picture above: left to right, 'Pica Basin, Long Basin' and Avery Mountain Mountains, July 18
Today's weather, Monday, September 20: mostly cloudy to cloudy overnight with strong wind announcing the arrival of a cold front with rain after midnight, heavy in short spurts. Sky clears just before sunrise.
Live Station Cameras
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 station
Current view: light snow high up at Rustler's Gulch on West Maroon Pass
--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, September 20, 2021 as of 7:05 a.m. MDT
Low temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
High temperature: 11½ºC (53ºF)
Current temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 4-8 W (strongest wind between ground and 45,000 feet is 105 mph W at 30,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset September 19 to sunrise September 20: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 of water content, 0.31 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, 0.31 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0")
Winters deepest snow pack: 0 cm (0") on September 01
Water content in snowpack (SWE), as of 01 September : 0 inches (this will be a new feature coming this winter)
Total snowfall this winter: 0 cm (0") as of sunrise September 20
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 0.00 as of September 20
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 1.16 as of sunrise September 20
Total precipitation starting September 01: 1.16" as of sunrise September 20
Low temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
High temperature: 11½ºC (53ºF)
Current temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 4-8 W (strongest wind between ground and 45,000 feet is 105 mph W at 30,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset September 19 to sunrise September 20: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00 of water content, 0.31 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, 0.31 rain
Current snow pack: 0 cm (0")
Winters deepest snow pack: 0 cm (0") on September 01
Water content in snowpack (SWE), as of 01 September : 0 inches (this will be a new feature coming this winter)
Total snowfall this winter: 0 cm (0") as of sunrise September 20
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 0.00 as of September 20
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 1.16 as of sunrise September 20
Total precipitation starting September 01: 1.16" as of sunrise September 20
"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: my new snow year starts on September 01. Note that weather services use October 01, meaning any September snow is actually counted with the previous winter. But when i began weather collection it made more sense, at least up here, to start in September as we used to get more snow and, at that time, it became part of the upcoming winter's permanent snowpack. That is no longer the case that often as we get rain later into the fall instead of snow, and the snow melts away to bare ground later into winter. But my snow years will start on September 01.
I am working on a table of extreme events by winter (will not be ready for quite a while). One thing i did not even pick up on last winter was that the most water from snowfall in any single day all last winter was 0.70" on February 10. This marks the lowest maximum amount of water in any day over any winter, including the "winter of none", 1976-77.
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.
Some slides off Bellview ran last 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.
I am working on a table of extreme events by winter (will not be ready for quite a while). One thing i did not even pick up on last winter was that the most water from snowfall in any single day all last winter was 0.70" on February 10. This marks the lowest maximum amount of water in any day over any winter, including the "winter of none", 1976-77.
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.
Some slides off Bellview ran last 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.
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Animal sightings, September 19: (5 p.m.)
Birds: those usually here in winter will be listed and those seen/heard that day will have a √ next to their name. American Crow √ Black billed Magpie Stellar Jay √ Gray Jay √ Mountain Chickadee √ Pine Grosbeak Pine Siskin √ American Robin √ White Breasted Nuthatch |
Mammals: thy will be marked with 'v' for a visual siting, a 't' for tracks or an 'a' for audio ID.
tree squirrel- a marmot - a Chipmunk - deer- v deer mouse- v Red Fox- Elk- a |
Some (somewhat) recent pictures of the area:
Fireweed in bloom on Snodgrass- a sign summer is ending, July 31
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Looking down valley as ground vegetation dies off, September 02
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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, 2001-2021
August- summary for August, 2001-2021
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated August 21
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, 2001-2021
August- summary for August, 2001-2021
Other Info- just a heading page for the underlying categories
animals- notes on siting and activity of winter animal life, updated August 21
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.