Jan 17
We’ve been pretty quiet on the details regarding our next storm system throughout this week… that should probably tell you how excited we are getting about it. The fact is the next storm system has a ton of moisture in it, the mountains are going to see very high amounts of accumulated snowfall the next …
Jan 11
Weather Alerts NWS has upgraded the Palmer Divide and foothills to a Winter Storm Warning. This warning has been issued due to the expectation of heavy snow and higher snow accumulations resulting in difficult and hazardous driving conditions. The Warning and Advisory issued runs through 12AM Saturday so expect travel issues to linger into Friday …
Jan 10
This storm didn’t exactly come out of nowhere, we’ve been watching it for days but as you can imagine we are hesitant to get too excited about it given what has happened so far this year. Models have continued to keep decent snow accumulation along the front range and targets the Palmer Divide pretty well …
Jan 09
Our weather pattern will see a bit of a wobble to end the week out… we say wobble because the overall longer term will be warm and dry. However, just because we are stuck in a longer term warm/dry pattern doesn’t mean we won’t see any snow or storm systems at all, it simply means …
Jan 06
There’s definitely a lot for me to be thankful this year; great friends, great family and I’m especially thankful that my wife puts up with me looking at, talking about, thinking about weather every waking moment of the day. I created Mountain Wave Weather mainly as an outlet for this obsession with weather I have. …
Dec 30
Here’s the latest advisories and warnings for Colorado in regards to this storm. The fact that most of the Palmer Divide and foothills areas are in a Winter Weather Advisory should tell you something. This storm will have some snow with it but still doesn’t look to be a major storm by any means. The …
Dec 30
Another storm system will begin making its way into Colorado overnight on Sunday and into Monday and with it comes another chance of snow. Will this storm produce more than our last “blizzard” or will we run into another dud? Let’s go over the need to know stuff first, then we’ll follow on with the …
Dec 26
As you know if you’ve been following along, we haven’t been getting too excited about this storm… while others have. There’s a good reason why, when we are in a continued dry pattern with the jet stream and storm track being the way they are, it is very difficult to break out of that pattern. …
Dec 25
Updated Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Colorado The NWS has issued warnings, watches and advisories for winter weather in Colorado due to the storm system moving in. At this time, we see no indication that this storm will have a major impact on the I-25 corridor or the front range foothills. We do expect most …
Dec 24
Why Trying to Predict Snowfall Totals is a Bad Idea A quick rant… why? Because it helps me feel better, if you just want the storm stuff, skip this section 🙂 I’ve been harping on some folks this week about throwing out snow totals way too far in advance… I probably shouldn’t care. I should …
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