Winter in Colorado, 2012-2013 (Pueblo, Grand Junction: house, pictures, resorts)

[proveick]

It's getting to the point if you don't have snowmaking you're SOL.
And now you have this to deal with.
Nation's ski areas and U.S. Forest Service fight over water rights - The Denver Post

[DOUBLE H]

Originally Posted by CarsonCityKid

All models are forecasting a dry remainder of November... nothing for the next two weeks. Lets hope this pattern shifts for December to bring more precipitation.

Agreed! The Grand Junction area will see no precipitation through Thanksgiving. This situation is worrisome.

[CosmicWizard]

Heck, in Grand Junction it's become a cause celebre to even see a cloud!

[Josseppie]

^

I am not worried yet. Now come March if its the same way then maybe so.

[CosmicWizard]

Josseppie wrote: I am not worried yet. Now come March if its the same way then maybe so.

All the worry in the world won't change it for the better anyway, so you are wise not to worry. Even if nothing changes by March, and you start to worry about it, it won't make the situation any better. Worry is a rather useless state of being.

[proveick]

Here's where we are.

[suzco]

Originally Posted by proveick

Here's where we are . . .

And it's not only dry, it's also warm. The temperature today in the afternoon in Denver is low to mid 60's.

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by suzco

And it's not only dry, it's also warm. The temperature today in the afternoon in Denver is low to mid 60's.

Normally I like the cold weather but this Saturday its suppose to be in the low 70's and I am good with that because I will be at the CSU Pueblo playoff game....

[CosmicWizard]

suzco wrote: And it's not only dry, it's also warm. The temperature today in the afternoon in Denver is low to mid 60's.

Not quite that warm in Grand Junction but today there was a new record high for 11/30 .... 58 degrees. With November completed, this marks the 19th consecutive month where the mean temperature for the month has been above the long term norm. For the year thus far in Grand Junction, the mean temp thru November 30th is 57.93 degrees. The normal mean temp thru 11/30 is 54.05 degrees, making the mean temperature for the year thus far 3.88 degrees above the norm. In other words, day in and day out thru the year, the daily mean temp has averaged 3.88 degrees above normal. That seems like a rather significant variance from the norm.

[DOUBLE H]

Originally Posted by CosmicWizard

suzco wrote: And it's not only dry, it's also warm. The temperature today in the afternoon in Denver is low to mid 60's.

Not quite that warm in Grand Junction but today there was a new record high for 11/30 .... 58 degrees. With November completed, this marks the 19th consecutive month where the mean temperature for the month has been above the long term norm. For the year thus far in Grand Junction, the mean temp thru November 30th is 57.93 degrees. The normal mean temp thru 11/30 is 54.05 degrees, making the mean temperature for the year thus far 3.88 degrees above the norm. In other words, day in and day out thru the year, the daily mean temp has averaged 3.88 degrees above normal. That seems like a rather significant variance from the norm.

And right now there is a huge storm over the northern California coast but with a high pressure sitting over the Utah-Colorado state line, that storm is certain to go around western Colorado.