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.
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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!
A major winter storm set to impact the Front Range Tuesday night through Wednesday. The heaviest snowfall will likely be focused east of Interstate 25 where up to 10″ could fall, with lesser amounts in Boulder and the Foothills. Another chance of light snow on Friday will round out a rather cold overall week for the Denver Metro area. Read on for our complete outlook of the week ahead, including our preliminary snowfall forecast map for the midweek snowstorm.
⦁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
Following a weekend of quiet weather, the week ahead will continue that trend of near normal temperatures under downslope flow — at least for a few more days. The Mountains will see two waves of snowfall Monday through Wednesday with more than a foot expected in some ranges and ski resorts. As for the Plains, a midweek system will produce a period of light snowfall as well, but only with low-end accumulations expected alongside cooler temperatures.
Hint: All of the clues are related to Boulder, Denver, and/or Colorado weather. OK, well most of the clues…
Happy New Year! We’re starting off 2023 unsettled with more snow! There’s no holiday rest for us meteorologists here in the Front Range as yet another southern-track winter storm is knocking on the door. This one will unfold in two phases — the first being a period of freezing drizzle/snow showers Sunday night with a second phase of snow (some heavy) developing during the day Monday. In this forecast update we talk about timing, potential snowfall totals and the extended outlook for the rest fo the week.
Update (5PM 1/1/2023): Lowered snowfall amounts and updated snowfall map based on latest guidance.
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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