Early season storm sweeps dust, snow across West

Associated Press ^ | Wednesday October 28, 2009 | MATT JOYCE (AP)

[jpl]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A major early season cold front brought gusting winds and cool temperatures to the Southwest and prompted warnings of heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions in parts of Wyoming and Colorado.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service predicted two days of snow starting overnight for Cheyenne and the northern Colorado Front Range. The storm could bring 12 to 18 inches of snow, as well as blizzard-like conditions, to the Cheyenne area through Thursday.

[jpl]

Seems a little early in the year for a major blizzard, even in the Rockies. This global warming is so weird...

[NRA2BFree]

We got 2 inches of snow last night and according to the weather service we will get snow on and off until Thursday night or Friday morning.

[dragnet2]

Supposed to be clear, sunny and about 71 degrees, with a mild pacific breeze in Southern California today.

[Blueflag]

Forecasters saying 2 FEET in northwest Denver (Boulder) and 3 Feet in higher elevations.

http://www.dickgilbert.com/bearcreekcam.htm

[Red Boots]

We had about an inch this am, and it is a bit early in the season for it. We generally do not have snow before Halloween. We did have a trace in 2004 tho, and then back in 1991.

[colorado tanker]

Our typical September/October weather is a warm, sunny Indian Summer. The colder stuff usually arrives around Halloween, which is the source of a lot of jokes about kids having to cover up their costumes to go trick or treating. So, this storm is about on schedule. At least it'll be out of here by the big night.

But, it's a transitional time and we're high enough a fall storm can come through as snow instead of rain.

A few years ago we got a mid-October storm people still call "The October Blizzard." It was notorious because the leaves were still on the trees and the heavy snow brought down lots of trees and limbs.

Heavy, wet snow started falling last night and melting, but it's still coming down hard and is beginning to stick.

You'd think after 10 years of no warming the "scientists" on the alarmist side would admit climate is more complicated than CO2 levels and something else is driving things.

[ODDITHER]

I am near Fort Collins and we got about 3 inchs last night it snowing pretty good right now. It is one of those snows that you know it isn’t going away anytime soon.

Fort Collins schools are closed today which wasn’t a bad call. It is much easier to close them to begin with instead of sending the kids home early.