Moderate to heavy snowfall impacted the Front Range mountains and foothills to close out the month. Above 8 thousand feet, storm totals generally ranged from 4 to 9 inches, with locally higher amounts.
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The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy snowfall impacted the Front Range mountains and foothills to close out the month. Above 8 thousand feet, storm totals generally ranged from 4 to 9 inches, with locally higher amounts. The big winner in the event was near Blue Valley near Idaho Springs, which picked up 16 inches of snowfall. Trail Ridge Road was shutdown as snow drifts from 1 to 3 feet covered portions of the scenic highway. In addition, Colorado Department of Transportation closed Loveland Pass due to safety concerns, and several brief closures occurred along Westbound I-70, from Floyd Hill to Silverthorne. Along the urban corridor and in the foothills below 8 thousand feet, much needed rainfall up to 1.5 inches was observed.
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 May 30, 4:53 PM MST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
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Snow and blowing snow forced the closure of Trail Ridge Road, with drifts up to 3 feet.
Storm totals included 9 inches in Silverthorne and 6.5 inches near Kenosha Pass.
Storm totals included: 16.1 inches near Blue Valley, 7.5 inches, 4 miles west of Conifer; 6 inches near Aspen Park and Aspen Springs; with 5.8 inches near Evergreen and Pine Junction.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, May 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1018031, 1018032, 1018033.