Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**adrenalated** · 04-09-2015, 09:20 AM

Yeah I had a little dust on my cars in East Denver. Any other reports from the mtns on dust?

**Wildman** · 04-09-2015, 10:11 AM

A bit of Dust on my car here in North Boulder as well...

**grskier** · 04-09-2015, 10:52 AM

looked like dust blowing in.. haven't been able to play in the snow yet to figure out the damage.

**smitchell333** · 04-09-2015, 11:04 AM

Fack the dust

**Name Redacted** · 04-09-2015, 02:19 PM

Didn't notice any dust around A-basin sidecountry this morning. It was dust on crust, but it was white.

**Ireallyliketoski2** · 04-09-2015, 03:59 PM

I didn't notice any dust.

**skiingislife** · 04-09-2015, 08:28 PM

Dirty snow is inevitable when you're surrounded by desert in the midst of a drought. That said, there was no noticeable red/dark dust up high today. My vehicle did have some light colored dirt on it though. I'll look again tomorrow.

**The SnowShow** · 04-09-2015, 08:36 PM

Didn't see any skiing Breck today FWIW.

**threedimes** · 04-10-2015, 10:54 AM

Anyone been up above Brainard lately? How's the road/snow?

**blazes_boylan** · 04-10-2015, 04:03 PM

had some dust yesterday in Boulder, didn't notice anything in the snow at Eldora

**Hott Butt Mud** · 04-11-2015, 09:19 AM

Has anyone posted about dust yet?

lol

**galibier_numero_un** · 04-11-2015, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by blazes_boylan

had some dust yesterday in Boulder, didn't notice anything in the snow at Eldora

Just a few native rocks & tree roots on West Ridge today at Eldora.

Cheers,
Thom

**Fritz** · 04-11-2015, 03:27 PM

I encountered some dust in my vagina today so I didn't ski.

**North** · 04-11-2015, 03:35 PM

Fun day at East Portal. No wind

, great corn, dust (on snow or otherwise^^^) MIA

**NoPostholio** · 04-12-2015, 12:53 PM

Going to be around Breck a few days the end of the month - any issues with skinning there after they have closed for the year? Didn't see any reference to it in their uphill policy, but guessing it is OK.

**hatchgreenchile** · 04-12-2015, 03:15 PM

BP alpine is still holding on, but it's pretty firm in most parts. Hit north and XYZ chutes this am with nobody around.
Oh wait, no dust!

**Lindahl** · 04-12-2015, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by NoPostholio

Going to be around Breck a few days the end of the month - any issues with skinning there after they have closed for the year? Didn't see any reference to it in their uphill policy, but guessing it is OK.

Yeah, have at it. Done that more than a few times.

**ImSearchingforPowder** · 04-12-2015, 08:34 PM

Excited for later this week

**Danno** · 04-13-2015, 09:48 AM

1" to 50", hard not to get excited for that forecast!

**adrenalated** · 04-13-2015, 09:49 AM

This week could be interesting... from this morning's CAIC weather discussion:

"Wednesday is a bit of a question mark. The GFS model runs a potent storm through Wyoming and Montana, which elongates southward into Colorado Wednesday night. The European (ECMWF) model develops a closed low over the Four Corners by Wednesday afternoon. Resulting weather from either of these possibilities are more or less polar opposites. The European points to some 50" of snow along and east of the Continental Divide, and the GFS shows a tenth of an inch. If I could, with a straight face, say 1 to 50 inches in our tables I'd be fairly confident of a successful forecast."

Also of note, there was definitely some dust on the snowpack in the Mosquito Range (Climax area) yesterday underneath the new snow from last week. So it doesn't look like we completely escaped it...

**Name Redacted** · 04-13-2015, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by adrenalated

Also of note, there was definitely some dust on the snowpack in the Mosquito Range (Climax area) yesterday underneath the new snow from last week. So it doesn't look like we completely escaped it... .

Probably kicked by those pesky miners.

**The SnowShow** · 04-13-2015, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by adrenalated

This week could be interesting... from this morning's CAIC weather discussion:

"Wednesday is a bit of a question mark. The GFS model runs a potent storm through Wyoming and Montana, which elongates southward into Colorado Wednesday night. The European (ECMWF) model develops a closed low over the Four Corners by Wednesday afternoon. Resulting weather from either of these possibilities are more or less polar opposites. The European points to some 50" of snow along and east of the Continental Divide, and the GFS shows a tenth of an inch. If I could, with a straight face, say 1 to 50 inches in our tables I'd be fairly confident of a successful forecast."

Also of note, there was definitely some dust on the snowpack in the Mosquito Range (Climax area) yesterday underneath the new snow from last week. So it doesn't look like we completely escaped it...

50" on the Divide to the south or north?

**linvillegorge** · 04-14-2015, 08:24 AM

NOAA seems very doggish on this storm right now.

Wednesday
A slight chance of snow showers before noon, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. West wind 8 to 11 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Wednesday Night
Snow showers likely, mainly before midnight. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 20. North wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Thursday
Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a north wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

CAIC is quite a bit more optimistic, but not willing to really pin down amounts. Looks like this storm is gonna be boom or bust. Surely we're due a boom. Pretty much bust after bust after bust for the two months.