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Storm Recap: Snow totals came in on the low end, cold sticks around with more chances of snow already lining up

January 19, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

There was a lot of complaining this week about the poor snow forecast, but it actually turned out pretty okay — not amazing, but definitely okay. Let’s take a quick look at the totals from across the area for what was a rather impressive winter storm by January standards. We also peek ahead to the cold and snowy stretch of weather to come.

Winter Storm Update: Snow set to begin early evening Tuesday with deteriorating travel, increasing totals a tad

January 17, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

Widespread heavy snow is on the way for the entire Front Range Tuesday evening into Wednesday afternoon. A few subtle changes in the forecast have led to us increasing snowfall amounts a tad across the region. Read on for our latest detailed forecast discussion, newly amended snowfall forecast map, updated storm timeline, and more!

December 2022 Graphical Weather Review: A fickle month of fire, snow & historic cold!

January 13, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

December 2022 was a rather fickle month. Things started off somewhat warm and dry, and there was even a sizable wildfire just west of Boulder in the week leading up to Christmas. The weather quickly turned much colder and snowier for the holidays, including the coldest temperature reading in more than 30 years for the city. Here’s a quick and colorful graphical recap of our weather during December and how it relates to climatology.

Front Range Snowfall Totals: January 10-11, 2023

January 12, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

BoulderCAST Daily – Tue 01/10/23 | Windy & warm today, colder with a chance of snow Wednesday

January 10, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

⦁❶⦁ A mountain wave will lead to widespread gusty winds today, strongest in and near the Foothills in excess of 50 MPH

⦁❷⦁ Mostly sunny on Tuesday with highs in the middle 50s

⦁❸⦁ A storm system races across the state on Wednesday, but develops in an unfavorable location too far north and east for Denver — snow chances are not great

⦁❹⦁ Much cooler on Wednesday in the 30s with a slight chance of snow showers — 0 to 1″ of accumulation possible on the grassy surfaces

Front Range Snowfall Totals: January 1-2, 2023

January 3, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

2023 began with a mixbag of wintry precipitation across the Front Range. While snow totals were generally on the light side, the mix in of freezing fog and freezing drizzle made things interesting. Let’s take a look at snowfall totals across the region.

Win prizes by completing the BoulderCAST 2022 weather-themed crossword!

January 3, 2023 / BoulderCAST Team

Hint: All of the clues are related to Boulder, Denver, and/or Colorado weather. OK, well most of the clues…

Storm Recap: The spring-like storm in December that unexpectedly dumped up to foot of wet snow

December 29, 2022 / BoulderCAST Team

Well, there’s no possible way of sugar-coating things here — our snowfall forecast for this one ended up being WAY off. Though hopefully our in-depth discussions beforehand stressed that the exact outcome of this specific snow event was much more uncertain than usual. Heck we even called out this forecast as being “a bit like playing a drunken game of darts”. We’ll first take a look at the regional snowfall totals, discuss what went wrong with the forecast and dive into what made this incredible moisture-infused spring-like storm so difficult to predict in the middle of winter.