The bulk of the heavy snow is now over, especially for those of us across Northeast Colorado. Here was the forecast image we shared in last night's post for shortly after midnight:Īnd here's the radar loop from 3am this morning! It's very easy to see the counterclockwise circulation in this loop, the band of heavy snow which produced upwards of 2.0" and hour at times, with snow liquid ratios approaching 30:1 under the band! Pretty cool. With that, totals from 10 - 13" were common in the immediate foothills west of town, but further west totals quickly go down – like the 3.5" in Estes Park and Nederland.Īs it turns out, the HRRR did very well with this system, though it's struggled quite a bit this season. The band delivered, and proved that would have been the right call! Here's a look at totals reported across the city through 7am this morning:ĭespite a bit of a curveball with the development of the Denver Cyclone last night, the foothills still managed to get their snow, though we haven't see any crazy boom totals that we might expect with this setup as the heavy snow was quickly pulled east as the wind shift cut into the upslope potential. We considered pulling that 5 - 10" line east in last night's update, but held tight. We had 5 - 10" along and west of I-25 in Denver, and 4 - 7" east. On the east and northeast side 10 to 13" totals were common under the heavy band that moved through after midnight. The 9.5" in Denver is from the central city, but some parts of the city saw even more than this overnight. We'll mark this as a "bust", though our 4 - 7" and 2 - 5" split the airport, so we probably could have counted this in the W column too, and if we add to this a bit today it could be we end up decisively in range. This is because official records are kept at DIA and not in town. ![]() Officially, Denver only picked up 2.1" of snow from this event, although most of the city saw far more than this. We were a touch too high in a couple of areas, with Estes Park coming in a half inch shy of the 4 - 7" range we had forecast, and Limon just shy of the 2 - 5" forecast range. The Winter Storm Warning in place remains in effect through the remainder of the day. Some areas will add to that total today, with another 1 - 4" inches possible for some locales, but in nearly all cases this wouldn't impact our forecast outcome as the numbers would remain in range. Most of the snow totals shared below are through 7am this morning. For all other locations, the average is based on the historical data available for that location.There was a lot of anxiety from folks last night with the slow start to the snowfall across the northern urban corridor, but in the end our forecast looks like it will work out quite well – even the * boom* snowfall for portions of the east Denver metro area, the potential for which was outlined in a guest post last night. The season average for Denver is based on multiple locations, as the official NWS measurement location in the city has moved twice since records began, now being Denver International Airport. Notes on weather data: Snow totals from the NOWData system may include preliminary data. denverĪverage seasonal snowfall total: 56.9″ JulĪverage seasonal snowfall total: 85.6″ JulĪverage seasonal snowfall total: 38.9″ JulĪverage seasonal snowfall total: 52.5″ JulĪverage seasonal snowfall total: 77.7″ JulĪverage seasonal snowfall total: 224.8″ Jul Monthly totals and seasonal averages were compiled from the National Weather Service’s NOWData site and the Denver NWS Seasonal Snowfall Page. To get a look at the season as it stands, FOX31 rounded up snowfall totals for several communities in metro Denver, northern Colorado, as well as one location in the mountains. ![]() ![]() ![]() Weather Alerts: Receive emails from the Pinpoint Weather team
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