After almost two weeks of mild, dry weather, the spring vegetation on our Littleton farm was in need of precipitation. I was thus pleased to find a cool mist bathing the plants this morning and was even more encouraged when that mist changed to a steady light rain. On the other hand, that moisture was the leading edge of a "winter storm" that would set back the progress of spring for a few days.
Triggered by a deep southward dip in the jet stream, this April snowstorm will stretch from Colorado to Wisconsin, dropping up to two feet of snow across the Northern Plains; worse yet, the potent system is expected to produce blizzard conditions throughout much of that area, especially from northeastern Colorado into Nebraska and South Dakota.
Snow developed along the Front Range urban corridor by early afternoon and continues as I write this post. Additional snowfall may only be modest in Metro Denver but northerly winds will pick up as the storm moves eastward, dropping overnight lows into the mid twenties (F) for the next two nights. Recent afternoon highs near 80 F will be cut in half but such wild weather swings are common here in April.
Triggered by a deep southward dip in the jet stream, this April snowstorm will stretch from Colorado to Wisconsin, dropping up to two feet of snow across the Northern Plains; worse yet, the potent system is expected to produce blizzard conditions throughout much of that area, especially from northeastern Colorado into Nebraska and South Dakota.
Snow developed along the Front Range urban corridor by early afternoon and continues as I write this post. Additional snowfall may only be modest in Metro Denver but northerly winds will pick up as the storm moves eastward, dropping overnight lows into the mid twenties (F) for the next two nights. Recent afternoon highs near 80 F will be cut in half but such wild weather swings are common here in April.
