If you follow me on Twitter (@coloradowx or @joshlarson), the snow storm I've been advertising for several days now is nearly upon us. In many ways it will be fairly similar to last week's storm, falling almost exactly a week later and with fairly similar snow totals.
A couple main differences from last week's storm: 1) We're likely to see little in the way of distructive tree damage as most all of the leaves have now fallen and this will be a drier, lighter snow; 2) due to colder ground temperatures I expect snow from this storm will accumulate more readily on roads -- which was largely not the case last week, and will therefore make Wednesday morning's commute a rough one. 3) This system will feature more in the way of wind than last week's storm -- this will lead to reduced visibilities and the possibility of brief blizzard-like conditions, with wind gusts to 45mph possible at times.
I believe that the NWS is being a bit conservative in their current forecast for 4-8" and would not be surprised if they bump up their totals tomorrow. I believe that most places will see 6" or more inches of snow. MY FORECAST IS FOR 6-10" OF SNOW TO FALL FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING across the Denver metro area including Boulder and Fort Collins.
A couple main differences from last week's storm: 1) We're likely to see little in the way of distructive tree damage as most all of the leaves have now fallen and this will be a drier, lighter snow; 2) due to colder ground temperatures I expect snow from this storm will accumulate more readily on roads -- which was largely not the case last week, and will therefore make Wednesday morning's commute a rough one. 3) This system will feature more in the way of wind than last week's storm -- this will lead to reduced visibilities and the possibility of brief blizzard-like conditions, with wind gusts to 45mph possible at times.
I believe that the NWS is being a bit conservative in their current forecast for 4-8" and would not be surprised if they bump up their totals tomorrow. I believe that most places will see 6" or more inches of snow. MY FORECAST IS FOR 6-10" OF SNOW TO FALL FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING across the Denver metro area including Boulder and Fort Collins.
I'll provide an updated forecast, along with more details and a storm time line by early afternoon on Tuesday.
Until then, stay tuned...
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