picture above: Looking towards Gothic with nothing but avalanche debris to almost the trees, and the buried out house building, March 04
Today's weather, Tuesday, April 23: clear and mild, then warming rapidly with some afternoon clouds
The Live Station Camera, below, is located just north of Gothic at the weather station. Current status is: ON
Current view: Gothic Mountain
--This is a live feed camera, but on clear, calm days it will look more like a still picture
-- usually if there is little to no visibility the camera will focus on the nearby road, the snow board, the river or other close views
-- you can back track on the view by up to 4 hours by using the time bar at the bottom of the feed
-- there is sometimes a delay or a slow connection. If so you can go directly to the YouTube page by clicking here
Current view: Gothic Mountain
--This is a live feed camera, but on clear, calm days it will look more like a still picture
-- usually if there is little to no visibility the camera will focus on the nearby road, the snow board, the river or other close views
-- you can back track on the view by up to 4 hours by using the time bar at the bottom of the feed
-- there is sometimes a delay or a slow connection. If so you can go directly to the YouTube page by clicking here
Live Camera North: is located on the north side of the trees behind the station site, and is currently ON
--Note: there is sometimes a delay or a slow connection. If so you can go directly to the YouTube page by clicking here.
--Current view: Rustler's Gulch
Today's weather data for Gothic, April 23, 2019 as of 3:35 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -5ºC (23ºF)
High temperature: 11½ºC (53ºF)
Current temperature: 11ºC (52ºF)
Cloud cover: partly/mostly cloudy
Wind: 0-2 W
Precipitation sunset April 22 to sunrise April 23 with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" of water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water, 0.00" rain
Last storm cycle total, March 01- March 09: 198 cm (67") with 6.83" water. Status: over
Current snow pack: 122 cm (48 ") , today's deepest 125 cm (49½")
Winters deepest snow pack: 238 cm (93½") on March 09
Total snowfall this winter: 799 cm (314") as of sunrise April 23
Total water content from snow this winter: 26.12" as of sunrise April 23
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 3.72" as of sunrise April 23
Total precipitation for the snow year: 29.84" as of sunrise April 23
Low temperature: -5ºC (23ºF)
High temperature: 11½ºC (53ºF)
Current temperature: 11ºC (52ºF)
Cloud cover: partly/mostly cloudy
Wind: 0-2 W
Precipitation sunset April 22 to sunrise April 23 with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" of water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation today: currently none, with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 water, 0.00" rain
Last storm cycle total, March 01- March 09: 198 cm (67") with 6.83" water. Status: over
Current snow pack: 122 cm (48 ") , today's deepest 125 cm (49½")
Winters deepest snow pack: 238 cm (93½") on March 09
Total snowfall this winter: 799 cm (314") as of sunrise April 23
Total water content from snow this winter: 26.12" as of sunrise April 23
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 3.72" as of sunrise April 23
Total precipitation for the snow year: 29.84" as of sunrise April 23
"The wind shows us how close to the edge we are". ~Joan Didion
"Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together". ~Vista M. Kelly
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"Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together". ~Vista M. Kelly
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What is New and other Notes: the weekly weather summary for Saturday evening April 20 is now up. There was no precipitation at all in the past week and much warmer to boot so this winter continued to drop against average in snowfall, though still a bit above in water content. Snowpack is still above average but dropped a good bit in the past week.
added the record high temperatures for April 19 and April 20 on the records by winter and the records summary tables.
March 15 was Finally a clear day after having only 3 clear or partly cloudy days in the past 40.
added the record high temperatures for April 19 and April 20 on the records by winter and the records summary tables.
March 15 was Finally a clear day after having only 3 clear or partly cloudy days in the past 40.
Avalanche hitting Levi cabin in Gothic, March 03
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Pine Marten resting in a tree, March 26
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Gothic Weather Page Index:
Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
Current year daily weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2018
2017 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2017
2016 weather description- the last months of 2016 a written out daily weather summary description
notes on this site: explains what things mean and sampling methods, as well as a short video of the data site
contact- where you can send requests or suggestions about this web site from. Please do. (you don't write, you don't call. Was it something I said?)
Data: summary page and description of data
Daily data, current year- daily weather data for the current year
2018 daily data- daily weather data for the 2018 calendar year.
