Have had a bit of a break from the action as of late and for most of the rest of this week should be quiet through Friday. However, deep within the recesses of the Weather5280 Slack Channel, four dudes have been eyeing a Front Range Christmas storm potential for days now. Now, there's definitely still a storm present on the models, BUT, the track and timing are still pretty uncertain. Those two factors will be critical in determining if this storm ends up being a travel-disrupting-biggest-stor

We continue to track a very cold airmass set to slide south this week putting a good portion of the country in the deep freeze for Christmas next weekend. For Colorado specifically, it looks like the worst of the cold will come before the holiday weekend, with temperatures moderating a bit by Christmas Eve. Just how cold are we talking? Well, those details aren't pinned down just yet, but Thursday l

A white Christmas in Denver is not rare, but certainly not common either. Historically, 38% of Christmas Days have had snow on the ground and only 15% have had snow falling. This year could beat those odds with two chances of snow the week leading up to Christmas Day, and our recent snowfall to boot. For some perspective, here are the top snow totals of snow that fell on Christmas: * 2007 - 7.8" * 1894 - 6.4" * 2014 - 3.4", * 2015 - 2.3", * 1912 - 1.7". Clearly, Christmas isn't really k

Although dwindling there does remain a chance for the city to see some snow on Christmas Day. The chance looks to be about 40-60% to see some snow falling during the later day. Don't expect much in the way of accumulation unless you are in the mountains, though a coating to a fluffy few inches or so will be possible across the northeast Plains. Here are two model projections of snowfall for Christmas Eve through Day. Overall, travel throughout the metro area looks okay for Christmas day. Tra

A quick update this evening as we head into the long holiday weekend. The long and the short of the forecast is, the big cutoff low we discussed on Monday does in fact appear as though it'll stay well south of Colorado, and take most of the heavy snowfall associated with it along with it. With that, our weather headlines for the next few days will be: much colder air on the way, and at least a chance for some snow ac

The Christmas countdown continues. Some of you may be measuring your advent calendars with a snow chance countdown. Well, unless you are in the mountains your countdown can probably stop at one more chance. The city isn't likely to see snow now through Christmas Eve, but may see snow falling on Christmas Day. In any given year, odds are actually against a Denver white Christmas , both in terms of snow on the ground and ac

Denver International Airport, where official records are kept, recorded 3.4 inches of snow on Thursday, which is the 3rd highest snowfall total on Christmas day since 1882. snow Denver coloradoHeavy snow falls in Denver, Colorado December 25, 2014 Storm snowfall totals ranged from just a few inches to upwards of 10” in the foothills. Downtown Denver saw totals from 3 to 5” with 4.5” at our station 1 mile south of the capitol. Overall our forecast worked out very well, with most locations comi

Yesterday’s snow was just enough to remind us what month it actually is after seeing a good round of rain the night before. Today temperatures remain in the 30s across the Denver metro area, with a stiff wind making things feel a bit more uncomfortable then we’ve grown accustomed to over recent weeks. Light snow and wind-blown snow continues across the eastern Plains today making travel difficult (and at times impossible) along I-70, but overall our weather turns quieter as we head into Wednesda