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#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.10”. April month to date 0.10”, 60% of avg. 1.79” year to date, 55% of avg. 3.27” water year to date, 53% of avg. Bumped to D3/severe drought on the drought monitor map. I hope the mountains got snow!
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.01” of rain last night. 😫 0.86” month to date, 59% of avg. 1.69” year to date, 59% of avg. 3.17” water year to date, 54% of avg. This sucks. I’m worried.
We’re not going to be saved b snowpack or reservoirs this year, either.
#cowx #CoCoRaHS #Boulder CO-BO-596 got a whole 0.01” swe last night (*maybe* 0.5” snow). 0.85” March to date, 98% of avg. 1.68” calendar yr to date, 73% of avg. 3.16” water yr to date, 60% of avg. I guarantee the soil is dry, and I will be doing more winter watering of trees and shrubs this week.
Graupel on my driveway Sunday night around 10:30pm. With power an inch of rain, and more snow on the way
9:43pm snow and rain
@chi.nws-bot.us 1.25" of precip from 7am - 10:30pm #Cocorahs
SW Crystal lake, IL #blizzard Warning alert from DeKalb 🤷♀️ #McHenryCounty
#cowx #CoCoRaHS #Boulder CO-BO-596 0.08” swe (~ 1.2” of snow) this morning after high winds yesterday. 0.84” to date for March, 103% of avg. 1.67” calendar year to date, 75% of avg. 3.15” water year to date, 61% of avg. Precip is good, worried about record heat wiping out gains later this week.
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.09” of swe. Brings us to 0.76” to date for March, 127% of avg. 1.59” calendar year to date, 79% of avg. 3.07” water year to date, 62% of avg. This helps a bit, especially as we head toward fire weather warnings tomorrow into the weekend.
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.42” swe this morning, about 0.5” crusty snow on the ground. Total of 0.67” to date for March, now 177% of avg. 1.50” year to date, 83% of avg. 2.98” water year to date, 63% of avg. This helps—let’s hope temps stay cooler and the wind doesn’t come.
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.20” of slushy frozen mix, slight accumulation on veg not hardscape. Now 0.25” month to date, 77% of avg. 1.08” year to date, 62% of avg. 2.56” water year to date, 54% of avg. Hoping for a few tenths more today—we need the moisture.
Map of 24 hour rainfall totals across southern Illinois, from CoCoRaHS observers.
Nothing to see here... just southern Illinois getting more precipitation in a single day than they got all of winter.
#CoCoRaHS observers reporting the improvement in drought!
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.04” rain (frozen) in inner tube, 0.05” to date for March, 23% of avg. 0.88” year to date, 54% of avg. 2.36” water year to date, 51% of avg. Quite a ways below where we were this time last year. More precip forecast, but lately, those dwindle and disappoint.
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder only 0.01” so far, folks. So little I forgot to post it. That’s 0.01” so far in March, 6% of avg. 0.84” year to date, 53% of avg. 2.32” water year to date, 51% of avg. Filed a “severe drought” conditions monitoring report. Hopeful for more rain later today.
Checking out the #CoCoRaHs reports for New England. Not sure if I’ve ever seen multiple notes that say, “Unable to reach gauge due to poor conditions” and then remark how they’ve lost power. Stay safe northeast! On the flip side it’s a crisp yet sunny 2 degrees in #Minnesota with zero precipitation
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder we received 0.03” of rain in a BRIEF period of rain yesterday morning. 0.13” month to date, 25% of avg. 0.83” year to date, 73% of avg. 2.31” water year to date, 56% of avg. We broke the record for winter days over 60F yesterday. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 0.10” of rain last night (in Feb!) bringing us to 0.10” for the month, 26% of avg. 0.80” year to date, 78% of avg. 2.28” water year to date, 57% of avg. Temps have been unusually high; in moderate drought status D1, thinking D2 for next conditions monitoring.
#cowx #Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 A surprise dusting of snow, ~ scant 1/4”. Swe 0.03”, bringing us to 0.70” for January/YTD, 109% of avg. Water year to date 2.18”, 61% of avg. Still in moderate drought, still wishing for a snowy February and seasonal temps (not the warm winds we’ve had).
