It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog entry… been busy with family in town for Thanksgiving, vacation to Florida and Disney World in early December, then Christmas and New Years… but the weather in Northern Colorado has been quite wintry since my last post. A solid snow pack has been on the ground here in Greeley for much of this winter season. We had a surprisingly heavy snowfall on Dec 23 when about 8-9″ of snow fell (by the way we were the big winners in Colorado on this storm as most places got 2-4″). A Denver cyclone-type meso-low formed just south of Greeley causing our winds to be easterly with a convergence boundary in place just south and east of town, which kept heavy snow falling for several hours. Then as a large low pressure system wound up over the Great Plains and stalled for a couple of days and our winds became north at 20-40 mph with ground blizzard conditions lasting through Christmas day. As of January 4th, we’ve only been slightly above freezing during maybe 2 afternoons since our last snowfall and most of the snow remains on the ground.
Another arctic cold front and weather system will be coming through on Wednesday (Jan. 6th). It looks like there will be a few inches of fluffy snow as the cold front moves through. The real story here in Greeley looks to be the return of frigid weather. The NWS is forecasting about -5F Thursday night/Friday morning. I am willing to bet we approach -20F at GXY with fresh snow and clear skies…