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Tuesday Update: Winter Storm Watch/Snowfall Roundup

Winter Storm Watch

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Figure 1 update: the winter storm watch regions from the NWS.
Issued: 7:42 PM Feb. 15, 2022 – National Weather Service

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... (Figure 1 update above)

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 4 and
8 inches possible, with locally heavier amounts in the foothills.

* WHERE...The Front Range Foothills and I-25 Corridor.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult. The hazardous conditions
could impact the Wednesday evening commute.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

Snowfall Roundup (Longmont to Broomfield):

The storm should begin around 12-1pm Wednesday with snow tapering off around 1-2am Thursday.  The peak snowfall rates should be during the evening commute Wednesday

John E:  2-4 inches.

Weather5280 (Figure 2 update) Trace-3 inches.

The NWS:  4-8 inches (it seems)

The GFS 4-6 inches

The NAM 3-5 inches

The Canadian model:  4-6 inches

Accuweather: 3-6 inches

Channel 7 news:  5-7 inches

Channel 9 news:  4-8 inches

That is a fair amount of disagreement - we'll see how it plays out!

 

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Figure 2 update: the hand drawn update for snow totals for our mid-week storm from the forecasters at weather5280.com

 


About the Author: John Ensworth

John Ensworth used to work from Longmont as the PI for the NASA through the IGES (The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies). He now teaches technology, algebra, astronomy, meteorology, film school, and Lego robotics to middle/high school.
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