Short Term Updates

Warmer temperatures and rain on the way for Wednesday

Tuesday morning brought the coldest temperatures of the season so far in many areas, but with light wind. Readings will warm rapidly to near average today. Chances for precipitation in the form of rain and freezing rain return early on Wednesday. Those of us who started the day early this morning were greeted with below-zero …

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Mainly dry through Tuesday night.

In the wake of our weekend winter storm, the promised cold temperatures have settled in. All neighborhoods in the Valley have checked in this morning with below-zero temperatures. Arctic high pressure will keep any chances for snow showers at bay today. Skies will gradually become clearer as the day progresses and we’ll even get into …

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Unofficial local snowfall totals

Here is a sampling of snowfall totals reported to the National Weather Service from this weekend’s winter storm:

Sunday morning winter storm update

The Winter Storm Warning in effect was allowed to expire on schedule at 10:00 am this morning. Light snow showers/flurries from the storm have mostly all shifted east. A band of lake effect snow showers will move through the region during the afternoon and this may produce an additional inch or two of snow in some …

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Saturday evening winter storm update

With the amount of rain/sleet today, clearly snow totals across our area are going to be less from this storm. This possibility was highlighted in earlier forecasts. I know that those who wished for a ‘big’ snow event are disappointed, but warm air encroachment was always on the table. That being said, a changeover from …

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Saturday afternoon winter storm update

As I cautioned in this morning’s update, that rain/snow line that exists along the I-70 corridor has been trending a little farther north fairly consistently on the hi-res models all morning. This trend will likely result in a period of mixed precipitation Saturday afternoon. It will also have an impact on storm snow totals for …

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Saturday morning winter storm update

Good morning. This will be the final forecast update for the incoming winter storm. This update will include a few small changes regarding the timing and precipitation types,  but no major changes in the general thinking of how the storm will play out over our area. The exact placement of a rain/snow line remains a …

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Friday morning storm update

As has been discussed here all week, details regarding the weekend winter storm are coming into focus. Placement of the rain/snow line is still an issue this morning and remains the critical element with regards to where the heaviest snow will occur. This is an impressive storm system – something we’ve not seen for quite …

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Thursday local snow details and a weekend storm update

The freezing drizzle that we had in yesterday’s forecast for this morning will exit east as we get toward lunch time. Temperatures will be slow to warm today which will keep the threat for freezing rain going for a while yet. Even then, highs today won’t get much higher than a couple/three degrees above freezing. …

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