Snowfall is wrapping up in our patrol zone as I write this, with a foot of fresh snow out of this system.  Yeah! Friday looks to be partly cloudy with westerly winds.  A minor system quickly passes us on Saturday morning from the west northwest (with westerly winds).  The American, Canadian, and WRF Models are […]

A system from our west northwest will produce snow from today (Tuesday) afternoon through Thursday morning in the northern mountains of Colorado, which includes our patrol zone.  Although winds are not from a favorable direction for snow for our patrol zone, the combination of a jet streak, spillover effect, and a front are making the […]

Apologies for a detailed discussion, but we have a crazy and unpredictable storm at our doorstep, and I think a longer discussion than I normally do is warranted.  However, if you just want to see the model snow predictions, they’re 2” to 8”, but as explained below, take any model forecast with a large grain […]

A powerful storm continues mostly to the west of our patrol zone.  The models tend to agree that we’ll get some snow tonight/tomorrow (1-4”), and some snow again on Friday (2-4”), but they disagree whether this system will produce much snow during the interim.  Optimistically we could see up to a foot of snow during […]

On-and-off snow should continue to hit our patrol zone from this Christmas Eve afternoon through New Years Day, with over 6” having already fallen.  That’s pretty awesome. The current system (from the west and southwest) should produce snow this afternoon through Christmas morning.  The various model forecasts for this afternoon through tomorrow sunrise are as […]