Snowfall Totals
Running list of snowfall totals as monster March snowstorm wallops Front Range of Colorado
The much anticipated storm arrived overnight and has already buried parts of the Front Range under feet of snow with another 12 to 24 hours to go! While parts of the metro area fell victim to mild temperatures and prolonged rain/mixing last night, the majority of folks have already hit the low-end of their forecast range, and most of
Snowfall Forecast
Significant snowstorm on the way for Denver area, FEET of snow likely for the foothills; Latest snowfall forecast & discussion
We're just hours away from the onset of a significant Colorado snowstorm set to bury the Front Range foothills in feet of snow, and possibly bringing upwards of 12" of snow to the Denver metro area. Impacts will be greatest at higher elevations west of Denver and Boulder and across the western Palmer Divide, but the cities are looking at a significant snow event as well, and travel from late tonight through Thursday will not be advised, and in all likelihood impossible in some locations as dee
Snowfall Forecast
Winter Storm Warnings posted for Denver area, snow storm moves into Colorado on Wednesday night, latest snowfall forecast
Our biggest storm since the Pi Day Blizzard of March 14, 2021 looks to be on track to arrive Wednesday night into Thursday... and fittingly, Thursday is the 3-year anniversary of that storm. This storm looks to begin impacting us Wednesday afternoon, potentially lasting into Friday morning south of the Palmer Divide. Let's get right into the details of this thing! Snowfall and timing Wednesday 9AM - 3PM Should be a fine start to Wednesday mo
Denver Weather
Denver weather: Overnight data continues with significant snow event for Wednesday through Thursday
Data analyzed Monday night through Tuesday morning has been... impressive to say the least. A significant storm continues to keep Colorado in its sight, and for Denver, this remains a consequential storm to watch. Speaking of "watch," the Weather Service issued one for the Denver metro areas, Palmer Divide, and Front Range Mountains. Warnings and Ad
Snowfall Forecast
Forecast update: Heavy snow, plentiful moisture looks increasingly likely for Denver, Front Range of Colorado
We continue to track the potential for a wet, heavy snowfall across the region for the latter half of the week. Of course, there remains uncertainty around the details, and like every system, this one has some unique pros and cons going for it. Still, guidance is supportive of plentiful moisture across the region and likely some good accumulating snow for some of us. On several measures, this setu
Colorado Snow
Colorado weather: Winter weather possible late this week
Hey everybody! Finally going to see a more favorable pattern for rain and snow across the front range later this week. It looks like a slow moving... blob... of unsettled weather is on the docket come Thursday and Friday – and by blob, I mean this thing: You can see it's not coming through all that organized, it's pretty far south and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to get it to spin up a bit more and cause more of a ruckus. Never fear, though! It does have something working in our favo
Denver Forecast
Denver Weather: System brings rain and snow with temperatures dropping all of Tuesday
There's a system set to arrive in the metro areas overnight through Tuesday, meanwhile the mountains are cashing in on snow from that system Monday. Meanwhile, Denver hits the 60s with this wind Monday prior to see a downhill trend all day Tuesday. Starting with the hourly temperatures, you'll see that downhill slide all of Tuesday. Although Monday is warm, that wind has a bit of a bite to it. While temperatures cool off Tuesday, more of that wind chill will be a factor. I certainly hope fires
Denver Forecast
Colorado weather: Another mild afternoon in the forecast ahead of rain and snow showers across the state
Our mini-heatwave continues today as temperatures will again climb into the mid 60s along the Front Range ahead of a bit of change in the weather later today and for your Thursday. Temperatures on Tuesday were similarly warm across the region, with more than a handful of daily record highs being set across Colorado and the central plains states. This animation shows those locations that set records, or came close. For Denver, the high of 66°F on Tuesday was well shy of the record for the date
Snowfall Forecast
Colorado weather: Quick chance of snow Friday could bring accumulation to Denver, Front Range
We continue to track the week-end storm, which will bring pockets of good accumulating snow to the northern mountain to kick off the weekend, and it looks increasingly like a few bands of snow will develop along the hills Friday evening – with perhaps a few communities along the urban corridor picking up a quick 1 to 3" of snow under those bands. Here's the hourly planner for the Denver area, you can see it's a relatively brief window Friday afternoon/evening for that snow to occur, but a fair
Snowfall Forecast
Measuring Saturday's "boom" snowfall potential along the Front Range
Just a quick post tonight as we're watching evening data come in, and figured we'd share a few maps with you Insiders as it does look like there's at least some potential for some sneaky solid totals for communities that end up under the heavier bands from this system. Colorado snow forecast: A look at timing and snow mapsIt’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
Colorado Snow
Colorado snow forecast: A look at timing and snow maps
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
Colorado Weather
Colorado weather: Next winter storm(s) is on the way, will deliver snow to much of the state
We're tracking more accumulating snow for much of the state Friday and into the weekend as more wet weather moves our way to end the week and our unsettled pattern continues. For the urban corridor that means an uptick in snow chances Friday, then again Friday night and Saturday before odds drop off Saturday night. Temperatures will cool into the low 40s Friday, and hover around freezing on Saturday with that off and on snowfall. The forecast remains a bit messy, even as we could see some fo
Denver Weather
Colorado weather: Tracking two systems to impact us with rain, snow, wind, and a cool down
