White New Year's -

Christina L · Dec 28, 2006

I was curious as to how much snow we had - as you can see there are a few different totals for Estes Park - different parts of town - maybe that are higher in elevation, get more snow than others. I also did not know what thundersnow was exactly - but had an idea - we also had that in Iowa a few times and my Dad would always say to count 100 days from the time you heard the thunder in a snowstorm and there would be a really big storm - he told us that was an old Indian sign.

My Dad was quite the character.

Anyway, here is the link for the site that gives the snow totals for Colorado as of 7 p.m. Below that is a site where you can read about thundersnow. I think you may have to copy and paste the second URL regarding thundersnow into your browser.

P.S. The Denver area and the plains are getting the least snow right now - it is the foothills and eastern mountains, which is where Estes Park is, that are getting the most snow.

Christina L
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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/10624758/detail.html?taf=den

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Thundersnow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thundersnow is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm, but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It commonly falls ...

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WayneGM · Dec 29, 2006

Looks like you've gotten all of our snow. No white Christmas around here and still no snow in the long range forecast. Sure is strange weather.

Adrienne · Dec 29, 2006

I second what Wayne said. Things are upside down. When I first moved up to Montreal, there was snow on the ground from about mid November to mid April.

tobagotwo · Dec 29, 2006

In New England, thunder heard during a snowstorm is a sign of a blizzard.

Unfortunately, we didn't have snow for Christmas here in NJ, and we won't have any snow for New Year's.

Best wishes,

LUVMyBirman · Dec 29, 2006

Christina-

I just learned of thurder snow this year as well. We had a storm in Chicago about 3 weeks ago that produced 10-18 inches depending upon location. When it thunderss during a snow storm....it tends to produce more accumulation.

As for the moment, here in Summit County CO....did not get much. 3 inches at the most! We are off to hit the slopes.