picture above: left to right, 'Pica Basin, Long Basin' and Avery Mountain Mountains. With no snow (!). July 18
Today's weather, Sunday, July 25: partly to mostly cloudy and warm becoming mostly cloudy while smoky by mid morning.
Live Station Cameras
Note that for the time being i cannot access the camera's remotely so cannot move the view very often during the day, so usually that will only be morning, mid day and late day.
Note that for the time being i cannot access the camera's remotely so cannot move the view very often during the day, so usually that will only be morning, mid day and late day.
The Station Camera, below, is located just north of Gothic at the weather station. Current status is: ON
--Current view: Gothic Mountain
--On clear and calm days it will look more like a still picture. Note that unless the moon is up very little to nothing will be visible at night.
-- 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 12 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
--On clear and calm days it will look more like a still picture. Note that unless the moon is up very little to nothing will be visible at night.
-- 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 12 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
The Camera North, is located just north of the weather station. Current status is: ON
--Current view: Mt Bellview
--When Rustler's Gulch is shown here, it is actually just the beginning part as the whole valley back behind Avery mountain
--You can go directly to the camera on the YouTube page by clicking here
Today's weather data for Gothic, July 25, 2021 as of 12:15 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: 6ºC (43ºF)
High temperature: 21ºC (70ºF)
Current temperature: 20½ºC (69ºF)
Cloud cover: mostly cloudy and smoky
Wind: 2-4 S (strongest wind between ground and 45,000 feet is 9 mph NE at 39,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset July 24 to sunrise July 25: 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") snow containing 0.00 water, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0")
Winters deepest snow pack: 142 cm (56") on February 14
Total snowfall this winter: 561 cm (221") as of sunrise July 25
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 17.90 as of July 25
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 4.15 as of sunrise July 25
Total precipitation starting September 01: 22.06" as of sunrise July 25
Low temperature: 6ºC (43ºF)
High temperature: 21ºC (70ºF)
Current temperature: 20½ºC (69ºF)
Cloud cover: mostly cloudy and smoky
Wind: 2-4 S (strongest wind between ground and 45,000 feet is 9 mph NE at 39,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset July 24 to sunrise July 25: 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") snow containing 0.00 water, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0")
Winters deepest snow pack: 142 cm (56") on February 14
Total snowfall this winter: 561 cm (221") as of sunrise July 25
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 17.90 as of July 25
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 4.15 as of sunrise July 25
Total precipitation starting September 01: 22.06" as of sunrise July 25
"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain" -Steven Wright
"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
"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
What is New and other Notes: added Evapotranspiration to the Current Year data table. This is only for the summer months but measures the amount of water evaporating from the ground that day.
updated the long term snow total tables to include June, which added....nothing. Take a look at them and you get a good picture of just how dry the past two winters have been- it is quite brutal. And even with the yearly average amount of snow getting lower because of recent dry winters, only one winter in the past 10 has been able to be above average.
The long term water from snow table is also done with winter snow amounts and updating it for June changed nothing. This was not quite as bad as the snow totals but what stands out the most is looking at the '% water' column (the snow density). The longer term average is 6.65 % and for the 5th winter in a row it was above 8% (which had never happened even once before).
The table showing the number of days at or above freezing for each month is done for the 202021 winter, which shows that every month this past winter had above the average number of days. This has been the case since November 2018.
Amazingly, the snowpack for all of March held between 41-44" deep the whole month until climbing above that March 25 for a few days only.
Some slides off Bellview ran January 31 and they can be seen on the photos and video page. They quality is not that good but you can at least see the slides run.
For a great hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
updated the long term snow total tables to include June, which added....nothing. Take a look at them and you get a good picture of just how dry the past two winters have been- it is quite brutal. And even with the yearly average amount of snow getting lower because of recent dry winters, only one winter in the past 10 has been able to be above average.
The long term water from snow table is also done with winter snow amounts and updating it for June changed nothing. This was not quite as bad as the snow totals but what stands out the most is looking at the '% water' column (the snow density). The longer term average is 6.65 % and for the 5th winter in a row it was above 8% (which had never happened even once before).
The table showing the number of days at or above freezing for each month is done for the 202021 winter, which shows that every month this past winter had above the average number of days. This has been the case since November 2018.
Amazingly, the snowpack for all of March held between 41-44" deep the whole month until climbing above that March 25 for a few days only.
Some slides off Bellview ran January 31 and they can be seen on the photos and video page. They quality is not that good but you can at least see the slides run.
For a great hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
Animal sightings. the notes of the animal siting's is done until next fall as there are too many now. This will return in a few months. I will try and keep the new arrivals updated on the animals page.
Some (somewhat) recent pictures of the area:
East River opening, April 10
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CB Mountain, Snodgrass and Gothic from up valley, April 29
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Gothic Weather Page Index:
Home page (this page- if you lived here you'd be home already)
Current Year, daily Description
2020 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2020
2019 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily written 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
2020 daily data- daily weather data for the 2019 calendar year.
2019 daily data- daily weather data for the 2019 calendar 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 46 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, the temperature 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 start from the 2000-2001 winter to current only, except for snow totals.
September- summary for September, 2000-2020
October- summary for October, 2000-2020
November- summary for November, 1974-2020
December- summary for December, 1974-2020
January- summary for January, 1975-2021
February- summary for February, 1975-2021
March- summaries for March, 1975-2021
April- summary for April, 1975-2021
May- summary for May, 1975-2021
June- summary for June, 2000-2021
July- summary for July, 2001-2020
August- summary for August, 2001-2020
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 28
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos and videos- 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 June 14.
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 Description
2020 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2020
2019 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2019
2018 weather description- daily written 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
2020 daily data- daily weather data for the 2019 calendar year.
2019 daily data- daily weather data for the 2019 calendar 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 46 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, the temperature 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 start from the 2000-2001 winter to current only, except for snow totals.
September- summary for September, 2000-2020
October- summary for October, 2000-2020
November- summary for November, 1974-2020
December- summary for December, 1974-2020
January- summary for January, 1975-2021
February- summary for February, 1975-2021
March- summaries for March, 1975-2021
April- summary for April, 1975-2021
May- summary for May, 1975-2021
June- summary for June, 2000-2021
July- summary for July, 2001-2020
August- summary for August, 2001-2020
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated May 28
avalanches- a general overlook of the snow conditions around Gothic
photos and videos- 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 June 14.
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. Also to Dan Jones for equipment assistance and station set-up, and for Art Mears for advice, input and data analysis.