The most snow in any one day this season before Monday was 4.8 inches on Jan.The official snowfall total is 8.8 inches.More: What to know about shoveling snow in Fort Collins following a storm Where Monday's snowfall ranks for Fort Collins this season and where the city sits with snowfall for the season
Fort Collins, Loveland and Windsor all went on accident alert Monday morning. "This stationary band set up directly over Fort Collins."īy mid-morning, the snow had moved off southeast of the city, leaving behind slushy and icy roads. "The predictability of where those bands will set up is hard to forecast," she said. That's when wind in different directions intersects, creating lift, which increases snowfall. and 1 inch per hour before and after that period.Ĭaitlyn Mensch, National Weather Service meteorologist in Boulder, said the heavy snow over Fort Collins was due to a convergence zone parking over the city. The weather service said the area received snowfall of 2 inches per hour from 4 a.m.
What the weather service didn't expect was a band of snow parking over the city and surrounding area early Monday morning. The National Weather Service had forecast 1 to 4 inches of snow for Fort Collins. View Gallery: Snowstorm hits Fort Collins harder than expected Why Fort Collins received way more snow than forecast
Denver International Airport: 1.4 inches. Loveland (3 miles west-northwest): 6 inches. Horsetooth Mountain (4 miles east-northeast): 6.5 inches. Longmont (2 miles northeast): 6.8 inches. Fort Collins (1 mile southeast): 6.8 inches. Fort Collins (1 mile south-southwest): 7.4 inches. Wellington (1 mile northwest): 8.1 inches. Timnath (4 miles north-northeast): 8.2 inches. Eaton (4 miles west-northwest): 8.5 inches. Milliken (1 mile west-northwest): 8.7 inches. Severance (1 mile southwest): 8.8 inches. Fort Collins (CSU campus, official weather station): 8.8 inches. Fort Collins (2 miles northwest): 9.6 inches. Fort Collins: (5 miles north-northeast): 10 inches. Windsor (1 mile east-northeast): 10.5 inches. Timnath (2 miles west-northwest): 10.8 inches. That being said, here were reported snowfall totals available as of Monday afternoon:įort Collins and surrounding area snowfall totals by the National Weather Service and Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network. These snowfall totals are not yet official and will increase slightly, as some snow fell after these reports were collected from 7 to 11 a.m. Snowfall totals for Fort Collins and surrounding area impressive Here is a breakdown of unofficial snowfall totals, why the snowfall forecast was so far off and where we are with snowfall locally and in the mountains after Monday's storm. Colorado State University closed, multiple vehicles slid off roads and the heavy, wet snow needed to be plowed and shoveled. It wasn't forecast to happen this way, but the result was the city's and surrounding area's largest snowfall of the season. It came as a big surprise early Monday morning when residents in Fort Collins and the surrounding area woke up to heavy snow falling and strong wind. Tuesday: Fort Collins officially received 8.8 inches of snow Monday at the city's weather station on the CSU campus. Check back for updates.Watch Video: Fort Collins snowstorm drops 9 inches Denver International Airport: 1.4 inchesĭon’t see your town or city listed? This list includes everything reported to the NWS through its own measurements and other sources reported to the agency, as of the time listed above. Here is a look at the preliminary snowfall totals from the National Weather Service as of 12 p.m. Live updates: Slick conditions reported across Denver metro area How much snow fell?
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