picture above: the Upper East River valley from Snodgrass, looking at Gothic, Bellview and Avery Mountains. February 07.
Today's weather, Tuesday, April 20: strong wind with blowing snow after dark before clearing after midnight, then turning colder as wind lets up towards sunrise. Clear with a slow warming through the morning.
The Live 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
Live Camera North, is located just just north of the weather station
--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, April 20, 2021 as of 1:30 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -10½ºC (13ºF)
High temperature: 2ºC (36ºF)
Current temperature: 2ºC (36ºF)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 2-4 SW (strongest wind level is 69 mph W at 34,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset April 19 to sunrise April 20: with 5 cm (2") new snow containing 0.20 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 5 cm (2") snow containing 0.20 water, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 56 cm (22")
Winters deepest snow pack: 142 cm (56") on February 14
Total snowfall this winter: 517 cm (203") as of sunrise April 20
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 16.23 as of April 20
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 0.23 as of sunrise April 20
Total precipitation starting September 01: 16.36" as of sunrise April 20
Low temperature: -10½ºC (13ºF)
High temperature: 2ºC (36ºF)
Current temperature: 2ºC (36ºF)
Cloud cover: partly cloudy
Wind: 2-4 SW (strongest wind level is 69 mph W at 34,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset April 19 to sunrise April 20: with 5 cm (2") new snow containing 0.20 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 5 cm (2") snow containing 0.20 water, 0.00 rain
Current snow pack: 56 cm (22")
Winters deepest snow pack: 142 cm (56") on February 14
Total snowfall this winter: 517 cm (203") as of sunrise April 20
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 16.23 as of April 20
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 0.23 as of sunrise April 20
Total precipitation starting September 01: 16.36" as of sunrise April 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: the weekly weather summary is up. There was just enough new snow to slow sown the snowpack melt off but the winter stayed right near the bottom for total snow and it will end that way. And so it goes.
added the record high temperatures for April 03, April 04 and April 05 to the records by winter and the records summary tables.
Amazingly, the snowpack for all of March has 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.
The least precipitation in an October had been 0.81" of water (rain and snow combined). This past October's total was 0.48".
For a great hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
added the record high temperatures for April 03, April 04 and April 05 to the records by winter and the records summary tables.
Amazingly, the snowpack for all of March has 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.
The least precipitation in an October had been 0.81" of water (rain and snow combined). This past October's total was 0.48".
For a great hour by hour weather forecast for Gothic go to the Colorado Avalanche Information Gothic weather forecast page.
Animal sightings. Below are the daily sightings for birds and mammal. For birds it is auditory or visual identifications and for mammal visual, audible or tracks. This list is that of the more common animals but if there is no √ by the name it was not seen on the day listed. If a new animal is spotted it will be added to the list but if one is not seen in a week or two it will be dropped. For more animal information go to the animal page under Other Info. --Late afternoon March 01 i put out a couple bird feeders for the first time this winter.
|
Today's Bird sightings for April 20 (those with a √ were sited today)
American Robin √ Gray jay Stellar jay √ Mountain Chickadee √ Black Capped Chickadee Pine Grosbeak American Crow √ Magpie White Breasted Nuthatch Gray Crowned Rosy Finch √ Brown Capped Rosy Finch √ Dark Eyed Junco √ Northern Flicker Red Napped Sapsucker √ Red Winged Blackbird |
Today's mammal sightings or tracks, April 20 (t=track, v=visual or audio)
Tree squirrel t Deer Mouse v Red Fox Snowshoe hare Coyote Short tailed weasel Long tailed weasel Pine Martin Golden mantled Ground Squirrel Marmot v Mink Meadow Vole |
Some (somewhat) recent pictures of the area:
East River opening, April 10
|
Fresh avalanche on Avery Peak, February 18
|
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, 1975-2020
May- summary for May, 1975-2020
June- summary for June, 2000-2020
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 April 13
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 April 19.
links- links to other web sites people may find helpful
↑ ↓ → º ½
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.