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, Monday, March 25: cloudy and mild overnight with light snow after dark and then again a few hours after midnight before clearing near sunrise. Clear and warming through the morning though cooling late morning with the light wind.
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.
--Current view: Rustler's Gulch
Today's weather data for Gothic, March 25, 2019 as of 2:45 p.m. MDT
Low temperature: -8½ºC (17ºF)
High temperature: 5ºC (41ºF)
Current temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 2-4 SW, gusts to 10
Precipitation sunset March 24 to sunrise March 25 with 2 cm (1") new snow containing 0.07" 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 2 cm (1") new snow containing 0.07 water, 0.00" rain
Recent Storm cycle total, as of sunrise, March 01- March 09: 198 cm (67") with 6.83" water. Status: over
Current snow pack: 202 cm (79½") , today's deepest 204 cm (80½")
Winters deepest snow pack: 238 cm (93½") on March 09
Total snowfall this winter: 757 cm (298") as of sunrise March 25
Total water content from snow this winter: 24.75" as of sunrise March 25
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 3.72" as of sunrise March 25
Total precipitation for the snow year: 28.47" as of sunrise March 25
Low temperature: -8½ºC (17ºF)
High temperature: 5ºC (41ºF)
Current temperature: 4½ºC (40ºF)
Cloud cover: clear
Wind: 2-4 SW, gusts to 10
Precipitation sunset March 24 to sunrise March 25 with 2 cm (1") new snow containing 0.07" 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 2 cm (1") new snow containing 0.07 water, 0.00" rain
Recent Storm cycle total, as of sunrise, March 01- March 09: 198 cm (67") with 6.83" water. Status: over
Current snow pack: 202 cm (79½") , today's deepest 204 cm (80½")
Winters deepest snow pack: 238 cm (93½") on March 09
Total snowfall this winter: 757 cm (298") as of sunrise March 25
Total water content from snow this winter: 24.75" as of sunrise March 25
Total rain this snow-year, starting Sept. 01: 3.72" as of sunrise March 25
Total precipitation for the snow year: 28.47" as of sunrise March 25
"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 is now up for Saturday March 23. It was a dry week so this winter, despite the past 2 months of snow (and clouds and wind- don't forget them. I can't), has dropped to 7% below average in snowfall- but still a whopping 21% above average in water content. Goes to show how dense the snowfall has become, which can be caused by a number of factors but by far the biggest is warming temperature as crystals form and fall.
March 15 was Finally a clear day after having only 3 clear or partly cloudy days in the past 40.
-- added the record for the warmest lows for February 28 and on March 02 and the record lows for March 15 and 16 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 for the warmest lows for February 28 and on March 02 and the record lows for March 15 and 16 on the records by winter and the records summary tables.
Avalanche hitting Levi cabin in Gothic, March 03
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another avalanche south of Gothic (and south of the first one, March 04
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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, 1975-2018
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 March 23
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 March 20.
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, 1975-2018
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 March 23
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 March 20.
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.
