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04-13-2018, 04:08 PM #25601
A friend forwarded this from The Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
in Silverton:
Greetings from Silverton,
The morning of Thursday, April 12 started off with dust storm warnings in the desert southwest. We watched as web cameras showed the clouds and dust moving towards Colorado. In the Four Corners region high winds and dry dusty clouds were widely reported, folks could "taste" the dust in the air and feel the dust in their eyes. Phil Straub (CSAS employee) was at the Opus hut (San Juan Mts.) during the event and said it looked apocalyptic from about 4pm until the sun went down. The majority of the event was deposited dry in the San Juan Mts., without precipitation, on top of dust layers D3/D4 which were already on the surface of the snowpack. This event looks to be widespread with reliable reports describing a super dusty Vail Pass and Vail Mtn of red/brown/rust coloration. Even reports of dust on vehicles in Boulder. Starting around 8pm precipitation followed the dust and high winds, we received 0.5" (13 mm) of water content at Swamp Angel and snow is in the forecast the rest of today and tonight. Currently, D3/D4/D5 are combined into one layer and sitting ~7" below the snow surface at Swamp Angel. After the storm passes we will sample the dust at Swampy and get revealing pictures of the severity of the event.
The CODOS team conducted a portion of the April CODOS tour on April 11. Sites visited were on the Front Range, Hoosier, Grizzly, Berthoud, and Willow Creek Pass. We opted to delay sampling at the rest of the CODOS sites until after this current storm passes in order to assess the range and intensity of D5.
You can expect a full April CODOS Tour report by the first part of next week.
More soon
Above: Abajo dust camera for April 12.
Phil Straub took above photo from near Opus Hut in San Juans.
Phil Straub took above photo from near Opus Hut in San Juans.
Last edited by Alpinord; 04-14-2018 at 04:04 AM. Reason: Fix title and add link
Best regards, Terry
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04-13-2018, 06:35 PM #25602
Dust on crust.
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04-13-2018, 06:35 PM #25603
Honestly, the hood of my truck looked less dusty than Powtron's. So maybe there is hope. Smileyface, if that dust gets covered, there's still plenty of good skiing left.
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04-13-2018, 06:39 PM #25604
Didn't really see anything in Vail, but maybe once this other stuff melts off tomorrow then it may be noticeable.
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04-14-2018, 11:55 AM #25605
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04-14-2018, 03:58 PM #25606Registered User
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Obvious dust in 10 mile range.
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04-14-2018, 05:29 PM #25607
Colorado Weather Discussion Thread
Gorgeous day out there. Copper had good turns up high. Saw some dirt under last night’s snow but not bad.
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04-14-2018, 07:02 PM #25608
May have gotten enough snow here in Breck to cover all the dust that wasn't in wind affected areas. Skied real well up high.
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04-15-2018, 10:20 AM #25609
Breck was great on Saturday, a basin was aight on Friday, skied the beavers which was not that good, but lower east wall was decent. I saw dust at both places but not too much, just a light dusting of dust. More dust at my house in highlands ranch than either place.
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04-15-2018, 11:34 AM #25610
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04-15-2018, 07:32 PM #25611
Anybody see themselves in this photo?
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04-15-2018, 08:13 PM #25612Best regards, Terry
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04-15-2018, 08:22 PM #25613
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04-15-2018, 10:12 PM #25614
Colorado Weather Discussion Thread
Holy shit 4@4 was fun today !
I ended up going on a party bus from Lodo for $45 that had unlimited beer and champagne on board. This was a great idea and horrible idea as I was nearly blackout drunk the entire day. Lots of fun in the sun.
Why isn’t tapatalk letting me share photos !?!?
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04-16-2018, 10:52 AM #25615
Breck skied well on Saturday, but lots of red dust under the new snow. Minimal lines and pretty mellow mood all in all.
MTB @ Buff Creek yesterday which was pretty darn good as well.
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04-16-2018, 02:47 PM #25616
Colorado Weather Discussion Thread
Found some silky smooth corn on Berthoud today. And dust.
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04-16-2018, 03:03 PM #25617
Looks like another line up for Saturday snow : /
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04-16-2018, 07:09 PM #25618
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04-16-2018, 07:36 PM #25619
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04-16-2018, 11:44 PM #25620Registered User
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04-17-2018, 06:03 AM #25621Best regards, Terry
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04-17-2018, 08:59 AM #25622
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04-17-2018, 09:17 AM #25623
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04-17-2018, 09:45 AM #25624
I've noticed this season Joel's ranges have grown to the max being 4-6X the min vs in the past it has been in 2-3X
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04-17-2018, 10:08 AM #25625
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