Boulder and Denver Snow Totals February 6-7, 2020

Pockets of jet-forced snow began to fall Thursday evening and continued intermittently through Friday afternoon across the Metro area. Bands of moderate to heavy snowfall were most prevalent near and south of Interstate 70 in the Denver Metro area and in the Foothills of Jefferson County where 8-16″ of snow was reported.

Shown below is the BoulderCAST snowfall forecast map issued Thursday morning (February 6th) with actual storm totals overlaid in boxes. Green boxes indicate that our forecast verified to within one inch of the observed snowfall. Red did not.

Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at L3Harris Technologies in Boulder.

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