mayjawintastawm Posted December 4, 2023 Author Share Posted December 4, 2023 A quick and pleasant surprise of 0.7" this AM, enough to get the dogs excited. Gone by 3 PM, in time for a chilly bike ride. Not a bad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Pac storm takes up 2300 miles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Nasty up my way, snow turned to rain and it's very slick on regional roads especially above my elevation of 3500' ... temp warmed from 20s to 40s today and it's quite foggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Along with the massive Pacific storm going on, a warm air mass. The unusually warm Pacific air mass created some chinook winds for the north country, with 60 degrees in Alberta. That area might average. Areas in Montana had the 60's, while their climatological average highs are just in the 30's. Helena was 26F above normal according to 4:00PM climate summary, which counts the morning low and high temperature up to that time in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 We have a lower range to our west and there is a slight chinook effect in the Columbia valley, but it never gets above 50F here in any winter patterns, at least not before late Feb. I saw on Spokane news on TV in local lounge it was 52F today in GEG and CDA, and rivers are in flood around Portland OR where somebody drowned while out for a walk in a park. Our snow is running off fairly steadily and there won't be any left below our elevation by Tuesday afternoon at this rate. Almost a warm rain at moment, 46F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 It looks like it was in the 50's to even the 70's on the mid to northern plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 54 minutes ago, Chinook said: It looks like it was in the 50's to even the 70's on the mid to northern plains. Yup, 68.5 F for a high here in south metro Denver. This time of year, that can only mean a steep temp drop and chance for snow within 48 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 This is not a way to transport in the cold air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 this what I posted on Great Lakes/Ohio Valley a couple of days ago. It's after I was explaining how I made a snowball in June 2022 at Cameron Pass before I left. Quote Cameron is at 10276 and accumulates a lot of snow since it's in the north. I've seen two moose there and have heard others tell me they've seen moose. Some of the highest passes are 12000 like Independence. Monarch is 11300, Rocky Mountain Natl Park has 12108 but that's not a high-volume US highway for shipping and commerce. Berthoud pass is at 11300 on US 40, a main commerce road. If you've got a well-built SUV, and a lot of experience, you can drive an old mining road nearly all the way to Mt. Antero where the road stops at 13800. Then I-70 and US-6 almost go in the same spot but I-70 tunnels through Loveland Mountain (not to be confused with Loveland city.) If you like weather observations from METARS, K0CO (yes, that's right, mixed numbers and letters) is above Berthoud pass and pretty much just has a freezing blizzard all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 19 hours ago, Chinook said: this what I posted on Great Lakes/Ohio Valley a couple of days ago. It's after I was explaining how I made a snowball in June 2022 at Cameron Pass before I left. I've made a snowball in every calendar month in CO. I think Loveland Pass (11992') is the windiest place I've ever been in a car, and I've been through a couple of low-end hurricanes. Is K0CO what you see uphill from Berthoud Pass on the ridge, on the right as you're driving north (toward Winter Park)? That's at least 500 feet above the pass itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Currently got some snow falling and stickage in Laramie, NWS forecasting 1-2" here through the evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I think there are just a few buildings and the weather station on Colorado Mines Peak, which might be 500ft above the Berthoud Pass parking lot and a few hundred feet east of it. It seems like this would be difficult to see from all angles. And how do they shovel snow at these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Pretty big whiff on snow forecasts for east of I-25 by the NWS. My 4-6" forecast got me about an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Ended up with 3.5”. Not a lot, but most of it came in a two hour burst last evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 11, 2023 Author Share Posted December 11, 2023 On 12/9/2023 at 10:58 AM, ValpoVike said: Ended up with 3.5”. Not a lot, but most of it came in a two hour burst last evening. We got 1.4", same deal. Surprised you didn't get more- the west side of Boulder and Genesee did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 19 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: We got 1.4", same deal. Surprised you didn't get more- the west side of Boulder and Genesee did well. That is par for the course in many storms. Often either southern/central Boulder foothills and Larimer foothills will get widely divergent snow totals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Moderate snow at Colorado Springs, moderate to heavy snow at Pueblo for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 this rain and snow is starting to resemble ... something from EL NINO? WHAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 More of the upcoming El Nino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormdragonwx Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Send some of that snow over my way. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 this is neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 The 00z models are still showing a lot of variations as to how the Christmas Eve snow event will happen. The GFS says that some snow will come in to the Front Range cities as early as 12/23 at 8:00 in the evening. Here is the GFS for 09z, which is 2:00AM on Christmas Eve. Some areas of heavy snow will be in the southwestern portion of Colorado, with southerly flow on the San Juans. There should be varying amounts in the rest of the mountains. The Plains/cities will have a more challenging forecast for snow amounts throughout the entire 24-hour period on Christmas Eve. The models will try to figure out the snowfall rates and maybe try to decide if the temperature will be below freezing, or something helpful like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Laramie regional AP broke daily record highs for 4 straight days this week 12/18-12/21 with an outside shot at 5 straight tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 The NWS is broadbrushing this snow event for Christmas Eve, which seems right. The current models have pretty much zero for Weld County, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 Another non-event. Precip since I installed my new PWS on 9/15 is 0.84 inches, which correlates very well with the two official stations around here. Last year, Cherry Creek Reservoir was completely frozen over by now; this year, not a trace of ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Merry Christmas to y’all and here’s to hoping that some of us have a little snow cover this weekend. On a personal note, FedEx dropped off a heavy box yesterday addressed to my wife. I couldn’t help but notice that the sender was Davis Instruments. I have the best wife ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 expanding level of winter storm information / blizzard warnings for the northern Plains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 Missed it by that much... 1.4" at my house, total December snow 3.6" (that may be it for the month) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 KLAR got down to -12° it looks like, quite the cold pool that settled into the valley overnight with added benefit from some of the snow around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Figures. Yet again out of town and a big overachiever storm hits. Happened twice last winter, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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