A Bunch of Small Snows Coming Up

We’re currently under a ridge of high pressure, which means pleasant weather, but it won’t last long.  Unfortunately, both weekend days look to bring wind and light snow – perhaps a trace to an inch (though the WRF Model, unlike the others, is predicting a bit of real snow, i.e., 3”).  Then, in a rather […]

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Wednesday Snow, Pleasant Saturday

A powerful system from the west southwest passes through our patrol zone on Tuesday night into Wednesday, with some potential upslope.  However, the location of the low pressure as well as the speed of the system is a bit unclear.  The models are fairly consistent with a 4-8” forecast for our system, here are each […]

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Three Shots of Snow Coming Up

Today and Saturday should be pleasant.  Then, the first of three systems, the first two (and possibly the third) of which look like they’ll produce fast moving low pressure systems to our south, will pass by on Sunday.  The first system on Sunday, generally from the west, looks to produce some minor snowfall in our […]

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A Little Snow on Wednesday, A Possibly Pleasant Friday and Saturday

On Wednesday, a system from the southwest looks like it will bring a little snow to our region.  (I leave it up to you whether you think we won’t get more snow because (i) it’s mid-winter and these systems tend to move too fast mid-winter, or (ii) I’m finally back in Colorado so it’ll stop […]

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Multiple Shots of Snows This Week

Three systems from the west look to hit our patrol zone (and other mountains even more) over the next week.  Nothing looks to be too big, but the models still have significant disagreement, and hopefully the various storms will add up.  The European Model, unusually, is the most bullish, and the American Model is the […]

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