Monday, December 20, 2010
DENVER — Forecasters are predicting snowfall of “epic proportions” in parts of western Colorado.
The National Weather Service says the top of the Grand Mesa and areas around Crested Butte above 9,000 feet could have 6 to 8 feet of snow by Thursday afternoon. A winter storm warning covering Vail, Aspen, Telluride and Crested Butte lasts through Tuesday night, with wind and heavy snow making it difficult to travel.
On Sunday, Silverton Mountain reported 18 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours at the ski area, while the Crested Butte ski area reported 15 new inches.
While northern Colorado has been getting a lot of moisture this fall, snowpack totals have been lagging in southern Colorado.
It looks like 16-20 feet has fallen in the Sierras (California) since Friday. Moisture from the same storm is hitting Colorado.
click on “24 hour loop” at the link
http://www.weather.gov/sat_loop.php?image=ir&hours=24
grand total @ 9300′
5″ water per day for 3 days plus a trace the last 24 hours
15+ feet new snow on mammoth mountain in 3 days — most snow ever in december…and from one storm. that is at the snow plot, so more than that certainly fell up on the high ridges. at our ski area it was twice as deep at the top as at the snow plot. (mostly because of higher snow ratios)
4-6 ft in town 3 days. not actually that unusual 😉
when these guys get off their asses and update this, it will be well above the wettest year ever
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp013390.pdf
“epic proportions”
The only thing epic viz a viz the weather has been the language used to describe it.
“Moronic stooopidity of IMMENSLY GRAND HISTORICALLY MASSIVE EPICAL proportions.”
Global warming will challenge ski industry.
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20081224/NEWS/812249997
The above Colorado no-snow article was from 2008. In 2006 Oregon State U. professors said similar things about future Pacific NW snowpacks.
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2006/Mar06/snow.htm
At Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor, yesterday’s cumulative snowfall was 213″, 55% of the yearly average, continuing good snowfalls for the last several years.
http://www.mtbachelor.com/winter/mountain/snow_report
Clearly they did not get the AGW memo that warming causes more snow, cuz they have been saying that all along… right? That’s what they are telling us now…