Snowfall Totals

Some decent snowfall totals being reported from around the region... Here are a select few from the NWS (in inches):
Eldorado Springs: 11.6
Roxborough Park: 10.0
SSE Bennett: 8.3
Westminster: 7.0
Castle Pines: 6.9
Denver International Airport: 6.5
E Highlands Ranch: 6.3
Longmont: 3

Chilly temperatures will be around for the next several days. Overnight lows will dip below zero tonight in most locations. In fact, many mountain locations could see temps as low as 30 degrees below zero! After Tuesday temperatures will moderate a bit before our next system arrives for the weekend. Still too much uncertainty surrounding it to make any major changes to the going forecast. For now expect cooler temps and a slight chance of snow.

Finally a storm worth blogging about?

It has been a long time since we have been under any kind of winter weather advisory, but that could all change in the next 24 hours. Already the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for much of northeast Colorado, including Denver, for a potential storm Thursday night and Friday. At this point best estimates are looking like 5 - 10 inches of snow in most locations. Temperatures should be cold enough with this system that precip should be all snow (unlike last weekend), but ground temperatures have warmed significantly over the last days which always makes spring snowfall forecasts quite difficult. In any event, a good chance of snow and likely very gusty winds are in store for Friday - let's see what happens!

Until then, enjoy another day in the 60s on Thursday.

The following image shows the winter storm highlights for northeast Colorado (NWS).

Wet April - Warm First Week of May

In my blog "Time to Talk Rain" I talked a little about the soggy April we had this year. This was good news, as without it we were facing severe drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers from the NWS:
3.22 inches of precip (1.29 inches above) normal.
7.4 inches of snow (the airport picked up less than most of us in the mid-month storm, 9.1 is average).
We have received 38.1 inches of snow this season, which is a whopping 22.3 inches below our normal 60.4 inches.

The first full week of May will start to feel a bit more summer-like... Monday and Tuesday there is a chance of afternoon showers, albeit a small chance, and then we should really clear things out and warm things up. By Saturday we could break 80 degrees for the first time this year.

--- New poll!