Calm After the Storm

As we revel in the over 4½ feet of snow we’ve gotten in the last week and a half, we have a break from the snowy weather.  Boo.  Saturday the highs should get into the mid-thirties, and Sunday highs may reach 30.  Both days look to be partly cloudy, with slightly more wind on Sunday. […]

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What a Storm Cycle!  And There’s More Snow in the Forecast

What a storm we had!  4 feet of new snow on the ground!  More details in the retrospective discussion. It’s very cold right as I write this Tuesday morning (i.e., subzero), but temperatures look to climb in the coming days.  We’ll have snow Wednesday afternoon through Thursday, though mostly from spillover.  Here are the model […]

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Snow.  Cold.  Wind.  How Awesome.

Hold onto your ski helmets, we’re in for a storm!  A stream of moisture from the west northwest from Friday morning to Monday afternoon will produce snow in our part of Colorado.  For our patrol zone, the first part of the storm will be mostly spillover, but then there will be a jet streak assisting […]

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Snow!

Sorry for the early and short forecast.  A series of storms look to come in from the northwest in quick succession from this Tuesday night through next Monday evening with consistent snowfall.  Here are the model forecasts for that time period. 17” – Canadian Model 12” – European Model 10” – American Model Let’s just […]

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Finally, Some Snow!  (And a Cold Weekend)

Currently there’s a little snow falling from a low pressure to our south, followed by light snow from the northwest on Friday, a quick break on Saturday, and then a low pressure to our south driving more snow on Monday.  When you combine the three systems, the models are forecasting the following total snow: 3” […]

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