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  1. ValpoVike
    We picked up .6” of rain today here on the western edge of the Alexander fire. It was a steady and gentle soaking too.
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    I am currently in evacuation on the Alexander fire, marking the second time in four years. Come on Monsoon…
  3. ValpoVike
    Icky and smoky up here. The consolation is that it is not local smoke…yet.
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    Same here, where it is a bit frustrating to see decent QPF all around me. Meanwhile I have been clocking a steady .05"/day for quite some time. But even that I will take.
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    We have done a little better up here. It was dry until a week ago, and over the past week we have had daily .05” rains or so. The past two days have logged a quarter inch each. Not a ton, but better than it could have been. Temps have been quite seasonally average up here, likely tempered by 2pm’ish daily rains and cloud cover.
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    Yeah, no pings!
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    My new truck is at Wally Park, so was extremely curious. Guess I will know for sure on Tuesday!
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    Does anyone know if DIA received damaging hail?
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    Up here and with good dark skies, starting around 9:15pm I could just make out the aurora but when I pointed my iPhone, and wow. I got some excellent photos and the aurora filled the sky in all directions. Around midnight the aurora brightened very considerably and was easily visible with the naked eye, but only to the northwest. I hadn’t see and aurora since the Halloween storm in 2003. The first image is at midnight and the others from earlier in the night all taken in Glen Haven
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    Yep, I noticed that too. They seem to try to give winter one last unwelcomed gasp. EDIT: I just checked 12z and both are backing off.
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    Final tally was 1.72” liquid. Really great moisture.
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    I think it is basically done here. Accumulations were marred by the very high water content and the most I could measure was 5.5” due to compaction and melting. My weather station is showing 1.05” of liquid but I don’t have a heater on it so I’m not certain on the actual amount.
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    About 3” here so far with a temp of 32.
  14. ValpoVike
    Well, there is now a warning out for the foothills for up to a foot below 8500', and up to 2 feet above...
  15. ValpoVike
    Looks like NWS is starting to ramp up the foothills. All of the models are now quite bullish on snowfall, and from what I can see from about 7k' and up...as well as the Palmer Divide. NWS is highlighting 8.5k' and up, and nothing highlighted for the Palmer Divide.
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    Look at GFS...yowzers
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    The last two events have been similar. Forecasts and AFDs have been very conservative while the GFS and Euro held steady for many days, and they seem to verify and slit the difference on accumulation. I am interested to see what happens here.
  18. ValpoVike
    True and something that happens every spring. My neighbor 200’ above often receives several inches while I may get a sloppy mix, and my neighbor 300’ below is rain. All within adjacent property lines. Regarding fire danger, the state is forecasting “average”. I hope they are correct
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    The models are interesting this weekend. As expected for late April, there is a massive gradient over a very short distance…with the euro at 10-12” across central Larimer and a couple of feet from the GFS. By eyeball, about 5 miles east and a couple of hundred feet in reduced elevation - rain.
  20. ValpoVike
    Winds hit 46mph a few minutes ago here and increasing. Unfortunately there is a new fire start on hwy 36 near Big Elk Meadows and Pinewood Springs, northwest of Lyons. Uggg.
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    Inconvenient yes, but not drastic If the winds increase as expected. The last time the area got hit with such winds was during the Marshall fire. Given that Xcel infrastructure was determined to be an ignition source, it is prudent.
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    I saw that too. I think it went insane for 12z but it is April.
  23. ValpoVike
    Taking a weekend trip to MSP. Since I will be exposed to airports on both sides, I have little faith that I will have smooth travel Sunday evening
  24. ValpoVike
    Models showing another decent foothills hit for late weekend and Monday. Not nearly the QPF as last storm, but still respectable.
  25. ValpoVike
    My neighbor reports to cocorahs and he measured 37” here. A great storm.
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