Thursday, March 19, 2009

URGENT: Potential Blizzard Next Monday, Tuesday

You heard it here first: the chances for a serious dumping of snow next Monday and Tuesday are very real. A deep, and slow moving, area of low pressure will push from the West coast to the Intermountain region by early next week.

Rain changing to heavy wet snow, accompanied by fierce winds (>50mph) are possible Monday into Tuesday. Note that heavy wet snow combined with strong winds has the potential to be very damaging this time of year -- power outages, roof collapses, etc. So this has the potential to be a disruptive and/or destructive event.

The Denver metro area has the potential to see more snow with this one storm than we've had ALL SEASON thus far (~18").

**The most recent computer modeling suggests the possibility of 1-3 FEET of snow!!**

More to follow...

6 comments:

bwyman said...

Oh, Josh, you're such a tease to this snow-starved soul. I'd be seriously psyched to see a real snow here -- I've been here 5 years after 13 years in Boston. The winters here just haven't been nearly as fun.

Josh Larson said...

@bwyman This winter, especially, has been exasperatingly frustrating to snow lovers like you and me. I think we'll find some solace next week!

Thanks for stopping by...

Kevin Cawley said...

love this weather for gettin my bike fix on... but damn, where is the snow. been here 14 yrs and haven't seen this little before.

fingers crossed we get dumped and then later in the week it is 60 again :)

gwen bell said...

Praise freezing wet blankets of snow all you like. I'm headin' back down to Mexico soon as possible.

I'll take cartels over blizzards any day.

bwyman said...

frustratingly, the recent models runs show the storm track trending further north. Alas, the likelihood of any real snow in Denver is looking doubtful...

Josh Larson said...

@bwyman indeed (see my most recent post). Alas. I'm not giving up hope just yet though. If 24 hours from now the models are still north with th jet energy, then I'll throw in the towel. Until then, I'm remaining optimistic...