Colorado

Summary

Snow fell mildly as well as times greatly over the northern and central hills on Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. Snow totals are in the 3-6 inch range with up to 10 inches at Breckenridge. Several ins of snowfall should continue steadily to fall on both Monday and Monday evening for similar areas that have currently seen snowfall, so Tuesday morning must certanly be another fun time to drive. We’ll then see dry-weather on Tuesday and Wednesday with a short chance of 3-5 inches of snowfall from Thursday mid-day through Thursday night.

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Details

The north and main hills saw snowfall start around noon on Sunday, and this snowfall is proceeded through Sunday evening.

The 5am Monday snow reports show a general 3-6 ins, though you can find greater amounts at Breckenridge (10”) and Loveland (7”).

Resource: OpenSnow Powder Finder

Some of snow reports had been on the basis of the forecast, I became astonished to see Breckenridge’s 10 inch total, and has also been amazed that Aspen Highlands reported 5 ins as they typically don’t do that really on northwest circulation. On opposite side, I became amazed to see Steamboat report only 3 ins since many nearby SNOTEL internet sites (automated backcountry snow measuring devices) reported 2-3x this amount.

Searching forward, the structure of a moist movement from northwest will continue through the day on Monday and in to the very early AM hours of Tuesday. Here is the forecast radar from the high quality CAIC 4km WRF design showing proceeded snowfall on Monday evening.

Origin: CAIC

I do believe all the north mountains should receive another couple of ins through the day on Monday, and a few more inches on Monday evening. This would induce smooth turns on Tuesday morning, therefore the turns might even be somewhat a lot better than Monday as there will be a softer base after 36 hours of snowfall. Most models declare that the snow on Monday and Monday evening will favor the northern mountains and will just offer another 1-3 inches into central hills around Aspen. Needless to say, keep close track of the snow-stake cameras to observe the snowfall is in fact dropping also to see how much brand new snow will likely to be on the ground for Tuesday early morning.

One caveat for this new snow is the fact that winds over the northern hills are very good, gusting in the 35-70mph range along exposed ridges. Attempt to stay static in the woods in order to prevent the wind while the wind-affected snowfall!

Any lingering snow showers into the northern hills should end by Tuesday early morning, then Tuesday and Wednesday are dried out. Wednesday is a very cozy time with a high temperatures at 10, 000 feet (the height of mid hill for many ski areas) increasing to the top 40s to even reduced 50s.

Our after that violent storm should bring snowflakes to Colorado from Thursday midday to about midnight on Thursday evening. I think the northern and main hills may be preferred with maybe 3-6 inches of snow, while 1-3 or 2-4 ins will accumulate in the southern an element of the condition.

Beyond Thursday night’s storm, usually from Friday through very early next week must certanly be dry, but all models are hinting that at the least some moisture and energy will push through the western ridge on the weekend, at some point, and so I wouldn’t a bit surpised to see flurries or snow showers for a time between Friday evening and Sunday. Accumulations must be light to zero.

Beyond the weekend, a few weeks has the prospective becoming a bit more interesting that We have thought. While all models still forecast a huge ridge of high pressure addressing a lot of the western United States, you will find not some hints that a storm could slip across ridge to get into Colorado. I’ll keep the forecast dried out for the time being because of the design anxiety, but We bet there is at the very least a small amount of snowfall in a few days in Colorado.

In the long range, there is certainly however general agreement from numerous information sources (designs, teleconnections) which our weather condition will end up snowier late in February or early in March. That’s most of the information I can provide since we’re nonetheless fourteen days away from now framework.

Thank you for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

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Geography Key

Northern Mountains
Steamboat, Granby, Beaver Creek, Vail, Ski Cooper, Copper, Breckenridge, Keystone, Loveland, Abasin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass, Eldora, Rocky Hill Nationwide Park, Cameron Pass

Over the Divide
Loveland, Abasin, Winter Park, Berthoud Pass

East associated with Divide
Eldora, Rocky Mountain National Park, Cameron Pass

Central Mountains
Aspen, Sunlight, Monarch, Crested Butte, Irwin, Powderhorn

Southern Mountains
Telluride, Silverton, Durango, Wolf Creek (Telluride and Silverton are on the northern region of the south hills)