mayjawintastawm Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On to a new thread, hoping for moisture this warm season. NWS says warm and dry, what a surprise. Fortunately, mountain snowpack most places is reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 Reposted from Colorado Storm Chasers FB group: it seems like the fan in Elbert County (see discussion from winter thread a couple weeks ago) will be in full operation tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 3 hours ago, mayjawintastawm said: Reposted from Colorado Storm Chasers FB group: it seems like the fan in Elbert County (see discussion from winter thread a couple weeks ago) will be in full operation tomorrow. It looks like the 00z models generally have that storm, and maybe not much else. So bring on the summer storms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Pretty nice hail storm today, mostly pea sized, a few in the half inch range. Radar indicated tornado right down the road, but I don't think anything came of it from what my mostly untrained eyes saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Still have some residual snowpack on the ground in shaded/wooded areas here. That said, BRING ON SUMMER!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 First week of May always seems to be the only gloomy, wet week of the year here in the Denver Metro (I'll take it!)- 0.40" rain last night and several days more predicted next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Thursday at 08:50 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:50 PM Next week could be a nice soaker. Which means I need to mow this weekend to cut the tall stuff but somehow avoid the stuff that's still brown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Saturday at 04:12 AM Share Posted Saturday at 04:12 AM this is neat Quote DENVER – April 30, 2025 – Denver International Airport (DEN) today celebrated the inaugural Airbus A380 flight operated by Lufthansa German Airlines. The aircraft arrived from Munich Airport (MUC) at 1:45 p.m. and departed back to Munich at 4:15 p.m. https://www.flydenver.com/press-release/den-celebrates-inaugural-flight-of-the-airbus-a380-by-lufthansa-german-airlines/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted Saturday at 04:50 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:50 PM 12 hours ago, Chinook said: this is neat https://www.flydenver.com/press-release/den-celebrates-inaugural-flight-of-the-airbus-a380-by-lufthansa-german-airlines/ I have to fly to Germany on a business trip later this summer. Definitely planning to target this flight. Beats the heck out of the old 747’s that Lufthansa had been using for the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Saturday at 07:32 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 07:32 PM 2 hours ago, ValpoVike said: I have to fly to Germany on a business trip later this summer. Definitely planning to target this flight. Beats the heck out of the old 747’s that Lufthansa had been using for the route. 600 passengers... that's called flying a building, not an airplane. Seen a couple up close at Dulles on the shuttle between terminals, wow. Missed this one's landing by an hour and a half on Wednesday, but seen quite a few take off and land at other airports. They actually don't seem to take as long to get off the ground and climb out as the 747s do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted Sunday at 05:47 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:47 PM GFS wants to dump about 5 feet of snow on Pike's Peak this week. NAM has a bunch of snow east of 25. Even the Euro has snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted Sunday at 06:35 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 06:35 PM 45 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: GFS wants to dump about 5 feet of snow on Pike's Peak this week. NAM has a bunch of snow east of 25. Even the Euro has snow. Given recent May-hem, I wouldn't be surprised. Hot today though! Was 79 a few minutes ago, wonder if it'll break 80 before the clouds take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Sunday at 10:45 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:45 PM On 5/3/2025 at 7:32 PM, mayjawintastawm said: 600 passengers... that's called flying a building, not an airplane. Seen a couple up close at Dulles on the shuttle between terminals, wow. Missed this one's landing by an hour and a half on Wednesday, but seen quite a few take off and land at other airports. They actually don't seem to take as long to get off the ground and climb out as the 747s do. I call it an aircraft carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Sunday at 10:49 PM Share Posted Sunday at 10:49 PM this forecast is looking like my last 4 days here in Ohio (plus Monday)- rain. There's a winter storm watch for over 9000 ft sunny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted Monday at 07:16 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:16 PM It might get real interesting around here and it could turn out to be a storm where I get very little slushy accumulation on Tuesday here at ~7300', while my neighbor who is 200' above me gets heavy cement worthy of plowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted yesterday at 12:28 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:28 PM Not this big rain maker is about to turn into a big bust. NWS didn't have a good winter season and now off to a poor spring season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted yesterday at 01:19 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 01:19 PM Here we go again. What can you do when all the models say you'll get 1"+, 12 hours before the event. Gonna be a long fire season. Forecast for Sunday: Rain late. Measured precip: zero. Forecast for Monday: Rain late. Measured precip: zero. Today the closest precip is about 70 miles south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted yesterday at 04:30 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:30 PM Who's got SE winds at 500mb? Me. You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted yesterday at 04:36 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:36 PM I have racked up 0.80" so far since the rain began on Monday, so not a major bust up here. Holding fairly warm at 40 degrees, so snow chances at my elevation are looking pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted yesterday at 04:40 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:40 PM The trailing edge of the precip is about to come through my area. HRRR says it rains the rest of the day, but radar isn't backfilling further east so maybe we get a lull for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayjawintastawm Posted 19 hours ago Author Share Posted 19 hours ago Rain may not be continuous with this one, but the showers have been potent. The conveyor belt worked its way north during the morning and we're on the very north edge, having had 0.74" rain in 8 hours. Looks to continue for a while so we may get our 1" after all. 38-39 F at 5650'. Brr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago I am now at 1.31" and is great moisture to start off May. As I thought, I have been right on the snow line with my neighbor above me with several inches. I got a slushy inch, and the neighbor 200 feet below me has only received rain. This happens nearly every spring and never ceases to amaze me. Regarding the wildfire season which was mentioned earlier today, I have found it to be much more coupled to the monsoon. There are years with good spring precipitation followed by a lackluster monsoon that result in a high danger mid-summer, and a good spring will get the fuels growing and then dry out if the monsoon fails. But a dry spring can be somewhat mitigated by a good monsoon. In 2020, both the spring and monsoon seasons were dry and we ended up with the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago I don't think I've seen this pattern for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago I ended up getting in some nice bands and logged 1.2" A flurry or two mixed in once in a while but the cooler air never arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Here's some proof that the snow clouds came from the east. The Kewanechee Valley cam is from about 8000ft on Trail Ridge Road, on the west side of the Park. The snowbanks shown here melted down from about 9 ft high recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValpoVike Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago I finished at 1.72” of liquid. Had periods of snow then rain and back again most of Tuesday and overnight. Here is a picture from my drive this morning heading into Estes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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