A southern shift will lower totals for Denver. However, there still is some level of uncertainty in where the storm will actually track. In terms of snowfall, these totals are what's most confident at this time. This will spread impacts across the metro areas, lowest near Fort Collins, increasing impacts around Denver, with the highest impact to Southern Colorado. CoCoRaHS Snow Reports for the Denver Metro Area - Last 24 Hours Colorados. So, in many cases we'll have the worst winds before the snow forms.įor snowfall, the timeline of intensity looks something like this: The Storm Track image shows the forecast snowfall over the next 24 hours. But the image above is mostly during a dry period for the metro locations. Wind will certainly impact the snow blowing and drifting. Denver officially recorded 0.3 inches of snow on December 10th, 2021, smashing the previous record for latest snowfall to start the season. For one example, the following map highlights wind gusts during the Tuesday morning drive, some top 40mph on the plains. The wind will be ramping up as we go through this event and that will contribute to travel issues due to blowing snow and dust. In both cases, we see an increase in the chance of snow from late Tuesday and lasting throughout Wednesday. Today will be quite warm, with mild temps ahead of the storm tomorrow too. Let's continue on with the hourly planner for Denver for the next three days. You'll note, that as of now Denver is not included in the Watch, though alerts for the city are possible as we get closer. These will be replaced by either Winter Weather Advisories or Winter Storm Warnings as we get closer to the event depending upon what impacts in terms of snowfall totals and wind are forecast across these counties. Snow falls at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Without delay, let's get right to the details.įirst, we have a Winter Storm Watch in place for the southern half of Colorado. We have a storm on the way as we've discussed at length in previous updates ( Click here for yesterday's post). The police department in Aurora, Colo., a Denver suburb, said on Twitter that its SWAT team rescued people who had gotten stranded on the roads.Good Monday morning. Parts of major roadways, like Interstate 80 in Wyoming and Interstate 70 between Denver and Silverthorne, Colo., near many of the state’s ski areas, were closed overnight on Saturday, and sections of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25 were closed again on Sunday afternoon. Much of the snow was falling on Colorado’s Front Range and Foothills, leaving its more mountainous High Country without such intense snowfall because of an “upslope event” that brought wind from the east, she said. Though Colorado is known for its late-season snowfall - March is Denver’s snowiest month on average - “it’s definitely a rare event,” Ms. Eldora Mountain, a ski area on the Front Range that is about 20 miles west of Boulder, had gotten 11 inches of snow since Saturday afternoon, and was expecting up to 23 inches in additional snow on Sunday, according to Open Snow, which provides forecasts for ski resorts.
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