The Melt is On!

Snow enough to measure on Friday with a few flakes falling early on Tuesday. More melting going on with hardly any mud around town! Friday saw our wildest weather between 8am and 9:30. The sun above Kendall illuminated clouds of swirling dime sized snowflakes. All so intrinsically beautiful!

From The Standard Mail Car

Hello Editor, Writing to you regarding the proposed Shrine Hill Development. The Shrine Hill overview provided to the board of trustees on February 27th was a tremendous first step and very well done.

Anticipation and enthusiasm!

Wednesday: 32.3 degrees at 7:00 AM to be followed by a roaring rush of wind and snow plus dropping temperatures from on high! From then on, another unsettled weather week in April had commenced. Get ready for almost anything! 37.1 degree high Thursday: 12.

Sudden Change!

Wednesday: -11.2 calm and clear. Cumulus returned by mid-morning. Vertical falling snow late afternoon. Quiet cold day. 27.3 degree high Thursday: -14.8 degrees clear and still gradually warming. Nearly calm with lots of sun and snow melt. A bit of late afternoon cirrus. 45.1 degree high Friday: 4.

From The Standard Mail Car

My wife and I would like to formally thank Equipment/ Plow operator “Stuart” for the wonderful job he has done this year keeping our alley way cleared and drive able! Stuart goes the extra mile and does it with a smile and a nod when you see him.

Season of Surprise!

Wednesday: 8.9 degrees at 7:00 AM. Cirius from the northwest with an up-canyon breeze. Rapid warming though overcast. Warmest day in March! 44.4 degree high Thursday: 30.5 degrees fast-moving meds from the southwest plus blue patches. Trees tossing with snow blowing about timberline.

From The Standard Mail Car

Thank you snowplow drivers for the awesome job you are doing keeping our roads and driveways clear! We appreciate the long hours you put in, day and night, in the cold and dark. Once again you have done an exceptional job during another season of record snowfall. You are the best!

Endless Winter

Wednesday: 29.1 at 7:00 am. Full jet stream propelled an atmospheric river -here from Hawaii! All night then all day with less than 100foot visibility and 29 degrees above zero for most of the day. High was 30.5 degrees. Thursday: 1.7 degrees mixed mids out of the southwest.

Column From Rep. Barabara McLachlan

I am surprised as anyone else that, as an English teacher, I am running a bill about the attributes of math, and the necessity that students understand it. But that is exactly what’s happening. I introduced House Bill 231231 last week with Rep. Rose Pugliese from El Paso County.

Vernal Equinox

From The Standard Mail Car Can Spring have come to the High Country? Day and night are equal now for a moment before daylight tips the scale toward summer. Here in our high valley nights are still frozen.