Record Breaking Cold & More Snow Ahead

Temperatures colder than -10 have frozen the pipes at this particular prognosticator's house; others are probably in the same boat (if you are, please leave me a commiseratory/empathetic comment). You may remember that I warned people on this blog (on Saturday) that pipe-freezing was a distinct possibility with an air mass this cold.

Speaking of cold, Denver International Airport (DIA) was down to -19 this morning! That broke an over 100 year record by a significant 5 degrees. That's only 10 degrees short of the ALL TIME record low at DIA of -29. Phew. If you didn't catch this weekend's snow totals, you can view them after today & tomorrow's forecast (below).

Monday 12/15:

• Lots of sun during the first half of the day
• Dangerously cold highs of -2 to +6
  
• Some increasing clouds by late afternooon

Tonight 12/15:

• Mostly cloudy w/ snow developing before midnight
• Light snow will accumulate 1-2" before dawn
• Overnight lows will be near ZERO in most locations

Tuesday 12/16:

• Mostly cloudy and "milder"
• Snow showers during the first half of the day
• Less than 1" new accumulation
• Highs will be near 20

We may make it close to the freezing mark Tuesday & Wednesday, but then a re-enforcing shot of Arctic air sends temperatures south once again by late Thursday into the weekend. I have very little doubt that temperatures will stay at below (or much below) normal levels through the rest of the month of December -- so get used to this cold

Now, re-capping this past weekend's snow totals:

• Boulder - 3.6"
• Arvada - 4"
• Longmont - 3"
• Broomfield - 3.9"
• Denver - 2.3"

Stay warm out there!