday at 02:34 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:34 PM Had a glorious powder day at Loveland yesterday, but wow- what happened to the end of winter here?? DEN has had 1.07 inches of precipitation since December 1st. That's like actual desert criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Monday at 02:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:48 PM If it ends now, I got over 70" again. But nearly half of that from that November storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted Tuesday at 02:17 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:17 PM The Drought Monitor suggests that much of the area is doing ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Tuesday at 09:22 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 09:22 PM 7 hours ago, ValpoVike said: The Drought Monitor suggests that much of the area is doing ok. Yeah, I'm a little suspicious of that. Not sure how weather this dry and warm with no snow cover for a while now wouldn't result in a decrease in soil moisture at least. I'm guessing the data are lagging behind, somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted Tuesday at 10:08 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:08 PM 47 minutes ago, mayjawintastawm said: Yeah, I'm a little suspicious of that. Not sure how weather this dry and warm with no snow cover for a while now wouldn't result in a decrease in soil moisture at least. I'm guessing the data are lagging behind, somehow. I am cautiously optimistic that this weekend into early next week will give us a good amount of moisture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallopinggertie Posted Wednesday at 03:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:25 PM A highly unusual severe weather threat is forecast today for the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and Portland are both in SPC’s slight risk zone. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a severe thunderstorm watch hoisted for both cities (that would be the first ever for Seattle proper, I believe). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Thursday at 06:50 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:50 PM Well the Euro is drinking heavily today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted Thursday at 07:25 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:25 PM 32 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: Well the Euro is drinking heavily today Maybe, and it is fantasyland, but ‘‘tis the season for big dumps. We can hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallopinggertie Posted Thursday at 10:50 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:50 PM On 3/26/2025 at 8:25 AM, gallopinggertie said: A highly unusual severe weather threat is forecast today for the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and Portland are both in SPC’s slight risk zone. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a severe thunderstorm watch hoisted for both cities (that would be the first ever for Seattle proper, I believe). This turned out to mostly be a bust. Cape values were way lower than forecast, and the mid-levels were too dry. I didn’t even hear thunder in Portland. Western WA had a decent amount of lightning, but actual severe weather impacts were limited to a couple storms in the Olympic peninsula and Cascades around Snoqualmie Pass. A big letdown for me, since this is the first time I’ve been in a severe thunderstorm watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Thursday at 10:53 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:53 PM 3 hours ago, ValpoVike said: Maybe, and it is fantasyland, but ‘‘tis the season for big dumps. We can hope! 18z GFS showing it, too. Probably a 1% chance to nail a blizzard 10 days out, but still interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM I guess it can't be 70 every day when there's 1"-2" of rain... or snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted yesterday at 05:05 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:05 AM 6 hours ago, smokeybandit said: 18z GFS showing it, too. Probably a 1% chance to nail a blizzard 10 days out, but still interesting. Yeah, very strong signals that the moisture will be there, but temps are tricky in April. For example, looking medium range at this weekend…both GFS and Euro have quite a lot of precip with aggressive QPF maxed in Larimer county. There is a very sharp gradient in snowfall amounts in both models, with 10 miles between 1.5’ and 1” of snowfall accumulation. Welcome to late March and April! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted 15 hours ago Author Share Posted 15 hours ago 21 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Well the Euro is drinking heavily today Euro's been fooling around with the GFS and thought it'd pull an April Fool's joke. Where would the cold air come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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