picture above: January 03- avalanche debris that ran out of the cirque on Gothic Mountain December 31 at 8:50 a.m. and crossed the river, then reached and went past the Judd Falls trailhead outhouse. Luckily the brunt of the snow stopped just after crossing the river.
Today's weather, Friday, January 21: turning cloudy overnight with snow starting just before sunrise but short lived. Then intermittent light snow through the morning, then becoming steady, but light, mid-afternoon.
Live Station Cameras
The Station Camera, below, is located just north of Gothic at the weather station.
--Current view: Gothic Mountain
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera put it on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the station camera to see it.
-- 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
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera put it on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the station camera to see it.
-- 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 Station Camera below, is located just north of the station looking up valley
--Current View: Avery Mountain and the road north of the station
--That which is labeled as 'Rustler's Gulch is really just the beginning of that are, which extends behind Avery Mountain
--The windy.com web page has taken the camera on a fast 24-hour run-through. You can clink on the up-valley camera link to see it
--You can go directly to the camera on the YouTube page by clicking here
Today's weather data for Gothic, January 21, 2022, as of 12:30 p.m. MST
Low temperature: -11ºC (12ºF)
High temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Current temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Cloud cover: overcast
Wind: 0-2 SW (strongest wind between ground and 45,000 feet is 52 mph W at 45,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset January 20 to sunrise January 21: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" of water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 1 cm (½") new snow containing 0.03 water content, 0.00 rain
Precipitation today, currently: light snow, with 1 cm (½") snow containing 0.03 water, 0.00 rain
Current snowpack: 110 cm (43½")
Winters deepest snowpack: 173 cm (68") on December 31
Water content in snowpack (SWE), as of 16 January: 14½ inches of water
Total snowfall this winter: 417 cm (164") as of sunrise January 21
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 13.53 as of January 21
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 2.91 as of sunrise January 21
Total precipitation starting September 01: 16.44" as of sunrise January 21
Low temperature: -11ºC (12ºF)
High temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Current temperature: -3½ºC (26ºF)
Cloud cover: overcast
Wind: 0-2 SW (strongest wind between ground and 45,000 feet is 52 mph W at 45,000 feet elevation)
Precipitation: sunset January 20 to sunrise January 21: with 0 cm (0") new snow containing 0.00" of water content, 0.00" rain
Precipitation sunrise to sunset today: with 1 cm (½") new snow containing 0.03 water content, 0.00 rain
Precipitation today, currently: light snow, with 1 cm (½") snow containing 0.03 water, 0.00 rain
Current snowpack: 110 cm (43½")
Winters deepest snowpack: 173 cm (68") on December 31
Water content in snowpack (SWE), as of 16 January: 14½ inches of water
Total snowfall this winter: 417 cm (164") as of sunrise January 21
Total water content from snow (SWE) this winter: 13.53 as of January 21
Total rain this snow-year, starting September 01: 2.91 as of sunrise January 21
Total precipitation starting September 01: 16.44" as of sunrise January 21
"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: I have added water content to the storm's tables of most snow in a 24-hour period and the largest snowstorms. The water content is interesting as it can change the look of the storm total, showing the amount of water along with the amount of snow.
Sunrise was at 7:23 on the solstice and then despite days getting longer it continued to get later, down to 7:27 on December 29 and stayed there until January 13. Now it has finally gotten back to where it was on the solstice (which matters a lot to early riser). Summer is coming.
Daily records were set early in December but then none for a couple weeks until the most snow ever on December 24 and then again on the 31st. Also added as the warmest low temperature on January 06 and the record high on January 13, all of which have been added to the records by winter and records summary tables.
Some slides off Bellview ran last January 31, 2020 and they can be seen on the photos and video page. The 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.
Sunrise was at 7:23 on the solstice and then despite days getting longer it continued to get later, down to 7:27 on December 29 and stayed there until January 13. Now it has finally gotten back to where it was on the solstice (which matters a lot to early riser). Summer is coming.
Daily records were set early in December but then none for a couple weeks until the most snow ever on December 24 and then again on the 31st. Also added as the warmest low temperature on January 06 and the record high on January 13, all of which have been added to the records by winter and records summary tables.
Some slides off Bellview ran last January 31, 2020 and they can be seen on the photos and video page. The 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, January 21: (12 p.m.)
Birds: those usually here in winter or showing up lately will be listed and those seen/heard that day will have a √ next to their name. American Crow Gray Jay Stellar Jay √ Mountain Chickadee Black billed Magpie Pine Grosbeak √ White Breasted Nuthatch Downy Woodpecker Gray Headed Rosy Finch |
Mammals: thy will be marked with 'v' for a visual siting, a 't' for tracks or an 'a' for audio ID.
tree squirrel- deer mouse- Red Fox- snowshoe hare- t long tail weasel- short tail weasel- pine martin- moose- one of the two fox here has a very bad leg and has for over almost 2 months |
Some (somewhat) recent pictures of the area:
Two moose by the house, January 10
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The station during storm, 6:30 a.m. Dec. 31
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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
2021 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2020
2020 Daily 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 written 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
2021 daily data- daily weather data for the 2021 calendar year.
2020 daily data- daily weather data for the 2020 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, 2000-2021
October- summary for October, 2000-2021
November- summary for November, 1974-2021
December- summary for December, 1974-2021
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 January 06
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 December 23.
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
2021 weather description- daily written summary for the calendar year 2020
2020 Daily 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 written 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
2021 daily data- daily weather data for the 2021 calendar year.
2020 daily data- daily weather data for the 2020 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, 2000-2021
October- summary for October, 2000-2021
November- summary for November, 1974-2021
December- summary for December, 1974-2021
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 January 06
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 December 23.
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 and for advice, input and data analysis.