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NWS NBM 18Z 15 Nov · Kendall Mountain Recreation Area, CO

Snow Briefing · Ski area

Kendall Mountain Recreation Area, CO

Ski area • base 9,221 ft • summit 12,395 ft • NBM 18Z 15 Nov 2026 • issued 19:39Z

The blend has 3.1″ of snow for Kendall Mountain Recreation Area over the next three days, and 14.6″ over its ten days. Verdict: plow it.

Snow Briefing card for Kendall Mountain Recreation Area, CO: NBM 18Z 15 Nov 2026. Next 24 h 0.0″, 72 h 3.1″, ten days 14.6″.
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The next ten days

Plow verdict on the 72-hour total: Plow it

HorizonSnowRange 10–90%IceChance ≥1″Chance ≥6″
Next 24 h0.0″0.0–0.0″0.00″0%0%
Next 48 h0.0″0.0–0.0″0.00″0%0%
Next 72 h3.1″—0.00″——
5 days8.5″————
7 days12.2″————
10 days14.6″————

Snow is the blend's deterministic forecast; the range is its 10th to 90th percentile and the chances are its own exceedance probabilities. Ice is freezing-rain accretion.

Day by day

Climate day (12Z–12Z)Snow90th pctChance ≥1″Chance ≥6″
Tue 17 Nov0.0″0.0″0%0%
Wed 18 Nov3.1″———
Thu 19 Nov0.0″———
Fri 20 Nov2.8″———
Sat 21 Nov6.2″———
Sun 22 Nov0.2″———
Mon 23 Nov0.3″———
Tue 24 Nov1.3″———
Wed 25 Nov0.4″———

Climate days run 12Z to 12Z, the window the NWS national snowfall analysis scores. Percentiles and chances are available for the first two days.

Two weeks out · ECMWF ensemble

Byp10Medianp90Members ≥1″Members ≥6″
Day 32.5″5.0″6.5″96%20%
Day 55.2″7.0″8.9″100%72%
Day 78.6″12.4″18.0″100%100%
Day 109.3″12.8″18.2″100%100%
Day 1512.6″16.7″26.8″100%100%

ECMWF open data, 50 perturbed members at 0.25°, snow at a fixed 10:1 ratio, run 00Z 15 Nov. Cumulative from the run.

Density, level and trend

Density at 48 h—
Load at 48 h—
Snow-to-liquid ratio at 48 h—
Snow level at 24 h / 48 h— / —
Freezing rain chance, 48 h6%
Trendsteady vs the previous run (48 h)

How good is this forecast?

The blend's day-1 snowfall this season, scored against the NWS national snowfall analysis: mean absolute error 1.12″, bias −0.21″, critical success index at 6″ 0.06 over 71 scored days. Last scored day: 14 Nov 2026.

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