Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**montanaskier** · 12-22-2015, 07:26 PM

I get the rare ski with the wife day tomorrow. Hoping for some fresh soft snow in the morning.

**iceclimb** · 12-22-2015, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

I'm still optimistic, but we've been burned by storms like this before.

Skeptical. Not much of anything in the whole valley, it was full on raining in Basalt this afternoon.

Gonna go put on my optimistic pants....

**rmnpsplitter** · 12-22-2015, 07:48 PM

Currently snowing big fat flakes in town, inch or two in the last hour

**Name Redacted** · 12-22-2015, 08:08 PM

It has been warmer during the day, then getting colder at night.

**capulin overdrive** · 12-22-2015, 08:22 PM

Negative 51 at Antero reservoir today! WTF up with that?

**Soups** · 12-22-2015, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by capulin overdrive

Negative 51 at Antero reservoir today! WTF up with that?

Um. Broken instrument?

**The SnowShow** · 12-22-2015, 09:31 PM

Will be interesting to see if the wind direction changes to NW tonight/tomorrow...some think it will, some don't.

**JaytaeMoney** · 12-22-2015, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo

I'm still optimistic, but we've been burned by storms like this before.

Originally Posted by iceclimb

Skeptical. Not much of anything in the whole valley, it was full on raining in Basalt this afternoon.

Gonna go put on my optimistic pants....

Currently a white out in Aspen... better late than never. Radar looks good, let's hope it stacks up tonight

**adrenalated** · 12-22-2015, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by shredgnar

It has been warmer during the day, then getting colder at night.

THIS.

Thank god for some useful information.

**Name Redacted** · 12-22-2015, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by adrenalated

THIS.

Thank god for some useful information.

The days seem to be getting longer now as well.

**goldenboy** · 12-22-2015, 10:52 PM

Winds just picked up and shut down the snow hose. Guessing that means the dreaded shift to the nw

**stfu&gbtw** · 12-22-2015, 11:16 PM

Just started puking here nw of Central City.

**adrenalated** · 12-22-2015, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by shredgnar

The days seem to be getting longer now as well.

In the shorter term, my understanding is that it will get light out, then dark again.

**skoerb** · 12-22-2015, 11:52 PM

Just drove through the tunnel - dumping from just east of the divide through to silverthorne and keystone

**Micol** · 12-23-2015, 07:56 AM

Looking good around here. i-70 cams don't seem to show a ton of people headed this way either.
Last night saw the announcement stating enforcement of snow tires, chains, and or awd on giant
cdot billboard. looks like they may be enforcing that on i-70

**skipowpow** · 12-23-2015, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by soups818

Um. Broken instrument?

Nope - confirmed. Brisk.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/12/2...ever-recorded/

**fastfred** · 12-23-2015, 08:24 AM

very legit 12 inches or more in town brek, the reality is 2-3 ft deep snow in places and nothing in others thanks to the mega wind, my wind gage is covered in snow so I can't get a speed number, constant gust of 20mph hr or more, prolly not too many chairs will be open this morning, enjoy the lines

**Muggydude** · 12-23-2015, 08:27 AM

Looking good at vail today. Drive up wasn't bad

**Soups** · 12-23-2015, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by skipowpow

Nope - confirmed. Brisk.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/12/2...ever-recorded/

That's insane considering it hit 48* in Denver yesterday. 99* difference in a days time, that's awesome.

**Riverdown** · 12-23-2015, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by soups818

That's insane considering it hit 48* in Denver yesterday. 99* difference in a days time, that's awesome.

Uh, that was a week ago. The high here was 15F that day.

**Soups** · 12-23-2015, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Riverdown

Uh, that was a week ago. The high here was 15F that day.

I guess it was. I didn't read the link and was under the impression this was yesterday since the OP said "yesterday"

**cmsummit** · 12-23-2015, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by fastfred

very legit 12 inches or more in town brek, the reality is 2-3 ft deep snow in places and nothing in others thanks to the mega wind, my wind gage is covered in snow so I can't get a speed number, constant gust of 20mph hr or more, prolly not too many chairs will be open this morning, enjoy the lines

Today delivered......wasn't even that windy. Caught first chair and did E Chair/SuperConnect laps before t-bar. T-bar opened at ~9:40 with very little avi mitigation results in Horseshoe. Cucumber offered up waist deep turns of blower snow. Still smiling......

**JaytaeMoney** · 12-23-2015, 02:34 PM

Highlands was money, my best run of the young season down G3... untracked, bottomless, steep, deep

**Muggydude** · 12-23-2015, 03:08 PM

Vail great again. Few great first tracks in the bowls in the morning, got tracked out quickly though (still good). Lift Lines sucked. Went over to bluesky for the past 3 hours and it was great off of Earl's and the trees skiers left off Skyline were fantastic. Easy 15+ inches in there. No lines last third of the day either. Protests delivered as well

Went over loveland pass on the way back, was snowing pretty hard.