You would think different trees would grow in Denver, CO. Nice picture

The CPC 3-4 Week forecast and May outlook are in line with analogs. 1) A Stronger El Nino is likely to develop later this year 2) March +NAO was the 2nd most positive NAO in all of records, 75 years x 12 months, 900 analogs. +NAO March rolled forward to May looks like this: ^Kind of surprising the majority of CONUS is cold Later-in-the-year El Nino looks like this in May: ^Only real strong correlation on current records is in the PNW CPC 3-4 Week outlook: CPC May Outlook:

Yeah, I've only seen less than 40" 4/19 winters here.

After this shield of clouds this evening... you are as favorable or even more so than me. Here is next 2 days:

Models are not as bullish on weekend sun for me as they are for you