Really? It was a surprise the major rain and snow was headed to Colorado? It has gotten very tiresome seeing the constant unfounded criticism of weather forecasts!
Here is a screen capture from this blog on April 6 -- twelve days ago:
The day before the heavy Colorado snow began, here is AccuWeather's forecast of 24"+:
And, finally, with a genuine concern that there could be major flash flooding, Forecaster Evie made an appearance with a cautionary message:
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| ABC 13 reporter moving to assist man swimming from rapidly sinking car. |
Mike, I usually defend you, but in this case I think you missed the point. The micro effects of the storm were kind of missed by NWS and AccuWeather. No models I know of had the rain/snow (more correctly, non-accumulating snow/snow) line accurately forecasted. So it rained most of the day in Ft. Collins (< 5000'), snowed but didn't accumulate in Denver (5280), and snowed and accumulated all day long where I live (5900'). Also there were breaks in the precipitation depending where you lived. So the picture is tongue-in-cheek, but also kind of accurate.
ReplyDeleteI think UA made a huge mistake in cancelling all flights at KDEN. I don't know if they rely on NWS or AccuWeather, but there was no sensible reason for them to take that action for an April snowstorm at lower altitude.
Have a sense of humor!