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I hope it is all gone by tomorrow. Snow in May is great moisture but it needs to go away LOL

Here is a pic from my window this morning. Snow is too heavy for my Polaris Ranger to plow, so really hoping for some sun today.

After 3 swipes of the snowboard yesterday and today - final tally 19.5” here. Perhaps another inch coming this morning but it is winding down here. What a great storm.

Amazingly, at 11" now. Snowfall rates are picking up too. This storm is definitely delivering for Larimer County.

About 8” now, and power went out an hour ago. The trees are already drooping a lot.

I already have 4 inches and it is really coming down. The NWS increased my point forecast and is now up to 26” today thru tomorrow.

Yeah I am getting a nice soaking 0.23”/hour steady rain. Temp is down to 40.

Buzzkill. But do feel free to give me a told ya so tomorrow

I’m gonna be super pissed if the weather gods pull this one away.

I am just outside of Estes and it is trending towards quite a dumping. But May has had some big storms in the past. May 17th 2017 was particularly impressive, and up here I picked up 40” over the course of 2 days. This storm likely won’t come close, but someplace in Larimer County could get 20”+ as it looks currently. i have a ton of trees on my property that I worry about with May snows, but this year that feels like an easy trade.

The 12z Euro went bonkers too.

Meanwhile, the 12z GFS agrees. Either both are off their rocker, or the foothills and divide are gonna get rocked. Either way, the models all seem to be trending in the right direction and I am starting to get cautiously optimistic.

My experience of many years in the foothills - early May storms excite me. But that is a foothills perspective and setups like this in May usually have a steep accumulation gradient. All or nothing usually within 10 miles.

The 12z GFS is still not backing off for the upcoming storm on Thursday-Friday, at least for the foothills. Regarding last night's precip, my snow melted fast this morning and my gauge recorded 0,40" in total including the rain yesterday. Not too bad and I am hoping that the next storm delivers whether it comes as rain or snow.

I picked up 2” overnight which was a bit of a surprise. This on top of the 0.19” rain from earlier in the afternoon.