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Saw this and thought "GFS is hallucinating again", now I can't get that map and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" out of my head. Groovy.

3.5" here at 10 AM. This has been a very typical light upslope storm, and also typical in that the foothills north and west of town got the most (so far), as opposed to south. Winds were a little more east than north. Really well predicted! Edit: 5.0" for a final at 8 PM.

Maybe we'll only get an inch, but it'll be plenty to cause a zillion accidents Wed morning. Everyone's brain fell out over the summer. Tires? What tires?

0.8" here! Buried. Just finished shoveling.

There were 1-2 a year or more ago, but haven't heard anything from them in a long time. Feel free to start a thread! Could be interesting, with atmospheric rivers etc. as opposed to the yawn of a fall/winter we're having in the Rockies so far.

Wild… NWS discussion and forecast doesn’t have the faintest hint (though officially it only goes through 11/30)

.07" here. A deluge, indeed.

We actually talked about this a bit a few months ago with long term data- over the long term, a clear signal around the Front Range for more likely warmer year over year, but very inconsistent with overall moisture even though it does seem like every storm ends up drier than forecast, and there is a trend for warmer and drier Oct-Nov. A disproportionate number of the top 10 or so records that involve warm temps have been in the last 20 years, but other than being more variable, there aren't any real precip trends.

So... any thoughts on the Thursday/Friday precip event? Looks weird, more like a Spring type event with temps and upslope. With the recent warmth, might not be that impactful. But worth talking about since we've not had much to discuss in a long time.

actually good point. Classic La Nina half-a-winter. My seasonal total was 45.9" which is not too much less than my average of about 55". But it didn't really start till January.

And in fact I'm flying out Tuesday and returning Friday morning... well...

2021 was a complete non-winter. Hope this year doesn't replicate that.

Last year I XC skied in Cherry Creek State Park on 11/10. Jeez. I may have to mow the lawn this weekend.

It's balmy and around 60 at 10:30 AM this November day. There are hints of a more exciting pattern change in 7-10 days (isn't there always?) but nothing but warm and dry in the short term. Bring on... something!

I realize we are technically well within "cold season", so I'll start a new thread, even though my lawn is still green and growing a bit. Here's to more exciting weather the next few months!