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.
Author: BoulderCAST Team (Page 13 of 42)
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⦁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
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.
Hint: All of the clues are related to Boulder, Denver, and/or Colorado weather. OK, well most of the clues…
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.
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Wednesday sure will be an appropriate first day of winter across the Front Range — the coldest airmass in more than a decade will flood our area! After a warm and windy afternoon of elevated fire danger, the well-advertised Arctic front will blow through by early evening accompanied by tumbling temperatures and pockets of heavy snow. We discuss a few small changes to the forecast including why we are bumping up the expected snowfall totals a tad across the area. Let’s talk bitter cold and white stuff!
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