A secondary weather system will bring a return of rain and snow to our region on Wednesday. This system is slightly warmer and weaker than the one earlier in the week. Nonetheless, some accumulating snow is possible later tonight. Read on for details.
Monday evening’s wet snow brings us closer to normal precipitation for the month of March. We review the snow totals from across the region and discuss our next chance of snow.
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PREMIUM STORM UPDATE: 7:00 AM Monday March 26 No major changes are needed to our forecast update from yesterday. The Front Range is in store for a wet and eventually snowy evening tonight... The models overall have remained consistent with the position of this storm since last Thursday. Looking at satellite imagery, it is difficult to pick-up the spin from the upper-low …
Despite the warm weather of late, snow is once again headed to our region Monday evening and night. We provide details on the timing and potential snowfall amounts for this quick-moving spring storm.
Premium Storm Update (Mon Mar 26 at 7:00 AM)Minor northward adjustments for tonight’s rain/snow: READ NOW
We often include at least some discussion in our wintry forecasts about snow-to-liquid ratios. In this post, we explain what they are, why they matter, and examine the historical snow ratio record for Front Range Colorado.
As we mentioned in our weekly outlook, a true atmospheric river event is underway, pumping deep tropical moisture into the southwestern United States right now! The moisture influx will mainly be impacting California and Nevada, but Colorado won’t escape totally unscathed. Plus we take a look ahead to a soggy/snowy forecast for early next week.