A storm system brought heavy snowfall to parts of the North Central Mountains and Front Range Foothills. 5 miles north-northwest of Bailey, Gross Reservoir, 4 miles east of Pinecliffe and Willow Creek SNOTEL; with 5 to 9 inches elsewhere.
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A storm system brought heavy snowfall to parts of the North Central Mountains and Front Range Foothills. Storm totals included: 12 inches at Berthoud Pass SNOTEL; 11 inches, 3 miles south-southeast of Silver Plume; 10.5 inches at Wilkerson Pass; 10 inches, 6.5 miles north-northwest of Bailey, Gross Reservoir, 4 miles east of Pinecliffe and Willow Creek SNOTEL; with 5 to 9 inches elsewhere.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 3:24 AM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 324 AM MST FRI MAR 7 2014 .SHORT TERM...COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH MAIN CONCERN SNOW POTENTIAL OVER MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE STORM IS A BIT DEEPER AND STRONGER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. THE EVOLVING PRECIP HAS BEEN SLOW TO EVOLVE BUT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING SOME HEAVIER SNOWFALL NOW DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN COLORADO. THIS HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. IN THE MEANTIME...SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD FROM MONTANA. WEAK PRESSURE RISES MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO BUT NOT A HUGE COLD FRONT TO REALLY LOWER TEMPERATURES QUICKLY. MAIN ISSUE OVER THE PLAINS WILL BE THE RAIN/SNOW LINE AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S THIS MORNING. EXPECT MUCH OF THIS PRECIP TO BE RAIN THIS AM AND THEN BECOME A MORE MIX OF RAIN/SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MORE COMPLICATED TOWARDS THE FRONT RANGE AS EXPECT HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY TURN PRECIP TO ALL SNOW AT LEAST FOR A SHORT TERM THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE FAIRLY UNSTABLE WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND THIS LOOKS REASONABLE BASED ON THE LIGHTNING STRIKES REPORTED ACROSS UTAH OVERNIGHT. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVE BECOME MORE BULLISH WITH THE QPF AND SNOWFALL WITH QPF ON THE PLAINS FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH AND UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID OVER HIGHER EAST SLOPES. THIS MAY RESULT IN UPWARDS OF A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE DIVIDE. COULD SEE 2-3" OF SNOW PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL GIVEN THE LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE QG ASCENT. EVEN THE DRY NAM MODEL FROM 24 HOURS AGO IS NOW THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT HEAVY SNOWFALL. MOST OF THE MODELS NOW HAVE CONSISTENCY ABOUT SIGNIFICANT QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM. AS FOR THE HILITES HAVE UPGRADED OR ADDED THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ZONES 33..34 TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS TODAY AND TONIGHT AND ADDED ADVISORIES FOR ZONES 37..41. HAVE ALSO ADDED THE BOULDER AND DENVER AREA INTO AN ADVISORY FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AMOUNTS BE MORE MARGINAL BUT THE TIME OF HEAVIEST PRECIP MAY COINCIDE WITH THE LATE DAY RUSH HOUR AND COULD PRESENT A PROBLEM. FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR LOOKS LIKE 2-6"...HEAVIEST NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH AND EAST...AWAY FOR THE BEST UPWARDS FORCING. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATER TONIGHT WITH GRADUALY CLEARING. .LONG TERM...SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY STILL EXIST OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DRYING AND DOWNWARD QG MOTION PUSHES IT SOUTH. CLEARING SKIES WILL ALLOW SUN TO SHINE...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT CLIMB TOO MUCH UNDER THE POST FRONTAL AIRMASS. EXPECT READINGS IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S OVER THE PLAINS AND THE 30S TO 40S OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP OUT OF THE FRONT RANGE HIGH COUNTRY OVERNIGHT AS A SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENS ALONG THE EASTERN STATE BORDER. THIS WILL MODERATE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT NIGHT. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE...GOOD WARM ADVECTION AND LEESIDE SURFACE TROUGHING WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BOTH DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. MAX TEMPERATURES READINGS INTO THE 70S WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DAY. MODEL TIMING DIFFERENCES STILL EXIST...BUT ARE IMPROVING. THE ECMWF HAS SLOWED ITS OUTLYING FAST PROGRESSION DURING THE LATEST MODEL CYCLE AND MATCHES BETTER WITH THE GEM. THE GFS REMAINS THE SLOWER SOLUTION...HOWEVER HAS GOOD AGREEMENT RUN TO RUN WITH ITSELF. WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THE MOUNTAINS TO LIKELY AND THE PLAINS TO CHANCE. THIS STORM SYSTEM LOOKS SIMILAR TO TODAY'S SYSTEM...BUT WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. AS THE SYSTEM GETS CLOSER IN TIME AND SPACE...WILL ASSESS THE NEED FOR ANY HIGHLIGHTS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BRING BACK WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER. && .AVIATION...CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS MORNING WITH RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. COLDER AIR WILL SLOWLY FILTER IN AS ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO COOL AND SATURATES. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH POTENTIAL HEAVIER SHOWERS...COULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OR FOR A BRIEF TIME THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW AFTER 00Z TONIGHT. SNOWFALL EXPECTED BY LATER TONIGHT TO BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE...HIGHEST AT BJC/APA AND LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR KDEN. WITH WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ANY LIGHTER SNOW WILL LIKELY JUST MELT. HOWEVER HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS COULD DROP A QUICK INCH OF SLUSHY SNOW ON RUNWAYS. SURFACE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT MORE NORTH AND NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND REMAIN THERE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY ON EXACT TIMING OF PRECIP TYPES AND CHANGEOVER TO SNOWFALL. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ037-041. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ039-040. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ035-036. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ033-034. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ031. && SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM....KRIEDERMAN AVIATION...ENTREKIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1101 AM MST THU MAR 6 2014 COZ030>051-071815- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1101 AM MST THU MAR 6 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EAST SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OVER THE PASSES AND WIND PRONE AREAS IN THE FOOTHILLS. WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH COLORADO LATER TODAY WITH SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND RABBIT EARS PASS AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. LOWER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. SNOW WILL START DIMINISHING FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE PARK AND GORE RANGES AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS. ON THE PLAINS...RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. IN THE EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN COULD CHANGE TO SNOW AND MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL FEATURE WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED MOVE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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