Date: 02/28/2017

Snow will continue through much of the day, before tapering off toward sunset. Moderate to strong west winds will continue most the day, before lessening tonight as the jet stream over head moves eastward. Temperatures and windchills will remain bitter, with highs at 11,000ft only reaching the upper teens. Today’s storm will clear out for generally sunny skies the rest of the week, and light northwesterly winds by Wednesday morning and beyond.

Date: 02/27/2017

The cold part of winter has come back, now lets add the snow. Snow showers will slowly increase in intensity this afternoon before peeking Monday night. An upper-level trough of low pressure is dropping southeast to Colorado as a cold front also moves in north of us tonight. The jet stream will further add instability aloft while subtropical moisture increase from the southwest. This combination will add up to a blustery winter storm starting late this afternoon. Snowfall continues through Tuesday, before the flow aloft turns northwest on Wednesday and begins to dry out. We could look at a blanket statement 12-22” of snow out of this storm. Strong winds will also be drifting and redistributing this new snow.

Date: 02/26/2017

Clouds will decrease slightly today, compared to yesterday ,with the occasional very light snow shower. Sky will become overcast tonight as an upper level low pressure trough approaches. Southwesterly winds will also increase and become gusty as this flow brings increasing moisture. Snow showers Monday look to be mostly light, then pick up as we go into Monday night. We’ll see snow showers continues into Wednesday before a drying ridge develops.

Date: 02/25/2017

Cold, northwest flow hangs on for another day, with convective snow showers bubbling up again this afternoon as the cold air interacts with the Central Rockies, and the atmosphere wrings itself dry in the form of light snow showers, some could be heavy at times. West to northwest winds will increase this afternoon at upper elevations, and below average temperatures will remind ourselves how soft we’ve gotten during this unusually warm winter. Early next week a more significant storm looms with decent snow and another round of strong to extreme winds.

Date: 02/24/2017

The Elk Mountains will see another day of unsettled weather, cold temperatures, but less wind than previous days as a broad trough drapes itself over the western United States. Embedded disturbances within this westerly flow will continue to bring light snow showers today, through much of next week. These showers will grow more convective and showery, meaning short quick bursts of heavier snow and higher westerly wind speeds are a possibility this afternoon. Tomorrow, more of the same, with no significant accumulations expected.

Date: 02/23/2017

The Crested Butte mountains will see a few inches of snowfall accompanied by strong winds today as a weakening cold front slides across our area. This system lacks much moisture, however, favorable orographics in a W-NW flow, as well as strong cold air advection could have ingredients of a surprise storm in the Kebler and Schofield Pass areas. Temperatures will steadily fall throughout the day and will not recover for several days. Looking ahead, we may enjoy a colder, snowier period lasting through much of next week.

Date: 02/22/2017

A Pacific trough off of the West Coast will be broadening and moving east across the Mountain West over the next few days. The jet stream is splitting around Colorado, bringing with it some intense alpine winds that are blowing 25-35 mph this morning and gusting beyond 60 mph. A cold front will stall near the Colorado/Wyoming border today, but we should see an uptick in snowfall tomorrow morning as it drifts south into the Elk Mountains.

Date: 02/21/2017

A Pacific trough is moving onshore along the west coast today. Satellite imagery shows bands of clouds moving across the west under warm, southwest flow. We’ll see a mix of sun and clouds this morning with a general increasing trend into tonight. We may see a few light snow showers in the next 36 hours, but the real accumulations won’t start until Thursday morning. Winds will increase ahead of this system. We look to be on the southern edge of the late-week storm track, but it is looking like 4-8″ could accumulate by the weekend. Stay tuned for changes, and a potentially stronger system early next week.

Date: 02/20/2017

A temporary ridge will bring decreasing sky, warming temperatures and continued gusty winds today. This afternoons clear sky will be short lived as we head into more unsettled weather for the week. Colorado will be just south of moist southwest flow ramming into Utah and Wyoming. Being on the edge of this weather, Colorado will see clouds increase on Tuesday with a small chances of light snow showers at times lasting through Wednesday. Around the Wednesday night into Thursday time frame, a short wave trough will push that weather further south and bring more active weather to our area.

Date: 02/19/2017

A low-pressure trough will lift into Colorado this afternoon. This will bring in a warm, moist airmass on southern flow, allowing snow showers to develop late this afternoon into tonight. Some of these snow showers may have a short and intense nature to them, like an afternoon thunderstorm in the summer, thanks to convective day time heating. Winds will also be on the increase this afternoon as this next weather event arrives. A upper level ridge will bring a dry start to next week before we see a return to unsettled weather by the mid-week.