A short review of the tiny snow totals from Monday night into Tuesday morning.

A very quick burst of light snow overtook the Front Range Monday evening and overnight lasting in many locations for a just a few hours. Despite decent upper-level forcing, upslope was limited and a very dry lower atmosphere led to our very meager snowfall forecast. Much of the snow falling actually sublimated (evaporated) before reaching the ground due to the dry layer, which was a big part of our forecast.

Shown below is our snowfall forecast map issued Monday afternoon 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.

OFFICIAL TOTALS
Boulder: 0.5″ (Dusting – 2″ forecast)
Denver: 0.1″ (Dusting – 2″ forecast)
Largest Report: 4.8″ near Ward

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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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