ValpoVike

31 degrees and very decent snowfall rates up here in south central Larimer county. The snow has a high moisture content as well. 

I think part of the issue is a lack of consistent data due to some stations reporting real-time while others in preset intervals. I could be wrong though. 
 

We ended up over achieving to forecast up here as I recorded a low of -17 this morning. Thankfully winds are very light. Ended up with about 3.5” of snow overnight. 
 

Up here it is a balmy +5 with a refreshing 7mph breeze. And only have seen pixie dust. Not gonna complain if the forecast miss trend continues though.

Looks like the I25 corridor is now getting into the action. The foothills look to miss out. 

Not a bad event up here in the Larimer county foothills. I ended with 6.1” which is right at the midpoint of the forecast. Really cold today too!

I think the ratios were the issue...as Chinook mentioned at 10:1.  I had been hearing as high as 25:1 being expected, and while very early in the day the ratios seemed high...it quickly transitioned to pixie dust.

Pretty underwhelming up here, just under 3" compared to 6-12 being forecasted.  But I'll take any snow

Up here in the Larimer foothills, I received about 3".  A bit of a disappointment as I was hoping for 4-5, but still very welcome.  This storm was however the "winter driving pipe cleaner"....the storm where people apparently have to re-learn how to drive on snow.  Even with such light accumulation, Estes Park was overloaded with accident reports and 36 was closed due to numerous slide-offs.

Yeah same here. Took a vacation trip to Virgin Islands and missed our first snowfall. good to see snow though. 

Here we go, it will eventually snow.  Some snow starting to creep into the forecast for 10/24 for the Front Range, which is the system that the GFS sniffed out at 240h.

3 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said:

We still haven't had a freeze at my house, about as late as I can remember in our 13 falls here. The higher peaks are still pretty much snow-free too. Can't wait.

Yeah, it's crazy.  Long's Peak did have some snow a couple of weeks ago, but it melted quickly. Up here at ~7300' daytime highs have been relatively normal, but we have not had a freeze at night either.  Forecast shows 33 tomorrow/Sunday night though...so perhaps. 

Still in fantasy-land, but the GFS thinks that it may be time to start up a winter thread in the last week of October.

1 hour ago, Chinook said:

I think I see some yellow aspen trees

 

Yeah, fall is happening!

Just a casual observer to the Tropical threads, but I have noted a sharp decrease in activity from ldub.

10 hours ago, Chinook said:

I'm really going to miss watching Monday night football/Sunday night football starting at 6:40 Mountain time. That was quite convenient for having a slightly late dinner to begin the game and then having the thing be over with at 9:40. Right now I am seeing USC start a football game, just minutes ago. Start time must have been listed at 10:30 Eastern time.

You should have gone to bed early last Monday, unfortunately.  I bet you are looking forward to LE snow season though. I lived in Chardon for 8 years and I miss the insane dumps.

What, no view like this in Ohio?    Wondering where this webcam is located though....perhaps somewhere in Wild Basin. It's a great perspective view.

16 hours ago, Chinook said:

I have moved. I will keep posting sometimes. I've seen quite a bit of rain and some reasonable lightning/thunder in Ohio since I've been back. Funny thing. When the dew point is 75 and you are at sea level, your nose doesn't dry out. I keep looking for the 00z NAM data to be available at 8:00PM, but it's not done by 8:00PM Eastern time!

Well, bummer!  On the bright side - you may actually see snow in Ohio

14 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said:

COCORaHS showed widespread underwhelmingness with a few heavier spots, like the new I-70 underpass.... we got 0.08" and the yard is crispy despite regular watering. I'm afraid our chances for more before the long dry fall are getting slimmer.

It has been the second weird summer monsoon in a row....where up here we are hoping for only light rain, showers or storms have been coming several times a week, and the grasses are still green.  While elsewhere outside of certain spots in the foothills could use as much rain as possible.  The exact same thing happened last year.

4 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Pretty big bust on that widespread flood threat yesterday by Boulder NWS

Yes, thankfully.  Up here we had a nice hour or two of light showers which had no impact on the burn scars.

I just logged .57” in 17 minutes. It was insane. I even had a mini landslide on my driveway. 

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Flash flood watch for my area today. Last time I had a FFW, I didn't get a drop of rain

The atmosphere is remarkably juicy this morning. My dewpoint is at 56 which is an oddity at this elevation. Today definitely has potential to be bad for those near or downstream from the burn scars.

It turns out that yesterday was indeed too much rain for the burn scars, especially the CP scar.  Two people lost their lives in the Buckhorn area.  In my neighborhood those along the Miller Fork were flooded.

So far, it has been a successful monsoon season in Central Larimer county. Today may be a bit too terrific for the burn scars, but we'll see...

Finally some sensible weather today. Sitting at 74 currently, while Saturday never achieved more than low 60s and I don’t believe it got out of the 50s on Sunday.the moisture has been very welcome though.