Mountain West Discussion

[Scott]

Latitude matters.

 

For Santa Fe, it's more of a matter of topography than latitude.   Santa Fe isn't as prone to radiative cooling as some areas.    Just to east of Santa Fe and at a similar elevation, Tererro, for example has recorded temperatures as low as -35.

[Black Hole]

Upward trend in precipitation on models for the storm tomorrow night-Sunday. For my house I am thinking somewhere in the 2-5" range now. 

[Front Ranger]

For Santa Fe, it's more of a matter of topography than latitude.   Santa Fe isn't as prone to radiative cooling as some areas.    Just to east of Santa Fe and at a similar elevation, Tererro, for example has recorded temperatures as low as -35.

 

Fair point. Although Santa Fe has gotten as cold as -18 in February (2011).

[Front Ranger]

Weather looks inconceivably boring and non-wintry here for the foreseeable future.

[Kayla]

Weather looks inconceivably boring and non-wintry here for the foreseeable future.

 

Same here... Maybe a skiff of snow on Monday but otherwise quite boring over the next 7-10 days. Glad we at least had the big storm last week giving us a solid snow base in town during this extended dry/warm period.

[Black Hole]

Heavy snow this morning. Only about 1" so far, maybe end up 2-3" in the end.

[Front Ranger]

Very windy day along the foothills, with gusts in the 80-90 mph range for parts of the Golden to Boulder corridor.

 

Looks like I got a gust as high as 56 mph at my house.

[Kayla]

So windy! The wind has been relentless these last couple of days. Only difference today was that it was accompanied by colder temps so the drifting has been worse. We now have plenty of 4 foot drifts out in the yard. Also had a nice little snow squall move through this morning that dropped a quick inch or so that just blew everywhere.

 

Looks like after tomorrow we warm up and stay in the 40's through the rest of the week. Pretty boring weather coming up.

[Front Ranger]

CMC and GFS are now showing a decent little snowfall here tomorrow, although temps may be somewhat marginal. Something to track, at least!

[Black Hole]

Foggy with drizzle today, about 34-36F most of the day. May see some rain or snow the middle of next week. 

[Front Ranger]

WWA issued for 2-5" tomorrow. This has a chance to be my second biggest storm of the season to date (will need to beat the 4" storm from mid October), but unlikely to beat the 7" I saw in early November.

[Front Ranger]

Ended up with about 6" of heavy, wet stuff. Nice snowy night around the neighborhood.

 

 

[GHweatherChris]

Ended up with about 6" of heavy, wet stuff. Nice snowy night around the neighborhood.

 

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Nice depressing description, 98.5 percent of us this winter would love to have an inch of that and not describe it that way... it's either nice or not. Not heavy wet stuff.... geez...

[Front Ranger]

Nice depressing description, 98.5 percent of us this winter would love to have an inch of that and not describe it that way... it's either nice or not. Not heavy wet stuff.... geez...

 

 

It was a literal description of the type of snow. I wasn't complaining.

[Black Hole]

Low clouds and temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s the last few days. Should get a little snow or rain on Tuesday night with hopefully a mix out. Bigger storm with rain to snow Thurs-Friday seems possible at this time. 

[Dan the Weatherman]

Ended up with about 6" of heavy, wet stuff. Nice snowy night around the neighborhood.

 

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The building in that second photo almost looks like some sort of castle somewhere in Europe (only without the moat). What building is that and where is it located?

[Front Ranger]

The building in that second photo almost looks like some sort of castle somewhere in Europe (only without the moat). What building is that and where is it located?

 

It's Belleview Christian School here in Westminster. About 5 min from my house.

[Dan the Weatherman]

It's Belleview Christian School here in Westminster. About 5 min from my house.

 

Thanks. It is quite a unique building architecturally speaking.

[Black Hole]

Inversions remain but the stratus finally broke up. First time I've seen the sun in like 4 days. 

[Front Ranger]

Inversions remain but the stratus finally broke up. First time I've seen the sun in like 4 days. 

 

I had a friend years ago who was in SLC for 6 months for a work contract, over the winter. He complained a lot about the inversions while he was there. I think it was the winter of 2010-11? Or 2011-12.

[Black Hole]

I had a friend years ago who was in SLC for 6 months for a work contract, over the winter. He complained a lot about the inversions while he was there. I think it was the winter of 2010-11? Or 2011-12.

