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Total rain at my house 1.26" for September. Interesting that Centennial Airport just 3-4 miles south got 3.23". Also DEN was 4th warmest all time for the month. Looks like the transition zone from lighter to heavier rain the last 2 days (using an inch, more or less, as the dividing line) was way down in Pueblo and Huerfano Counties.

Welcome! We lived in the Lehigh Valley about 30 years ago and experienced both the thrill of victory (a couple enormous snowstorms in about 1995) and the agony of defeat (skiing in the pouring rain at Blue Mountain when snow was forecast). I will say that medium and long range forecast accuracy around here is typically awful, not through any fault of anyone except Mother Nature. Storms tend to form right over us - or not - rather than coming from hundreds or thousands of miles away, making it super hard to predict anything specific more than a day or so out. One good thing is that we VERY rarely have snow changing to rain, ever. Much more common the other way around. Ptype is one thing that's pretty accurate, even snow levels within a few hundred feet most of the time. You'll learn the elevation of just about anywhere you go.

Or Westminster has 0.03" and Parker 0.15". Bummer indeed. We'll have to import water from New Mexico at this rate. And in 30 hours from right now, Denver Water is prohibiting all outdoor watering for the foreseeable future, including next Spring till they say so.

And models are caving, as usual, to the drier ones. Nothing except the NAM has more than 1" for the Denver Metro at 12Z.

NWS point and click has 1.62" for me through Thursday early AM, with a bit more after that. I'd take it if it were true.... still pretty amazing to have such differences in models 24-36 hours out.

Wow! We can safely say there will be 0 to 4 inches of rain in the Denver Metro this week. And tonight, there is an excellent chance of darkness.

OK, I'll send it Tuesday. What's the postage like for 2" of rain? Got 0.36" with tonight's surprise storm. I'll take it, though Centennial Airport (measuring station 4 miles south) got 1.01".

We got two rounds of rain: 0.06" and 0.02". No hail. Of course, areas just to the south got wrecked.

The pattern of Lucy pulling the football away continues for most of the Denver Metro, with promising forecasts dwindling and rain always 2-4 days away. DEN has a trace of rain this month so far. My house has 0.11".

Whoops, yeah I was looking at the 6 AM and 7 AM temps, guess it dipped down a bit around 3-4 AM. In any case, if we stay above 63 the next 5 hours it will be a new warmest low.

About the warmest early morning low I can remember at my house, 72 today. DIA had a low of 74. May go lower tonight before midnight, otherwise it'll break the warmest low record for the date by 11 degrees! Would also tie the record for the second lowest all-time minimum.

"Bagging" multiple peaks in a day is a big thing in the Northeast, where I hiked all 67 4000 footers in New England with my Dad before moving to CO in 2010. It's easy to climb 3-4 in a day or half a dozen in a weekend. All are Class 1 or 2 hikes, though there are some class 3 options if you try hard enough on a couple of peaks in NH and Maine. Funny thing is that weather and hiking have historically been two of my main interests, but "peakbagging" much less so since I moved to CO. (on the AT, my trail name was "Weatherman"). I've climbed two fourteeners, but there is so much more great hiking out here that does not involve the highest peaks that they've lost much of their appeal (plus, the competition for parking and real estate during 14er hikes is a big negative). But we digress. Some very thoughtful winter forecasts have emerged in the last week. What do people think? Personally, I'm skeptical that we'll get more than a "normal" amount of snow this year, because persistence always seems to win out. Though I'd gladly take "normal".

I've hiked in that area up to the passes in the area (though I've never done the "official Four Pass Loop") and camped by a couple of lakes. Trails are steep and rocky up to the formerly glaciated headwalls pretty much everywhere in CO, though maybe more in that area because of the rock itself. Poles are a good idea (and will help preserve your knees for future decades!)

I have a friend who's hiked all the 14ers and many more than once, and for him the Bells are some of the most dangerous he calls it "hiking on a giant pile of dinner plates". But not till you get above pass level (12K).

August rain at my house=2.25". Was hoping for a bit more to end the month and it rained the last 4 days in a row but with a whopping total of 0.09". It's pretty uncommon to get monsoon moisture here after Labor Day but we'll see....