It is set to expire at midnight tonight. Conditions will improve tomorrow, but it'll take some time. There will be a LOT of snow to melt, plentiful downed trees, and increasingly more folks without power. Snowfall Totals. By Brendan Heberton Mar 14, Subscribe to Weather Don't get left out in the cold, subscribe to Weather!
Updated March, 14 pm A look at the top 10 snow events for Denver shows a number of them may be in jeopardy. An absolutely stunning image right here: It'll take awhile, but eventually the Low will kick east and northeast. Stay safe, stay warm, and keep the snow reports coming! Get weather updates and reports by email, subscribe to Weather According to long-range weather models, the storm should head on to Las Vegas by Friday, before moving toward Colorado over the weekend.
History has told us that a low-pressure system during this time of year is always something to watch. Five to six days out from the likely arrival of the storm, weather models were predicting wild to inch totals for the Denver area and surrounding foothills. For Denver and the surrounding areas to get absolutely blasted with snow, the center of the low-pressure system will have to track over southeast Colorado.
In that case, winds around Denver will blow out of the east and northeast, which forces air up the Rocky Mountains to our west and the Palmer Ridge to our south. When you have rising air, you get moisture. Usually, the duration of these winds and the amount of available moisture are what determine snow totals during these events.
Long-range, trusted weather models have predicted the center of the strong, low-pressure system will travel over southeast Colorado. Those same models have also noticed that this particular storm is slow moving and almost stationary at times.
It is even grabbing more moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and swinging it up toward us. The combination of a slow-moving storm with upslope winds will contribute to high snow totals. An added perk to mention is that storm could deliver upwards of two inches of liquid in some areas.
The last time Denver got more than one inch of liquid in the rain gauge was back in July of This moisture should help tremendously with the ongoing drought across the region. Forecast totals can and will change between now and the weekend. Here are the top 5 snowstorms on record for Denver and the top 5 bigger March snowstorms that occurred in Denver.
We need As much as 6 to 8 inches of snow is forecast Monday across portions of southern Minnesota and northern Iowa, making for slow travel and potential airport delays. Record snowfalls. There were more than 27 inches of snow reported at Denver International Airport as of Monday morning, marking Denver's fourth-heaviest snowstorm since records were kept in , CNN Meteorologist Dave Hennen said.
Denver International remained closed to flights Monday morning as crews continued to clear runways, the airport said in a tweet. Cheyenne, Wyoming, had measured 36 inches of snow by Monday morning, which sets a new two-day snowfall total. The prior record of By Sunday evening another 11 inches of snow had fallen in the area.
Boulder saw about 8 to 12 inches of snow, and the town of Estes Park has had just over a foot. State government offices in Denver will be shut Monday, the governor's office says.
Heavy and intense snowfall from the current storm will cause large and destructive avalanches at all elevation levels, above and below the tree line, and in "unusual locations," according to the center. Across Colorado, several major roads are also closed, including two stretches of interstates. Southeast of Denver, the County of Elbert has declared a state of emergency due to worsening weather conditions, a tweet from the county's public information officer said.
Leadville, Colorado, reported more than 10 inches of snow early Sunday while the town of Sawpit also saw nearly 10 inches of snow, according to snowfall totals posted by the National Weather Service.
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