#DENVER SNOWFALL TOTALS TV#
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White death: Why Colorado leads nation in avalanche deaths Severance (1 miles southwest): 4.6 inches Windsor (2 miles south-southwest): 8 inchesД«uckhorn Mountain (3 miles east-southeast): 6.8 inchesД®stes Park: (1 mile north-northeast): 5 inches Loveland (2 miles west-northwest): 9.5 inchesДЇort Collins (1 mile north-northeast): 9.1 inchesД«erthoud (4 miles west-southwest): 9.1 inches Horsetooth Mountain (3 miles northwest): 12 inchesДЇort Collins (1 mile south-southwest): 9.6 inchesДЇort Collins (2 miles southwest): 9.5 inches Laporte (3В miles east-southeast): 12 inches So despite some fine-tuning as the storm approached, the National Weather Service mostly nailed this storm in regard to timing of the event and snow totals. Even then, the weather service forecast called for 12 to 18 inches of snow for a small pocket in that area. However, three sites southwest of the city reported 24, 18 and 22 inches, the highest totals from the storm. Many of the reporting stations in the city measured 7 to 10В inches. The Monday night forecast for the Colorado Springs area was 8 to 12 inches. Reported totals ranged from 6.3 inches in Denver to 10.5 inches in Aurora, with many stations reporting 8 to 9 inches.Д¬olorado Springs area sees biggest snow totals Like withВ Fort Collins, by Monday night the weather service doubled Denver's expected snowfall from its morningВ forecast, making the city's forecast totalВ 8 to 12 inches. The weather service forecast for Boulder was 8 to 12 inches, and reported totals ranged from 8.3 to 10.5 inches. The National Weather ServiceВ forecast for Greeley predicted 6 to 8 inches of snow, and reports from the city ranged mostly from 5 to 8 inches. Greeley, Boulder, Denver forecast accuracy That forecast indicated Fort Collins had a 100% chance of seeing more than 2 inches of snow, 97% chance of more than 4 inches, 72% chance of more than 6 inches, 54% chance of more than 8 inches and 14% chance of more than 12 inches. The low-end forecast for Fort Collins wasВ 5 inches, the high-end forecast wasВ 12В inches and the expected amount wasВ 10 inches. The weather service also has a feature called a probabilistic snowfall forecast that isВ a percentages-based model of varying snow totalsВ for various cities in Colorado. You might be surprised how accurate the forecastВ was. But let's take a look atВ the accuracy and lead time of the National Weather Service's snow total forecast for theВ biggest snowstorm thisВ season for theВ Interstate 25 corridor.

#DENVER SNOWFALL TOTALS TV#

There are many TV and private business meteorologists in Colorado. Many people don't care about those things and just want an accurate weather forecast.

This isВ mostly because of the influence of terrain, including the mountains, but also because of more subtle influencers such as the Palmer Divide and Cheyenne Ridge and the Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone, which played a role in our most recent storm. The state is considered among the toughest regions to accurately forecast weather, according to experts. While uncommon, snowstorms of that severity can descend on Denver anytime from October to March.People love to complain about the weather and maybe even more so about the lack of accurate forecasting.Дespite major advances in computer modeling in recent years, accurately forecasting snow and rain totals can beВ especially difficult in Colorado. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events, that don't happen every year. Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur a couple times a year. For 16 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch. How Many Snowstorms Denver GetsДЄbout half the days of snowfall in Denver leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground.

#DENVER SNOWFALL TOTALS FREE#

Denver is normally free of snow every year during June, July and August. The season's last snowfall lands in April or in May. The first snowfall of winter for Denver often arrives in October, but the snow can begin as early as September or as late as November. When Denver Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

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