Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**UtteftKar** · 08-31-2009, 07:50 AM

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**montanaskier** · 09-08-2009, 03:47 PM

lots of critters seem to be active this week. Lots of what seems to be an increase in food gathering....I smell an early storm.

**hawkgt** · 09-09-2009, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

lots of critters seem to be active this week. Lots of what seems to be an increase in food gathering....I smell an early storm.

odd.... I was thinking this myself on monday. cleaning up around the house, noticed the sunflowers have been decimated in the last few days. dem critters getting serious now.....

**montanaskier** · 09-20-2009, 01:14 PM

Coldest air of the season starting tonight and the early part of the week. Snow levels look to be 7k mark. Woot

**P_McPoser** · 09-20-2009, 09:48 PM

It was sub-freezing at the tunnel at 7PM already.

**Trainwreck** · 09-21-2009, 07:25 AM

I heard 2 to 4 inches on the news this morning. Hopefully this gives LL a jump start on snowmaking.

**snoweater** · 09-21-2009, 08:55 AM

Snowin pretty good in Winter Park, about an inch down and still coming.

**fish** · 09-21-2009, 11:38 AM

i wish i still lived there... the snow level is 15000 ft here

**MakersTeleMark** · 09-21-2009, 04:41 PM

Just saw the first plow truck coming down from the pass. Fitting for the last day of summer.

**whitesmoke** · 09-21-2009, 05:15 PM

Ahhhhhhh that feels better. West Vail.

**montanaskier** · 09-21-2009, 05:16 PM

awesome pic

**GagePLoungin** · 09-21-2009, 06:00 PM

Looking up the canyon in Georgetown this afternoon....

**karpiel** · 09-21-2009, 10:47 PM

Snowed all day in idaho, not much accumulation though. Big fat flakes, it was very calming.

**Trainwreck** · 09-22-2009, 08:00 AM

6-12 as of 4:30 this morning. From NOAA:

......EARLY SEASON STORM MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...

.AN EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND THEN
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW
WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE PALMER
DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND MAY ALLOW FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 6500 FEET.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND
OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MAY RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTH WINDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITES AT
TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE.

**Soups** · 09-22-2009, 10:59 AM

I heard 2 to 4 inches on the news this morning. Hopefully this gives LL a jump start on snowmaking.

Looks like they started up two days early. Hells yeah!

**pappag** · 09-22-2009, 11:04 AM

6% water content on 5" new already today in Never Summer. Death cookie blower here I come!

**Trainwreck** · 09-22-2009, 01:17 PM

NOAA is saying 1-3 today, 3-7 tonight, 6-10 Wed now.

**pappag** · 09-22-2009, 02:11 PM

Guess this is no joke.

**gratzo** · 09-22-2009, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by NPG

6% water content on 5" new already today in Never Summer. Death cookie blower here I come!

Nice find from the Never Summer SNOTEL. (http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/sn...ays=7&state=CO)

That's a pretty light density if it's accurate (SNOTELs can be hit or miss, I've heard).

Of the 12 highest snow totals along the Front Range on Monday, the average density was about 10%, or 10:1 ratio, which is about average for a warm storm. The lightest density of was 6.5% near Black Hawk and the heaviest density of 15.5% was down near Lake George west of Colo Springs.

This is a good resource, at least for areas where people live (i.e. not mountain tops):
http://www.cocorahs.org

**ned13b** · 09-22-2009, 10:40 PM

Wow, its pretty amazing that colorado can be getting winter weather while further north in the Alberta Rockies its pretty hot for late september (34C/94F highs).

**Townicus** · 09-23-2009, 11:38 AM

let's go!

**karpiel** · 09-23-2009, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by ned13b

Wow, its pretty amazing that colorado can be getting winter weather while further north in the Alberta Rockies its pretty hot for late september (34C/94F highs).

Not really. Does "jet stream" mean anything to you?

**COBound** · 09-24-2009, 08:20 AM

Did anyone end up getting a decent amount of snow or was this whole thing a bust?

**montanaskier** · 09-24-2009, 02:55 PM

Conifer area was the big winner with about 10". I think the high peaks above say 12k got a good bit in certain areas....maybe a foot or more in some high peaks.