Probably 11/12. 10/11 had a lot of active weather with only January seeing any sustained ridging. This winter hasn't been too bad until recently. 

[Front Ranger]

Despite highs in the 40s the past couple days with sunshine, snow cover is holding up pretty good. Still about 4-5" for most my yard.

 

Low dew points and (still) long shadows working their magic.

[Black Hole]

1.1" this morning, another 1-3" tomorrow night. Another storm on Monday that may be a bit better. 

[TT-SEA]

Despite highs in the 40s the past couple days with sunshine, snow cover is holding up pretty good. Still about 4-5" for most my yard.

 

Low dew points and (still) long shadows working their magic.

 

Sure Jared... your snow does not melt when its sunny and in the 40s?

 

I was told that someone in DC cannot keep snow on the ground when its sunny and in the 20s. 

 

You have magical snow!  

 

If I made the same post... Phil would mock me for days and accuse me of lying.  

[Front Ranger]

Sure Jared... your snow does not melt when its sunny and in the 40s?

 

I was told that someone in DC cannot keep snow on the ground when its sunny and in the 20s.

 

You have magical snow!

 

If I made the same post... Phil would mock me for days and accuse me of lying.

Well, to be fair, from late February on sunshine is much more effective at melting snow.

[TT-SEA]

Well, to be fair, from late February on sunshine is much more effective at melting snow.

 

To be fair... we had about 6 inches of graupel in that storm (not fluffy snow) which did manage to survive the next day with a 47.4 degree sun angle and a low dewpoint.

 

I actually wish it had not happened.   I have spent hours trying to explain something that nature actually did... because it did happen.    I wanted it to melt instantly.    

[Front Ranger]

I'm not sure what you're even talking about. 

[Black Hole]

Tomorrow evening may see an early transition to snow (graupel perhaps) to due very heavy convection near the front. HRRR showing the temperature plummeting from the mid 40s to 33F in about an hour near me. Also shows about .7" of precipitation falling as snow near 33F or so. Could be several inches of wet snow in that case. 

[Kayla]

Looks like our snow drought is finally coming to end. It has stayed cold here for the most part under an inversion so still plenty of snow out there but it sure is dirty looking. We should see a couple of inches of snow tomorrow into Friday with more over the weekend. It looks like we could see a pretty strong storm Sunday night into Monday and again Wednesday.

 

12z ECMWF shows about 20-25" in Bozeman over the next 10 days so it appears the snow machine is finally turning back on.

[Black Hole]

1" of snow this morning. Models busted hard again with about 5x the total water compared to what we actually got. 

[Front Ranger]

Picked up a quick 2-3" this morning at the house, on top of the 3" still on the ground from last Friday. Better than I was expecting based on the models last night.

[Front Ranger]

Nice shot of snow coming up for the Intermountain West and my area early next week, per the 18z.

 

[Kayla]

Nice shot of snow coming up for the Intermountain West and my area early next week, per the 18z.

 

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I didn’t even make the map...what does that make my area??

[Kayla]

Under a Winter Weather Advisory here beginning tonight. Looks like 2-4" of snow tonight and possibly an additional 1-3" on Monday.

 

Another system moves in on Wednesday that looks to be a bit stronger.

[Front Ranger]

I didn’t even make the map...what does that make my area??

The Rockies.

 

The intermountain West usually refers to the area between the Rockies and the Cascades/Sierra Nevada.

[Black Hole]

Winter storm watch for SLC down to southern Utah for 4-8" of snow. I think some places will get that, but for me I am thinking 3-6" more likely. Still, should be a nice storm. 

[Kayla]

The Rockies.

 

The intermountain West usually refers to the area between the Rockies and the Cascades/Sierra Nevada.

 

Yeah I've always thought of Bozeman as kind of a tweener Northern Rockies climate being situated east of the Continental Divide while just barely west of the Northern Plains. 

[Kayla]

Picked up 2" of snow last night. Looking like 4-6" late tonight into tomorrow. 

 

Really nice to be back in an active snow pattern again.

[Kayla]

Snow has really been coming down out there this morning. Up to 8" of snow on the day already and still coming down. The snow started off quite wet for here so things are way more flocked than they usually are. Just beautiful!

 

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[Black Hole]

4" so far at my place and dumping right now. May end up with 6-8" when its over.