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I am around 5", but it has been holding there since about 8am. It seems like the rate of snowfall is matching the rate of melting.

Does anyone have access to Euro Kuchera data? It looks like GFS is around 12:1 ratio and I am interested in seeing what the Euro says. I think 12:1 is quite generous.

Ha! The NWS is doubling down on my 6500' call Key Messages ➔ Red Flag Warning in effect today ➔ Significant heavy, wet snow Fri-Sat. ➔ Most confident in heavy wet snow above 6,500 ft elevation ➔ Much uncertainty remains for elevations below 6,500 ft in terms of snow accumulation

7300'

I called 6500' in an earlier thread this week. Sticking with it

I am watching Friday closely. I tend to get a bit excited when I see this kind of upslope scenario especially in May. Up here we have had some huge May storms with this set up.

I agree on the eclipse, it was spectacular. I got a really great time lapse of it, but sadly the video file is much too large to post here.

I think it is unlikely. Probably not an issue until around 6500 ft. But anything can happen.

Two of our Firefighters from our small volunteer dept are down there working it as members of the Alpine Hotshots. Lots of good professionals all around I am sure. Unfortunately I think this is going to be all too common in the coming months across this sub forum.

Sorry to hear this man. I totally understand what you are going thru...been there. A threatening wildfire is huge stress, but a long duration threat is a whole different level of stress. I had Cameron Peak fire two years ago hang in the mountains to our west for 3 months before it roared down. Thankfully it all worked out and no personal damage, but the stress of potentially losing a cherished home is intense...almost PTSD level. Hang in there and know that there are a lot of very dedicated professionals doing all that they safely can. EDIT: Also the biggest thing your family can do (if you can still access the property) is to mitigate around the home. Take out any trees near the house, cut down any grass, and remove plants from around the home. Also, clear the immediate area around the home of anything that can burn (furniture, firewood, junk, etc). This really made a difference in our neighborhood, where fire blackened all around many homes but they didn't burn due to successful mitigation.

I logged .44" overnight. The interesting thing is that I missed the snow line somewhere between 100'-200'. My neighbors above me had a decent coating this morning, while I had wet yard and deck. I'll take the moisture any way I can get it though. For the storm next week mentioned above, the plains amounts seem crazy high, but perhaps the amounts in the higher elevations are not too crazy. The Euro has a similar look, albeit slightly lower in the mountains and a lot lower in the plains...especially along and south of the WY border. Will be interesting to look at this again late in the week to see if it holds...we can get some impressive snows in early May, but temps are a real tricky thing.

A surprisingly good snow event ongoing up here. I didn't expect any accumulations at all today, but close to 3" over the past 1.5 hours. This is really good to see up here in the Larimer County foothills. Edit- at 6” now this is so good to see

My concern is growing for the summer wildfire season. March/April are not panning out how we need it. Let's hope for an increase late month, or a super good Monsoon...

You should read this morning's AFD. Lot's of "extreme" mentions...disappeared this afternoon

April and early May can bring some big snow…

I am in N California this week at Redwoods NP. Some rain but not as much as I expected to see. That fire was pretty close to my home. Sad to see so many wildfires over the past few days.

I landed at 11am at DIA, and my Jeep had more snow on it than it has had all year long. Was great to see, and the best part was that the roads were only wet.

Joy, another 3" snow up here from this last "storm". I wish I had been adding this up but have been too busy. Literally every single snow has been in the 3" range for the past couple of months. I wouldn't be surprised if I have racked up 24" or so in these series of events. We are heading into big dump season, so hopefully this changes thru April.

It looks to be a pretty healthy series of storms over the next 7 days, right on queue for March. The longer range seems rather bullish as well, and it looks like the trend is there...thankfully.

Sorry to hear that. From your reports, it sounds like a dreaded screw hole has cursed you this season.

Man, I will say without any hesitation that it is indeed cold as hell in the Chicago area for my liking. I will concede that it is not forever lasting like perhaps Minneapolis, but I remember very vividly about 12 years ago when it was -30 one morning in Valpo and the entire week wasn't much better. About 9 years ago I recall -23 and many burst pipes in a region that actually designs homes to withstand frosted pipes. That is crazy cold, and I even did the "throw the boiling water into the air" trick with my kids I personally like both snow season and summer. Note that I didn't say winter because up where I live, we can get 3' or greater snowfall in mid-May and the next day hit 70 degrees. Gotta love that! But my personal favorite is Monsoon season and watching lightning filled anvils form over the plains. It is an amazing sight from the perspective of my elevation. Regarding Currier and Ives, we kind of have that. However, it is highly subject to where your house is situated. My house is on a south facing slope and snow melts very quickly due to the sun. But literally my actual neighbor, 300' below me, is on the river and shaded by a mountain and he has had constant snow cover on his property since mid-December. Even with temps around 50 it doesn't melt much until the sun hits it. He'll be back in the sun sometime in March.

Well, Colorado isn't Chicago and our winters feature snow with cold (but reasonable) temperatures. It's what you're used to and of course a matter of personal preference. I left NW Indiana 7 years ago and never looked back, largely due to the long stretches of sub-zero cold and the relentless cloud cover. But I digress.

Yeah looks good...and it's right on track with March around the corner.

I hope so. Last week I thought the 3" limit would finally be breached up here...I ended up with 2". This looks a tad more promising. I did read yesterday in the Denver Post that Denver has had it's snowiest start on record since the New Year. Can this really be true?

I may finally break the streak of 3" snows. Jinxed it, I'm sure.