ValpoVike

Well, I took the plow blade off my Polaris Ranger today. Hoping for the “car wash” effect. LOL

Not astronomical, but things are dry up here typically in Jan and early Feb. What's killing us in the foothills goes back into the fall season. I'm sure we're all anxious to see what March and beyond will bring.

Last February my gauge recorded .15” total. So far for this Feb I am at .33” with more precip likely coming today. Last January came it at only .35”, and this January at .13”. Very comparable. All in all it was a decent spring here last year following Jan and Feb, so there is hope.

I received more precip than I expected today, with .13" so far. Mostly snow that melts in between the showers. There are a handful of similar days in the forecast, so I am somewhat hopeful that we can chew thru some of the deficit up here, and crossing my fingers that March/April delivers this year. There was even a rainbow this morning which was a pleasant surprise.

I clocked a high of 64 today. Crazy stuff up here at this elevation.

Exactly

I was referring to the snowfall amounts. I think you would agree that temps were not 60 during the event.

It was a very typical Dec/Jan type snowfall. Events in these months are much more typically nickels, sometimes dimes, until late Feb thru April.

At most - 1 inch up here, and all of that came in the morning with the first round. As expected, we totally whiffed on round 2 in central Larimer county. Glad to see that it performed for some of you.

I had a nice surprise burst of snow move thru this afternoon. It was almost like a squall but It only lasted 10 minutes, with a temp in the mid 30’s, and my gauge only logged .02” of liquid.

Just drove in from DIA and roads were clear. There is a very sharp cutoff along I25 near Longmont where there was no snow unfortunately.

I had a 50’ section of buck and rail fencing that was lifted, moved about 10’, and broken. This particular type of fencing is wide open and not prone to catching the wind. Based on the damage I estimate a 100mph+ gust. The odd thing is that it is only 70’ from my PWS which only logged a max of 56mph and is quite accurate. These gusts must have been extremely narrow and localized.

The RFW now has a PDS attached to it. I don’t know if that has ever been done around here.

Tomorrow/Friday looks more concerning from a fire weather perspective than Wed, with lower RHs than the previous wind event, higher gust forecasts, and a much larger areal coverage of RFWs.

Indeed, I found an 80mph gust in the last hour at the bottom of the canyon. Also, CDOT has closed 36 between Lyons and Boulder due to wind, which is probably a very wise move given the orientation and the fact that it hugs the base of the foothills.