“Snow. Areas of blowing snow. Much colder. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Highs in the upper 20s. North winds 15 to 25 mph.”
I could be wrong but it seems as though they don’t really have a good sense of what the weather is going to do here. Pretty much all the way up through yesterday they have been calling for an inch or less of snow for today. I wake up this morning and it looks like the North Pole here in Denver.
I do love snow and snowstorms even if it is a surprise, especially on Christmas. Hopefully though it does not disrupt the kids travel plans from Sacramento this evening. According to the forecast it will taper off this afternoon. We are also traveling about 30 miles north of here for Christmas dinner with some other Michigan ex-pats but this little bit of snow won’t affect that.
Update (9:21 PM MST): By my measurement we ended up with 8 inches of snow. I snow blowed the driveway twice today. And yes, the kids plane is now scheduled to be two hours late for a nice 0130 arrival.