Quick Update on the Storm Now that the Regional Models Are Weighing In

Fellow patrollers, quick update to my last forecast (I’d love to dig in deeper, but don’t have time right now).  If a good forecast discussion is 75% reporting and 25% editorial, my last update was 50-50 of each, and this one is 95% reporting and only 5% editorial. Now that we’re within range of most […]

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Are We About to Get the Biggest Storm in 18 Years?

In late March 2003, a slow moving closed low starting to the south of us and slowly moving east caused a three-day storm that dumped 30-40” in Denver, 40-50” in Golden, and 60-80” in our patrol zone.  For the last 18 years we haven’t had a storm that one could even begin to compare to […]

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Warm For Now, Snow Later Next Week

Our patrol zone (and all of Colorado) will be under a ridge of high pressure through the weekend into early next week, which is good for tans and bad for skiing powder. A system from the northwest, but potentially pulling in moisture from the southwest as well, looks to bring snow to our patrol zone […]

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Snow (But No Idea How Much) on Thursday

We’re under a very pleasant ridge of high pressure today and tomorrow. A large low pressure system (currently to the west of San Francisco) makes its way to Colorado on Thursday.  It’s exact location could make a huge difference in how much snow we get.  Also, while the system is deep (i.e., lots of precipitation […]

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