#cowx #Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 another 0.5” of snow in the outer tube, total of 1” snowpack on the ground on the snowboard, 0.04” snow water equivalent. 0.56” to date for January, 109% of normal. 2.04” for water year, 59% of normal. Still hoping to squeeze a little more moisture out of this.
#cowx #Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 0.06” snow water equivalent, about 1” of snow in tube, about 0.75” on snowboard on ground. 105% of normal to date for January and the calendar year (0.52”). 58% of normal for the water year (2.00”). Hoping we can squeeze more moisture out of this system.
I had 0.01” SWE at my #CoCoRaHS station in Boulder this morning. Would love to get a nice measurable boost of moisture from this.
#cowx #Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 Received about 1.5” of snow in outer tube, about 0.7” on ground. 0.08” snow water equivalence. 0.45” to date for January, 115% of normal, same for year to date. Water year to date 1.93”, 58% of normal. Still experiencing too much unseasonal warmth, still too dry.
3.5” of snow on snow board (white painted board on the ground for measurements).
Snow (and frozen sleet) in the outer tube on its post.
582 g. The empty tube weighs 510 g. Water weighs about 2.1 g/hundredth of an inch of liquid water. A bit more than 34 hundredths of an inch.
The snow when lightly shaken averages out to about 4” (in the tube it sloped from about 3” to about 5”).
#cowx #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 #Boulder 4” of snow received in the tube since yesterday (3.5” on the snowboard in the ground). 0.34” snow water equivalent. 0.34” month/yr to date, 183% of avg. 1.82” water year to date, 58% of avg. This is good for our drought, but we need more. Would like La Niña to go.
An empty grid with months along the top and day numbers along the left, awaiting precipitation measurements to be filled in.
Here's to another year of measuring precipitation for #CoCoRaHS! This will be my 8th year as a volunteer.
To join this citizen science project, see www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx...
Ruler on snowboard on the ground. There is about 1.5” of snow.
Snow in outer tube after a light shake. About 2.5” of snow.
My graph of precipitation for my station for this year (black line). We’re a little under the lines for averages (grey lines). Long stretches in the fall and winter without precipitation.
Monthly precipitation for this year (black) and last year (green). Averages are grey. This year less extreme than last year. This year, very little precipitation in October and November. (I started as a CoCoRaHS observer mid-March 2024.)
#cowx ##Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 2.5” of snow in tube, 1.5” of snow on snowboard. 0.10” snow water equivalent. 0.86” for the month to date, 149% of normal. 16.93” for calendar year, 95% of normal. 1.48” for water year to date, 51% of normal. We’re in moderate drought b/c of heat and wind.
Here's the hyperlocal weather forecast for this #CoCoRaHS station in Jackson County KY. A Cold Weather Advisory will go into effect overnight on 14 Dec beginning at 1 AM EST until 1 PM EST. See 👇 or go to forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph... for further information. #ekywx #kywx
Trained #NWS spotter and #CoCoRaHS volunteer 0.6 miles NNW of Loam Hill or 8.3 miles West of McKee in Jackson County measured 2.75 inches of snow. #ekywx
#cowx #Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 Around 4” more snow in the tube, 0.36” snow water equivalent, 0.76” month to date, 920% of normal. 16.83” year to date, 97% of normal. 1.38” water year to date, 57% of normal. I’m glad the burst of precip came as snow, and I hope it melts in slowly.
#cowx #Boulder #CoCoRaHS CO-BO-596 5” of snow 0.40” of snow water equivalent. 646% of normal to date for month (we’re early in the month and it snowed). 16.47” to date for year, 95% of normal. 1.02” for water year, 43% of normal (it’s early, but we’ve been dry lately).
Photo of a deck and deck railing with a round dial thermometer. Trees and barn in background. A layer of snow on all.
3.5" of snow near Berthoud at 07:00. CO-LR-1295 Berthoud 2.4 SSW. Waiting for sample to melt for SWE/precip. #CoCoRaHS @bianchiweather.bsky.social
