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Colorado snow for Thanksgiving Weekend
The first truly widespread snow for the state of Colorado is headed our way. Not a lot has changed with the forecast from the snippets we've given you thus far. In this blog, we'll focus on timing, totals and impacts of this storm. We'll also outline some national travel trouble spots for folks heading home this weekend. Let's time it out A strong cold front will slide south Thursday afternoon bringing increasing clouds and colder temps for Thanksgiving. By sunset Thursday, snow showers will s
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Colorado Weather: First of two Thanksgiving systems hits through Monday
There are two main disturbances that will impact the weather across Colorado, including travel impacts in Denver, through Thanksgiving Week with the first hitting now through Monday. The first system has some alerts in place, so let's begin there. Isolated impacts expected in the mountains, most of which focus on the San Juans. Let's watch as the forecast radar shows us where and when to expect some precipitation. Then, just an hourly timeline for Denver's precipitation chances shows chances
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Colorado weather: Waiting for the pattern change, Thanksgiving week outlook
It's kind of like when you have trouble getting the engine started. We've had some flashes of life here and there with the weather, but outside of that, a LOT of downtime. We discussed in our last SOTA post that we're starting to shed into a pattern change. It's still looking like we'll see a decent storm for the mountains starting Sunday and lasting into Monday. Model data the past few days has had some trouble pinning down the forecast for the front range and lower elevations. The big picture
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day forecast for Denver a chilly but mostly pleasant one, slight chance for a passing snow shower
In history, less than 20 percent of November 26ths have seen measurable snowfall in Denver. This year, while measurable snowfall does not look likely, we may see some snow pass through the city. A system will be moving across Colorado Thanksgiving Day and Night. This animation will show you the projected radar of rain and snow as they move across the state Thursday and also Friday: The main areas of moisture do stay in the mountains and across southern Colorado, but parts of the metro area
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Potent winter storms moves through Monday night, but will it be a direct hit or near miss?
As we covered yesterday on Weather5280 Insider , our targeted active period for winter weather is upon us, and with it another chance of snow for Northern Colorado following quickly on the heels of yesterday's snow. Today there is better consensus on the modeling for this next system, but the devil is in the details. While the trend overall has been toward the GFS solution (a deeper, more impactful snow eve
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Eve Update
No real change to the going forecast this evening, just wanted to offer a quick update and wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! Today the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for all of eastern Colorado, which goes into effect at 6pm this evening and extends through Friday morning. This includes the chance for freezing drizzle, ice and snow that will combine to make travel difficult at times over the next 24 to 36 hours across the region. We won't be making any changes
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Thanksgiving Forecast Update
Cold air set to make a splash for the holiday weekend No big changes to what we discussed in this week's State of the Atmosphere , cold air and a chance for snow are still set to arrive Wednesday night and linger through the weekend across eastern Colorado. As discussed, this does not look like a huge snowfall event for most folks living east of the mountains, though a few locations may see several inches accumulate with off