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Forecast Discussion:
(Posting early again...) Some parts of the Front Range have received many inches of snow, but in town, we've only received about 1/4 to 1/2 inch. The NWS has a bulletin issued concerning the cold and snow around the Denver Metro for the next 48 hours (Figure 1).
The temperatures are still too high on Figure 2 (from weatherunderground.com) we are only at 15F at 1pm. The HRRR (Figure 3) through 1am tonight shows virtually no snow at all, but models show that another surge of snow will move up the front range tonight. For the next 24 hours (Figure 4) the weather5280.com forecasters still give us a trace to 3" (the low end is more likely). The GFS in Figure 5 has Longmont in a snow-hole (as always) from down slope flow. The GFS has us in the trace to 1 inch zone for the next 48 hours
The longer range forecast:
Figure 2 snows another inch of snow coming in Friday/Saturday with temperatures staying around freezing each day. A nice period of winter!
