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Hope not. At this range, this is a little like the clown snow maps we get from time to time. If it weren't the EC and if we hadn't seen this pattern literally 80% of the time for the past 5 months, I'd shrug it off.

Denver, CO. D minus, or maybe F plus if the next two weeks of 15+ degrees above normal and bone dry verify. 1st or 2nd warmest winter in 140 years and one of the driest. The Metro area is now in D3 (Extreme) drought. Watering restrictions and a mega fire season are likely.

I have 7.8" on my snow board now, flat sheltered area with no drifting. Wow! Still accumulating a little. We had a good 1"/hr band from about 7:30-11:30 and steady light to moderate snow since. Late edit: 9.0" total.

2.5" since 7 AM here. Surprise! Looks like a rare boom.

Yup. Point forecast for us is about 3" snow with about 0.4" WE, so planning on 1.3" snow with 0.17" WE. Still, would be more than we've had since about 1/20.

Dang. Just a trace of rain here. Nothing measurable since sometime in late January.

My relatives in central MA are sick to death of it. Snowmobiles are the transportation of choice this winter for some in the rural areas, a rarity! We visited 2 weeks ago and it was like RMNP except without the mountains. We had a 2000-miles-from-CO snowball fight. And it's cold too, single digits many mornings.

Yeah, really all the way back to around Labor Day here. And the CPC weekly, monthly, and seasonal forecasts just came out, which to me look like no real major pattern change for the next several months- La Niña, having far overstayed its welcome, may reluctantly leave, but that isn't translating into less heat or more moisture. Meanwhile, the East Coast keeps getting slammed with one storm after another.

That's good news! We are still at a trace for the month.

As we continue to desiccate down here on the Plains, February climate numbers to date indicate that DEN is tied for #1 warmest (43.7 average, +12) and is #1 for both driest (trace) and least snowy (trace) since the 1870s. Hopefully that will change.

Currently 32 F (above zero) at the measuring station way up above Berthoud Pass at 12493 ft. Dewpoint 0. Sublimation city! I was up on the ridge at Loveland Ski Area yesterday at roughly the same elevation, with roughly the same temp.

Jan snowfall 6.4", season to date 13.4".

Now that we don't have La Nina to blame anymore, any idea when this seemingly permanent, blocking ridge will go away? Always seems like "a pattern change is anticipated in about two weeks"... while my relatives in MA freeze their butts off. Daffodils are sprouting and a few birds are building nests.

The small squall had a direct impact on the outcome of the game... boo. My gym teachers and high school coaches in New England always said not to pass the ball when it's snowing hard. Guess that message didn't make it out here. Cold now. Haven't measured yet but guessing about an inch after 0.5" yesterday. My relatives in MA are getting absolutely pummeled. EDIT: just for numbers' sake, picked up 1.2" to add to the 0.5" from Saturday.

Yeah, weird for sure. The last several years, in fact, anytime a polar vortex lobe breaks off and heads south in North America, it seems like the axis is always between 75 and 95 W. That's a pretty narrow band. I wonder why. Incidentally, that is probably the largest winter storm watch I've ever seen in terms of sheer land area.