Well. just west of Denver the snow has been heavy. Some places in my yard, at 8500 ft elevation have 3 ft snow drifts.Global warming for sure.
Denver (obviously) is on the eastern slopes of the Rockies - and all of its snow melt water on that side of the continental divide heads east down to the Rio Grande, the Mississippi and Missouri, but the snow falling there (most of the time) is comparable tot he snow falling further west - and that snow falls into the Colorado River drain area. So the Hoover Dam and those upstream may get some badly needed refills this winter when the snow melts.
This storm arrives in Iowa Tuesday..... 8-12 inches forecast for much of the state.
My relatives on Long Island, NY received just under 30 inches of snow last weekend. What a mess that was, for a lot of people.
Weatherbell Saturday summary.
http://www.weatherbell.com/saturday-summary-january-30-2016
They’ve been talking about this storm for a few days now on our local news.
A local TV station said tonight that we’d get it on Wednesday. Early projections said that the heavier snow was aiming northwards toward the Twin Cities.
We’ll see, I guess.