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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These posts contain some discussion of the white stuff, whether it be mountain snow pack or a Front Range snowstorm.
Happy Wednesday! Ingredients are already starting to come together for a quick shot of precipitation this evening with rain changing to heavy wet snow across the entire area. Forecasting Front Range snow isn’t always as easy as we may make it look and tonight’s forecast is a prime example with uncertainty still remaining rather high. Models have been very inconsistent with this wintry system thus far, but the overall recent trend has been towards more snow for everyone. We discuss the latest developments on the storm and the expected snowfall totals across the Boulder-Denver area. Unfortunately the timing of everything will have implications on the Wednesday evening commute.
Premium Storm Update (12/28/22 3:00PM): Things are coming together nicely across the central Rockies and the ongoing forecast for rain changing to snow this evening remains on-track. Recent model runs continue to advertise copious moisture dumping on the Front Range tonight, greater than 0.5″ in many areas, and thus we’re expecting almost everyone will pick up several inches of wet snow from this storm. Read on for the latest timing on the change-over from rain to snow and an updated look at snowfall totals, including which spots could have a chance at double digit snow amounts! READ HERE
Last week’s highly-anomalous Arctic blast delivered the goods in terms of record cold and a decent snowfall across the Front Range. We discuss a few different aspects of this particular Arctic outbreak which make it stand out against Boulder’s 122 year historical record.
Following a mild but technically “white” Christmas on Sunday, the week starts off quiet with a nice warm-up planned for Tuesday into the 60s. A southern-track system will bring heavy snow to the Mountains Tuesday night into Thursday, along with a good snow chance for the Metro area Wednesday night as well. Following a cold front, the week will conclude with seasonal temperatures.
The highly-anticipated Arctic blast delivered the goods over the last 18 hours — taking us from near 50 degrees into the negative teens rapidly with a blanket of snow also falling across the entire area. Let’s take a look at the regional snowfall totals.
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!
A doozy of a forecast will unfold this week as extremely cold Arctic air overtakes the Front Range late on Wednesday accompanied by a quick shot of fluffy snowfall. However, the main story will be the bitter cold with wind chills dropping to dangerous levels for an extended period. This may be the coldest air to reach our area in decades. We discuss the timing of the powerful front, just how cold it will get and give our early thoughts on potential snowfall accumulations.
Many of you were likely underwhelmed by the snowfall event this week which was inevitable. Despite the media hype for this storm, the most likely scenario, at least from a pattern recognition standpoint, ultimately did unfold across the Denver area with most locations seeing little to no snowfall as the heavier bands stayed just to the east. Let’s take a look at the snow totals across the Front Range!
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