After a major snow storm last week, we've settled out nicely the last several days with plenty of snowmelt. We don't expect many change to this pattern through Saturday, but by Sunday another powerful spring storm looks to spin up east of the rockies. Surface low pressure projection for Sunday evening - A powerful low wraps up over the Colorado/Kansas BorderTiming and storm setup There's some pretty start differences from last week's storm vs this weekend. The speed of this storm looks much qu

We've kind of seen it all so far this winter and early meteorological spring in Colorado. A few busts, a few booms and a few in-betweens. This week, however, arriving right on time, could be a mid-March special... Any of you model geeks, us included, have seen some of the booming snowfall potential with the storm set to come through around Thursday, potentially lasting well into Friday, and in some instances... until Saturday! Now, not even 96 hours out from this storm we cannot confidently cal

Really no other way to cut it. This system really had trouble getting its act together and as such, will likely underperform expected snow totals. As of 1:00pm, heavy snow has line up along and south of the South Platte River valley. Snow between 3-6" had already fallen in this area through the late morning. Radar Depiction 1:00pm ThursdayA wider view shows very meager precip along the Urban Corridor. Although, areas around Colorado Springs have seen reports of rain, snow, graupel and even ligh

It's Friday morning and we're seeing a weak storm system bring light snow and flurries to the south Denver metro, just enough snow to cause havoc on I-25 in Colorado Springs and some heavier snow showers down near Pueblo and Canon City. This morning's system is fairly weak, but it's a case of just enough snow at the wrong time which caused problems. Into this afternoon, we're not looking all too bad. Most of us will see snow ending. Highs should top out above freezing for most, so any slick ar

We're starting to get into the "increasing confidence" range of the storm set to impact Colorado in the coming days. But "increasing confidence" doesn't mean "high confidence" at this point. For now we've got some data to at least share, and give some general guidance – but we still have another 24 hours worth of model data to comb through by tomorrow evening to give you a better idea of how this will play out. In short – you know what we're going to say: watch for the changes, maybe not much i

Well, depending on who you are, it's either been a good or bad thing that you haven't heard much from us lately. Mother nature won't throw much our way lately – we touched on a few things ahead in our update on Sunday , we'll dig into that again at the bottom half of this write up. Latest Colorado snowpack numbers, and what’s on tap for the remainder of the monthTemperature

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

A slow moving storm with lots of moisture meant some of the biggest snowfall parts of southeast Colorado have seen over the past couple years. This area of low pressure is going to continue to scoot east across the southern plains, but for Colorado, this thing is quickly wrapping up this afternoon. Expect fog, clouds and cold temps to hang around the rest of the day for many of us. Some impressive snowfall totals to go over with you: 9.8" - Gulnare, CO (SW of Aguilar) 8.3" - Cokedale, CO (W

After mild days Sunday and Monday, we're heading into a cloudier and colder pattern through midweek. It's all kicking off with some moisture streaming into the region Monday night and Tuesday morning. Short range models are indicating a some drizzle and snow showers along the northern foothills and front range through Tuesday morning and into the early afternoon. The signal for moisture is highest for Larimer and Weld counties, but we'll likely see some moisture drawn into the Denver Metro ar

About a week and a half ago, we posted about a possible active end to October in our State of the Atmosphere post. Coming just in time, we have a blast of winter weather on the way this weekend. Now, we're not going full-blown bomb cyclone with this thing, but much colder air and some accumulating snowfall is all on the table. But first – let's get through some housekeeping We have a weak system is passing to our southeast Tuesday afternoon

February 2020 is the 4th snowiest to date in Denver-Stapleton's record and another snow may accumulate Wednesday across the metro areas and Front Range. Denver International Airport, where official records are kept for Denver, has recorded 10.8” of snow so far this month, which is 3.1" above the average for the entire month of February. Many locations across the metro area have seen much more snow than this to start the month. Our station, located on Denver’s west side, has recorded 22.5” so fa