Thursday, May 1, 2008

Will it Snow? Yes.
Will it Stick? No.

Not too much to report here, folks. As previously advertised, a strong cold front (and associated trough of low pressure) will push through Colorado during the day Thursday. This will lead to high temperatures some 35-40 degrees cooler than yesterdays high temperatures near 80. While the incoming airmass will be cold enough to produce some conversational-type wet snow, surface temperatures will be way too warm in the greater Boulder/Denver area for anything to stick.

So, while a mix of rain and wet snow -- perhaps, at times, even mostly snow -- may fall during (primarily the second half of the) day Thursday, I do not anticipate any accumulation -- even on the colder non-paved surfaces -- for areas below 7500ft. (Reminder: Boulder/Denver "live" at around 5500ft.)

That being said, areas above the 7500ft threshold may very well see 2-6" of accumulation -- primarily on grassy surfaces. (And I would not be shocked if some isolated locations in the high mountain country well to our west see up to 10" of heavy, wet snow.)

A few snow showers may linger into the evening hours Thursday, which carry with them the slight (<20%) chance of leaving a light coating of wet snow on grassy surfaces overnight into Friday.

THE BOTTOM LINE: except in the higher mountain country well to the west, this system will only bring conversational, nuisance snow -- nothing more.

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