# Stop your grinning and drop your linen… 18-36 inches of snow for Colorado predicted. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254 "2009-04-16T01:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/1 "2009-04-16T01:41:44Z")
[quote=Issued by The National Weather Service Denver/Boulder, CO] 2:54 pm MDT, Wed., Apr. 15, 2009 … WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING… SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD CONTINUE WELL INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH PARK WILL SEE A RAIN-SNOW MIX INITIALLY… WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO COMMENCE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. POSSIBLE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD RANGE FROM **18 TO 36 INCHES FROM THE DIVIDE EASTWARD.** [/quote] Glad I’m taking Friday off from work. Though my Wife is going to Denver on Friday. It may be a long weekend. Summer, here we come. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/2 "2009-04-16T03:13:38Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Glad I’m taking Friday off from work. Though my Wife is going to Denver on Friday. > It may be a long weekend. > > Summer, here we come. Wait, what? I have heard nothing of this… (goes off the check the news). Wow. Although the wunderground forecast doesn’t have that much predicted. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/3 "2009-04-16T03:17:18Z")
So are any ski resorts still open? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/4 "2009-04-16T04:17:04Z")
You people have some weird weather. We had snow when visiting Pikes Peak…IN JULY! Good grief. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/5 "2009-04-16T04:27:37Z")
We’re just as likely to have 70-degree days in January, though, so it all evens out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/6 "2009-04-16T14:15:27Z")
I talked with a friend at NOAA last night and he said that this is as big a storm as the one a few springs ago when we got almost 40" here and one place in the foothills got 96" (8 feet). That one was earlier in the year and it was colder. This one all depends on the temperatures - it’s 41° F right now and if it stays in the 40’s all day we are in trouble. This is just about the perfect storm scenario for us (minus the cold) - a [closed low](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=CLOSED%20LOW) forms in the four corners region, moves across northern New Mexico and then just sits on the NM-CO-OK border for about a day, pumping moisture from the gulf right up against the mountains. Perfect [upslope](http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/112/)conditions. This isn’t all that bad - it will mean that we are above average again for snowfall and all the resevoirs will be full again. Another beautiful summer in Colorado. Forecast highs for Monday and Tuesday are 59 and 64 repectively, so even with a mojor dumping, it will all be gone next week. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/7 "2009-04-16T14:22:08Z")
I was in Nederland, CO for Easter when a big storm hit. It was coming down too hard to make it back down to Boulder. Some folks took me and Kid Kalhoun in for the night and we were sphincter-deep in it by morning. It took hours to dig my car out. But when we finally made it down the mountain, it was just rain. Way weird weather. ---
**Author:** ![sherrylynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@sherrylynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sherrylynn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/8 "2009-04-16T18:21:01Z")
Ugh. I wish it would start now, so I would have the chance at the office being closed on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/9 "2009-04-16T19:35:31Z")
Well, it got as high as 42°F at around 8AM. Now it is down to 37. Looks like we’re in for a long couple of days. They issued a winter storm warning at 11:30 for tonight through noon Saturday. That’s a 36 hour timeframe. Good thing the Rockies are in LA. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/10 "2009-04-16T19:48:22Z")
> [@fighting\_ignorant](#): > > So are any ski resorts still open? A-Basin will be open until May at least, so this will freshen things up quite a bit. Highlands, Copper, Loveland, Silverton, Winter Park and Wolf Creek are all still turning lifts. I wish I could be back out there, but I’ll have to content myself with hitting Tuckerman and Gulf of Slides then next few weekends. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/11 "2009-04-16T19:48:52Z")
The good news is the Four Corners is only going to get about .5-1" in this storm so it may be coming from us but won’t bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/12 "2009-04-17T01:06:42Z")
We’re not expecting more than 8-12" cumulative down here. It’s dumping right now, but I’m still not sure if I’m 😛 or ☹ about it. I’m in my 5th month of snowshoeing for fun & exercise on the weekends, and I admit it might start to get old in a few weeks. Especially since we’re not going somewhere warm for off-season this year. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/13 "2009-04-17T03:51:08Z")
I’m sorry. This is all my fault. I had the motorcycle out in March, thumbing my nose at Old Man Winter. It must have pissed him off. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/14 "2009-04-18T08:51:07Z")
**Sub** , thanks for volunteering to take the hit, but this is all my fault. Every time I show up for my baby brother’s birthday, the Front Range gets shit upon. It will be warm and dry by Tuesday. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/15 "2009-04-18T09:10:08Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > We’re just as likely to have 70-degree days in January, though, so it all evens out 😃 Does not. There are places with 70-degree days in January that do not have snowstorms in mid-April, snowstorms in May, snowstorms in September, snowstorms in October… July. it’s the only safe month here. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/16 "2009-04-18T12:29:08Z")
I’ve plowed once, and I’ll have to plow again today. So far we got about 2 feet. And it’s snowing again. When it gets lighter out, I’ll take a few pics. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/17 "2009-04-18T12:31:16Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > July. it’s the only safe month here. I take it you have never seen fireworks through the snow. It’s pretty cool. Summer - August 3rd. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/18 "2009-04-18T12:37:12Z")
Damn, I love our big snow storms. Sucks I’m in India where it’s not dropped below 100 in a month. I’ll be back by June but my chances of getting stuck in a huge snow are notably diminished, though not entirely demolished. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/19 "2009-04-18T15:16:04Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > Damn, I love our big snow storms. Sucks I’m in India where it’s not dropped below 100 in a month. I’ll be back by June but my chances of getting stuck in a huge snow are notably diminished, though not entirely demolished. Be careful of what you wish for. 😉 [April 18th 2009](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/IMG_05401.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254/20 "2009-04-18T22:06:10Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Be careful of what you wish for. 😉 > > [April 18th 2009](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r148/enipla/IMG_05401.jpg) Is that in Evergreen? I want it!! I’m so sick of boring, cloudless 102 degree days. Gimme some WEATHER dammit!! Here’s hoping for a big June blizzard that shuts down the metro area. Just one day 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-your-grinning-and-drop-your-linen-18-36-inches-of-snow-for-colorado-predicted/493254.md?page=2)