Date: 01/16/2020
Thursday will mainly see increasing clouds with moisture beginning to stream into Colorado on southwest flow. Temperatures will be a couple of degrees warmer then yesterday and winds look to remain behaved for the day.
My confidence in the next storm has decreased. There are some good looking things with the storm, but it’s not all there. The moisture stream looks to reach our area in the late afternoon or tonight. However, most of the moisture could stay a bit south and east of us. Also, Thursday night we’ll have south winds which aren’t great for us. By Friday morning an upper-level trough will be moving across Colorado. We’ll initially get right fronted by the jet stream which is also not the best location. As that upper-level trough moves across our forecast area, we’ll see a shift in winds to west and eventually northwest. The Jet will be overhead by this point and the atmosphere will be unstable. So we should see a quick shot of high snowfall rates. How long will that last and will the moisture hang around and keep producing snow? Low confidence.
We’ll see ridging by the weekend with an end to snowfall and some clouds moving through the area.
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Today
High Temperature: 26 to 30
Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, S
Sky Cover: Increasing clouds
Irwin Snow: 0 to Trace
Elkton Snow: 0 to Trace
Friend’s Hut Snow: 0 to Trace -
Tonight
Low Temperature: 16 to 20
Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, S
Sky Cover: Overcast
Irwin Snow: 1 to 3
Elkton Snow: 0 to 2
Friend’s Hut Snow: 0 to 2 -
Tomorrow
High Temperature: 22 to 27
Winds/Direction: 15 to 25 G 50, W
Sky Cover: Overcast
Irwin Snow: 4 to 7
Elkton Snow: 4 to 7
Friend’s Hut Snow: 2 to 4