A warm Tuesday is underway, occasionally breezy, but have you seen the additional cloud cover where you are? That's the next system, increasing moisture ahead of putting down heavy snow in parts of the mountains Wednesday and then rain and snow to parts of the plains. There is also a weekend system to put on your radar. Let's start with the near term. Here's an hourly planner for Denver going out 72 hours. Wednesday has the potential to be a touch warmer than Tuesday, but we see the chance for
Snowfall Forecast
Guidance again hints at some big-time snow, but will it *stick*? Latest forecast and discussion for greater Denver area snow this weekend
This has been one of those weeks. Here we are just hours out from the arrival of our weekend storm, and I think most forecasters if they're being honest would say we don't have a great idea of how things are going to ultimately pan out. Just about everything is on the table still, from being dry-slotted, to more rain than snow, to well... a healthy amount of heavy, wet snow across a good portion of the urban corridor. It's really been one of those weeks where things just haven't quite added up
Colorado Snow
Colorado weekend rain and snow storm: Timing, total, impacts
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
Colorado Weather
More heavy snow falling across the northern mountains; gusty winds and a few snow showers for the Front Range
We've got another system swinging through the state today and Thursday which will bring more wintry weather to parts of the state. The northern and central mountains will see another 1 to 2 feet of snow by the time things wrap up on Thursday, in particular across the higher terrain of the Gore and Park Ranges. For lower elevations, snow with this system will be sparse – in fact, the latest HRRR (below) shows nothing along the urban corridor through Friday morning. Still, some snow showers may
Denver Weather
Denver weather: Arctic cold to hang on through Monday, meanwhile mountains get dumped on with heavy snow and wind
We aren't going to rival the stretch of cold of 1983, but the next three days may end up somewhere in the top 30 of coldest three day stretches. The average high through Monday will be near 4 degrees is all! This list is of the coldest average high temperature of three day periods. If we truly average about 4 degrees, that puts Denver Area at the 25th coldest three day stretch on record. As of this post, Denver low temperature for today is -12 degrees, which is warmer than the -20 degree recor
Colorado Springs Forecast
Focus of storm on Thursday will be across Southern Colorado, more snow for the weekend?
It still looks like a wintry weather pattern over the next 10 days, kicking things off tomorrow with some snow across parts the state, and cooler temperatures for everyone along the Front Range. Here's the latest 10-day temperature outlook for Denver from the ECMWF model: As mentioned, a storm system will impact mainly southern portions of the state with snow on Thursday, another storm system flies through Friday evening, and another is possible Sunday night and Monday – but that one has been
Snowfall Forecast
Another update on pre-Christmas snowstorm set to move through Colorado, NWS issues winter weather alerts
Bah humbug. That's how forecasting this system's got me feeling. Still a lot of uncertainty today with regard to who sees how much snow. A few things we do know for sure and we'll cover them in this update, and we'll again touch on latest snowfall forecast amounts for the region. Let's dig in. What we know Temperatures are set to tumble. Anomalous heat across much of the CONUS today will shift east as our moves through tonight and Sunday. By Monday morning temperatures will be below aver
Snowfall Forecast
Friday morning update: Snowfall forecast for Colorado, Denver area over the holiday weekend
We continue to track a change in the weather due to arrive this weekend and bring with it some rain, snow, wind, and cooler temperatures as we move through the long holiday weekend. In yesterday's update [https://www.weather5280.com/2023/12/21/hoping-for-a-white-christmas-in-denver-heres-an-update-on-the-incoming-rain-and-snow-to-colorado-this
Snowfall Forecast
Hoping for a White Christmas in Denver? Here's an update on the incoming rain and snow to Colorado this weekend
As we discussed in our last update , we are tracking some moisture headed for Colorado this weekend. Some of that moisture will fall in the form of rain (😱), some in the form of snow (❄️), and some... well may not may not fall at all (🌬️). There are really two systems we are tracking for the holiday weekend. The first is a wet but warm system which will climb out of the southwest today and Frida
Storm recap
Colorado storm recap: Snow exits, clouds and fog linger
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
Colorado Weather
Foothills, Palmer Divide see freezing drizzle and fog, update on snow potential for Colorado Springs, SECO
A busy, and well, wintry update this Tuesday evening for you. We've got Winter Weather Advisories in place lining Colorado's Front Range and Palmer Divide, and continue to track rain and snow for southeast Colorado – which gets going in earnest later tonight and on through much of the day Thursday. First for the northern urban corridor and foothills where we are seeing pockets of freezing drizzle and fog tonight. A Winter Advisory is in effect through noon tomorrow to account for low visibilit
Snowfall Forecast
Winter Weather Advisories posted; Snowfall forecast update as snow arrives in Colorado, Denver area
This hasn't exactly been a fun snowfall forecast to pin down. Some pretty wild up-and-downs in the data over recent days, with little agreement in the data on who sees what and when, with varying jet influences, upslope, and even marginal temperatures at times. This morning we think things look a bit clearer, and well, the first round of snow has already arrived across parts of the urban corridor and Palmer Divide – so let's see what to expect from the remainder of the day today and tonight.
Denver Weather
Denver weather: Quick hitter to deliver wind, cold, and some snow to areas Friday
There's a rapid change about to move across Colorado and right through the metro areas Friday. You'll notice wind, a sharp drop in temperatures and many of us will see some snow to add potential icing to roads in time for us to start the weekend. Out of all elements, I think wind and the temperature change will be the takeaway. Snowfall, remains hit and miss for much of the metro areas with this one...but still a threat and a threat to roads before we get the day done Friday. So, when does this