With the May 6-7 storm just finished, I think it’s time to write a season wrap-up.  So, here goes: How did the Models Perform this Year?                 Like all of the prior years’ analysis with the ten million caveats I won’t bore you with again, I did the math, and we have a new winner […]

Even though our patrol season is done for the winter, it looks like we’re going to have a wintry week next week.  A large closed low pressure system looks to (hopefully) bring a lot of springtime moisture to our front range patrol zone.  The wind direction is forecasted to be predominantly from the east, not […]

With our patrol season over, after this, I’m only going to forecast moving forwards when interesting things happen.  Warmer temperatures return this week.  Friday we may get some new snow (5” per the American Model but only 1” per the Canadian Model).  Then, in what is basically forecast fairyland, the Canadian and American Models are […]

Ahh, the joys of forecasting low pressure systems in the springtime in our patrol zone (a/k/a who the heck knows how much snow we’ll get).  Two rounds of closed lows mean upslope snows on Friday with a touch more on Saturday, and then maybe snow on Sunday too.  Or maybe not.  The details are still […]

This week looks to be warm and sunny through Thursday.  Then, we have a classic springtime cut-off low that may impact the front range including our patrol zone.  These are sometimes huge snow producers with their upslope winds, and these are sometimes huge disappointments.  So, take the various model solutions, especially this far out, with […]