2017 daily data- daily weather data for the 2017 calendar year.
2016 daily data- daily weather data for the 2016 calendar year.
weekly weather summary- the past weeks weather summary and this winter's weather compared to the past 45 winters.
long term snow- snow totals month by month, and snow year by snow year, since fall, 1974 in both centimeters and inches
long term water- month by month and snow year by snow year water content of the snowfall
ground cover- the dates and number of consecutive days of snow on the ground for each winter, as well as date of snow melt drop under 100 and 50 cm
daily high temperature => freezing- this table shows the number of days in each winter month over the years in which the daily high reached or surpassed freezing, when snow would melt
Records: this area will have info on the number of records, such as most snow on a given date, highest temperature and so on
records by winter: showing each winter and the number of record highs, lows, days with most snow etc. since 1974 as well as other info pertinent to that winter.
record summary table: a quick-look summary table of the records by winter
Monthly Data: The title page has all summarized data for each month for November through May starting in the fall of 1974 up until the current listed chronologically. The individual months below of June through October are from the 2000-2001 winter to current only.
September- summary for September, 2000-2018
October- summary for October, 2000-2018
November- summary for November, 1974-2018
December- summary for December, 1974-2018
January- summary for January, 1975-2019
February- summary for February, 1975-2019
March- summaries for March, 1975-2019
April- summary for April, 1975-2018
May- summary for May, 1975-2018
June- summary for June, 2001-2018
July- summary for July, 2001-2018
August- summary for August, 2001-2018
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated April 18
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress- well, actually little there to see)
ski and road- mostly general ski conditions for the area to and around Gothic, though in early and late winter road opening becomes important. Last update April 17.
links- links to other web sites people may find helpful
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Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
Current year daily weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2018
2017 weather description- daily summary for the calendar year 2017
2016 weather description- the last months of 2016 a written out daily weather summary description
notes on this site: explains what things mean and sampling methods, as well as a short video of the data site
contact- where you can send requests or suggestions about this web site from. Please do. (you don't write, you don't call. Was it something I said?)
Data: summary page and description of data
Daily data, current year- daily weather data for the current year
2018 daily data- daily weather data for the 2018 calendar year.
2017 daily data- daily weather data for the 2017 calendar year.
2016 daily data- daily weather data for the 2016 calendar year.
weekly weather summary- the past weeks weather summary and this winter's weather compared to the past 45 winters.
long term snow- snow totals month by month, and snow year by snow year, since fall, 1974 in both centimeters and inches
long term water- month by month and snow year by snow year water content of the snowfall
ground cover- the dates and number of consecutive days of snow on the ground for each winter, as well as date of snow melt drop under 100 and 50 cm
daily high temperature => freezing- this table shows the number of days in each winter month over the years in which the daily high reached or surpassed freezing, when snow would melt
Records: this area will have info on the number of records, such as most snow on a given date, highest temperature and so on
records by winter: showing each winter and the number of record highs, lows, days with most snow etc. since 1974 as well as other info pertinent to that winter.
record summary table: a quick-look summary table of the records by winter
Monthly Data: The title page has all summarized data for each month for November through May starting in the fall of 1974 up until the current listed chronologically. The individual months below of June through October are from the 2000-2001 winter to current only.
September- summary for September, 2000-2018
October- summary for October, 2000-2018
November- summary for November, 1974-2018
December- summary for December, 1974-2018
January- summary for January, 1975-2019
February- summary for February, 1975-2019
March- summaries for March, 1975-2019
April- summary for April, 1975-2018
May- summary for May, 1975-2018
June- summary for June, 2001-2018
July- summary for July, 2001-2018
August- summary for August, 2001-2018
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated April 18
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos- an archive of photos that were on various site pages (in progress- well, actually little there to see)
ski and road- mostly general ski conditions for the area to and around Gothic, though in early and late winter road opening becomes important. Last update April 17.
links- links to other web sites people may find helpful
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Thank you to Greg of the Desert Research Institute and Brian of Slopeside Technology for their support in maintaining instrumentation, to Dan Jones for equipment and station set-up, and for Art Mears for advice, input and data analysis.
