Colorado Weather Discussion Thread

**WTF is dat** · 02-03-2011, 04:17 PM

I can attest to the few inches in evergreen. currently dumping in littleton. dont think the slopes will see anything out of it, however.

**gratzo** · 02-03-2011, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by skiingislife

The temp at the Chair 1 weather station @ Loveland just rose 11deg in an hour and a half.

You can even see the warm"er" air pushing in ahead of the disturbance coming in from the North on the IR loop here

Good find, but actually what I think you were seeing is clouds moving in from the north, and those were low clouds whose temperature was warmer than the -30F temps found on the ground. Craziness.

**FiveLarge** · 02-03-2011, 06:55 PM

Snowing lightly at Bert from about 2:30pm on...not substantially accumulating.

**knumbskull** · 02-04-2011, 11:02 AM

I like the sound of the CAIC forecast:

"Widespread 1 to 2 foot amounts are likely by Monday morning from about Aspen north"

Especially since I don't work Mondays. I hope you are seeing the same things for Aspen Joel.

**PowTrees** · 02-04-2011, 11:04 AM

Prepare the sacrifices and offerings or whatever dance it is you do for good snow this weekend/Monday/Tuesday

**SkiNowWorkLater** · 02-04-2011, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by knumbskull

I like the sound of the CAIC forecast:

"Widespread 1 to 2 foot amounts are likely by Monday morning from about Aspen north"

Especially since I don't work Mondays. I hope you are seeing the same things for Aspen Joel.

Let's hope; we could certainly use it!

**Name Redacted** · 02-04-2011, 11:36 AM

1-2 feet with wind and the current crusty snowpack should be fun to deal with. Great time to practice your ski cuts

**montanaskier** · 02-04-2011, 11:41 AM

sluff management

**gratzo** · 02-04-2011, 11:45 AM

Gotta be careful with this storm, folks.

My thoughts: http://www.coloradopowderforecast.com/quick-forecast/

Strong dynamics will move through Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, which will lead to the heaviest snow. Sunday AM should be $$$ with highest totals from I-70 and north though Aspen and the northern San Juans will see some snow.

Will moisture and NW flow remains on Sun & Mon, and snow will likely keep falling, I don't think it will fall heavily during this time. The temperatures at 10k and 18k show a bit of warming Sun/Mon, and warm-air adevection does not create heavy snow. The models show plenty of moisture during this time, so they might be over playing the snow.

The next shot at more dynamics come in Mon PM and Tue AM and move from north to south through the state. This is another time of good snow.

Of course with snow falling Sat>Tue, even a few inches each day will pile up into something nice, so don't be fooled if you don't see big totals.

A lot of NW wind will accompany the first part of the storm on Sat and Sat night ... so find some protected areas.

**Lindahl** · 02-04-2011, 07:12 PM

Bummer. Was hoping it'd stay heavy through Monday. That said... better then last week!

**montanaskier** · 02-04-2011, 07:48 PM

light snow on the valley floor tonight

**DaHeel** · 02-04-2011, 10:56 PM

Game Creek looks socked in from the porch.

**PowTrees** · 02-05-2011, 07:25 AM

NW

**funkendrenchman** · 02-05-2011, 08:00 AM

Ended up with 4" overnight here.

**Puffin** · 02-05-2011, 08:00 AM

Yah it's dumping. 8 on my deck!

**montanaskier** · 02-05-2011, 08:48 AM

4 at my place and falling nicely....interested to see how this bonds....I predict lots of slough today. GET IT....

**MJbumper1121** · 02-05-2011, 09:04 AM

Vail pass was a joke. Careful on the roads!

**karpiel** · 02-05-2011, 09:36 AM

More freezing drizzle at loveland yesterday.

**gratzo** · 02-05-2011, 12:24 PM

Storm arrived about 6 hours early so it'll snow hard all day and finished up sometime overnight, though if we're lucky the snow could keep going into Sunday AM. Enjoy everything...!

By the way, it's National Weatherman Day. Just sayin:-)

http://www.coloradopowderforecast.co...bruary-5-2011/

**JET123** · 02-05-2011, 12:43 PM

LOVELAND is fantastic!

Boot to knee deep off 4 and 8 with waist or more in lots of places. Filling in everywhere!

Best day at Loveland so far

**JET123** · 02-05-2011, 12:49 PM

And the weathet is NOT bluebird!

**JET123** · 02-05-2011, 02:09 PM

Snowing pretty hard all day at Loveland and not showingsigns of letting up.

**PowTron** · 02-05-2011, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by JET123

LOVELAND is fantastic!

Boot to knee deep off 4 and 8 with waist or more in lots of places. Filling in everywhere!

Best day at Loveland so far

What, are you 3' 5" tall?

**JET123** · 02-05-2011, 02:26 PM

Nope... lots of windblown pockets that were deep. Overall boot to knee all day

**gratzo** · 02-05-2011, 02:33 PM

There is no spot in the state right now with fresh, waist deep powder. It's called measuring when you're standing still. If you measure the amount of blower pow that comes up when you're skiing at 15-25mph, then it's probably face deep right now.

We should come up with some distinction between the depth of new snow vs. how high on the body it hits you when you're skiing through it.

Super glad it's dumping in a lot of spots and should continue through most of the day, but let's keep the superlatives in check. If you post a picture of someone standing still with the new, fresh snow up to their waist, then that's saying something.

Not trying to be a buzz kill, but it seems like every powder day this year has been "waist deep".

JOEL