I’ll refrain from posting this on social media, even as it would be easy clickbait… not sure I’m ready to reduce myself for that yet.  But my blog, I can do whatever I want.. Obviously this is NOT a forecast, this is NOT me saying “holy shit, snow is coming in two weeks”… this is me saying it’s 2026 and I would NOT be surprised in the least if we still had one more snow in the tank.  This far out, clearly I’m nowhere near excited to even think about the idea, but I just get a kick out of…

Saturday was a day I had on my radar for most of the week, mainly cause it was probably gonna offer up my only real chance to chase anything within a very quiet severe weather window.  Initially, I was eyeballing central Kansas, but as the day approached, the better setup started to shift further south into Oklahoma, and it just wasn’t anything I wanted to make that kind of effort for.  Briefly, I had considered the play as there was a Sunday play in north Texas, but both days looked like hail risks over anything particularly tornadic, and with me…

Very low end, probably a high-based hailer and perhaps some lightning… but it’s semi-close, and it’s on a Saturday, so I’m watching it.  This does not ring any sleeper bells, so I am literally just thinking about taking a shot on a low-key, semi-local chase that’s low stress and likely to generate SOMETHING to play with in decent chase terrain.  It’s looking pretty murky, uninspiring for chasing in the nearterm outside of this as cold fronts are crashing moisture back toward the Gulf.  Some images being circulated on social media are being a little overhyped for the general background pattern,…

Biggest May snowstorm in over two-decades… ya know I am ALWAYS down for a good snowstorm, but there’s something about being in one in MAY that just adds a little something extra.  This storm boasted some impressive totals for May, coming in at the highest May snowstorm since 2003, and oddly enough was the SECOND biggest snowstorm of this season (a bar that was oh-so-low coming in).  The 5.8″ recorded officially for Denver was about half of what the western burbs saw; me measuring just over 7 inches total (which likely was lower than the actual total given melting/compacting).  And…

Awakened this morning to falling SNOW already at my house here in northern Colorado.  Ground still warm, so despite a dusting in the heavier bands, most of that melted quickly as snow lightened up.  It’s gonna need some time to stick.  Further north, Wellington to Cheyenne, accumulations are piling up with several inches of snow in/around Cheyenne on the ground already.  Snow probably won’t start sticking in earnest until later today OR we get a consistent, heavier snow to come down to offset the ground warming. Still, expecting a pretty hefty hit of snow in northern Colorado, a VERY VERY…

Snowstorm potential increasing as we near the event.  Plenty of questions remain, with the biggest being how much snow falls along the Front Range and Plains.  But everything seems to be coming together for an impactful snow event for northern Colorado starting Tuesday. Mountains and Foothills oughta do very well, some locations at higher elevations picking up 2’+; foothills locations should come in near a foot in a lot of places.  For lower elevations, Front Range and Plains, a lot of variables remains unknown which will impact snow totals.  Many high-rez models cool us down quick on Tuesday, with changeover…