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Retired after a 50 Yr career in meteorology and environmental science. Grandfather of two and a cardiac rehab patient. Fan acct for lenticular clouds and gravity waves. Follow me for info on Northern Colorado weather #cowx. Fort Collins CO
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Just got off Air Canada flight Denver to Toronto. Plenty of empty seats, maybe about 70 percent full. Just one data point, but personal verification that perhaps Canadian citizens are really avoiding US travel.

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Longs Peak showing off with all of the fresh snow from earlier this week. #cowx

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Traveling to Europe on Saturday using Air Canada via Toronto. Will get to see first-hand if the media reports of decreased traffic on flights btwn USA and Canada are true. DEN-YYZ.

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Fort Collins precipitation totals from yesterday as per CoCoRaHS. The south end of town got hammered by thunderstorms that kept redeveloping under the upslope flow. Many spots exceeded 1-inch of rainfall, adding to the rainfall from earlier in the week. Even hail reported SW FOCO. #cowx

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It has been a wild day in Fort Collins. Storms with some hail and heavy rain, mostly impacting SW FOCO. The chart shows the TWO HOUR rainfall per FC Utilities network. A gauge near the S College Target exceeded 1.0 inch of rainfall for the storm on top of yesterday's soaking rains. #cowx

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These are the 2-hour rainfall totals capturing the ongoing storm in Fort Collins. SW FOCO is the most impacted with upwards of 0.4 inches rainfall. Even reports of hail in SW FOCO from this storm. I'm still getting rain and hearing thunder at my place at 200pm. #cowx

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100pm. Fort Collins Colorado #cowx

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1225pm. The lightning detector has activated for the cell over NE Fort Collins. #cowx

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Precipitation totals from Monday night through Tuesday across Fort Collins based on CoCoRaHS. Rainfall totals mostly around 1-inch in town with higher totals in the foothills. A nice soaking rain that should help cut into the ongoing drought. #cowx

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Updated Fort Collins rainfall totals thru 5pm. A burst of heavier rain between 400 and 430 boosted totals to around 3/4-inch around much of FOCO. CSU Campus at 0.7 inches for the 24-hour precipitation total. 1.0 plus inch totals in the foothills west of town. Data from FC Utilities. #cowx

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Video showing runoff flow in Spring Creek Fort Collins Coloradobassociatedvwith today's rainfall event. Taken just east of the Lemay Ave bridge about 330 pm. #cowx

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24-hour Fort Collins rainfall totals through noon Tuesday. Includes the rain that fell yesterday evening. Data from FC Utilities Flood Control Network. #cowx

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Seriously hoping that this decision gets reversed as one of the affected NPS air monitoring contractors is my former employer. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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The meteorological norms have flipped under the southeast flow tonight. Denver is mostly dry because they are in the shadow of the Palmer Divide and Fort Collins seeing light rain as the Cheyenne Ridge is providing upslope. Rainfall totals in FOCO thru 9pm Monday. #cowx

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Some light rain up here in Fort Collins. MON 630pm. #cowx

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Clouds are usually interesting in advance of a storm system and today was no exception. Fort Collins. #cowx

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Precipitation totals around Fort Collins from yesterday as per CoCoRaHS. Mostly around 1/4-inch from central FOCO moving to the south. Lower totals north of FOCO and higher totals over near Windsor. More rain looks to be coming early next week. #cowx

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645 pm, SW Fort Collins. Our backyard visitor is sheltering in the trees as the rainfall intensity picks up. He/she has been relaxing at that location for over an hour. #Cowx

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A backyard visitor sheltering from the rainfall. As of 530pm, only light rainfall in the backyard with an occasional rumble of thunder. SW Fort Collins. #cowx

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Some color at sunset this evening. Fort Collins, Colorado. #cowx #sunset

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Mostly drizzle yesterday, so not huge precip totals across northern Colorado. Map shows two-day totals, so includes THU storms as well. Most gauges btwn 0.1 and 0.2 inches precip with higher amounts near Bellvue and Eaton due to the THU storms. #cowx

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430 pm. Looking at the cell developing to the north and west of Fort Collins. Lowering cloud base and hearing thunder. #cowx

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This map shows the two-day storm totals for water equivalent precipitation across Fort Collins. The west side of town picked up close to 1/2-inch H2O with less as one moves to the east. A nice drink of water for lawns and gardens around town. #cowx

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Map showing snowfall totals across Fort Collins. Snowfall abt 2 inches on the west side with lesser amounts going east. As much as 5 inches in the foothills west of FOCO. Data from CoCoRaHS. #cowx

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1030pm update Fort Collins. Light snowfall continues. Getting a coating of accumulation on the patio railing and the backyard grass. Pavement surfaces only wet. Backyard temperature at 34F. Goodnight and please check back in the morning. #cowx

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745pm. Precip type is all snow now up here in Fort Collins. #cowx

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6pm. Fort Collins. It's here. Showers of graupel accompany the arrival of the cold air push. Backyard temperatures have crashed down to 40F. #cowx

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430pm. The lightning detector just activated for a cell to the north of FOCO. Fort Collins CO. #cowx

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