Winter in Colorado, 2011 to 2012. (Pueblo, Grand Junction: moving, suburbs, stations)

[Idunn]

Perhaps I missed it, but where exactly on the Weather Underground page returned from the link is there a 'Scientific Weather Discussion?'

Sounds interesting, but do not see it. Thanks.

[Neditate]

Originally Posted by Josseppie

I am the OP and this thread is not about "truly epic weather events" if you want a thread for those kind of events in Colorado then start one. This thread is for winter weather in Colorado and that includes "epic" events as well as light snow showers and even sunny days or rain, whatever weather related event people want to post about.
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[Carla Hailey]

Can't wait for another wonderful skiing experience this coming ski season..

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by Idunn

Perhaps I missed it, but where exactly on the Weather Underground page returned from the link is there a 'Scientific Weather Discussion?'

Sounds interesting, but do not see it. Thanks.

I misspoke--it is "Scientific Forecaster Discussion." If you pull up the forecast for a particular locale, the link is right above the "Nearby" section. Here is an example of what you get--this for the Grand Junction area:

Weather Discussion : Weather Underground

Since this is direct text from the National Weather Service, it does contain some acronyms and technospeak (for example: "GFS" - Global Forecast System--info here: Global Forecast System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ; and "European Model"--info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...her_Forecasts; "NAM"--North American Mesoscale Model--info here: North American Mesoscale Model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ; etc.). Also, the discussion may use the aviation abbreviation for locales--they may resemble an abbreviation of the city or not. For example, "GJT" is the abbreviation for Grand Junction, Colorado, which makes some sense. But, the abbreviation for Vernal, Utah is KVEL, which is obviously not very intuitive. Also frequently mentioned are forecast zones. Those can be found here: NOAA's National Weather Service - Colorado Watch/Warning RSS Feeds by Zone Forecast and Maps: Colorado Zone Forecast Boundaries .

[DOUBLE H]

News11 Grand junction is calling for a storm warning for tonight and tomorrow morning. The nastiest of it might be smack dab in Denver with blizzard warnings east of Denver to the Kansas line. This one is a quick hitter.

Today's high here in GJ was 61, we'll be lucky to see 40 tomorrow. Most likely rain tonight and tomorrow morning, might be rain mixed with snow. Possible 1" of snow for Montrose. Looks like 4" to 6" in the high country. The front range however will get popped good as will northeastern Colorado.

[Josseppie]

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Still only rain in GJ? That is wild.....

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by Josseppie

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Still only rain in GJ? That is wild.....

Not wild--typical. Colorado's lower altitude western valleys typically get rain rather than snow during most of the winter months, save January and the first half of February. Nothing unusual about it all.

[Neditate]

Snow started falling up here (near Nederland) around 7 pm. There's 1.5" on the deck as of 9 pm.
update: 3" as of 10:15.

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

Not wild--typical. Colorado's lower altitude western valleys typically get rain rather than snow during most of the winter months, save January and the first half of February. Nothing unusual about it all.

I admit that I did not know. Then again I never paid attention to the weather patterns on the western slope.

[DOUBLE H]

Am watching Fox31's morning show and yea, Butch McCain on 11 News nailed it. The Denver area is getting it good this morning with snow totals as of now ranging from eight inches to a foot. It rained here fairly good until maybe 11 p.m.