“The reinforcements arrived in February of 2019!
Included in this newsletter: Arleen & Shawn’s 5 year Anniversary with Pagosa Weather, Big Thank You Waves to Individual Donors & Our Sponsors; News on Community Outreach; Calendar of events, CoCoRaHS and Contest Updates…
Arleen & Shawn Celebrate 5 years with Pagosa Weather!
Todd Cook recruited Arleen and Shawn five years ago to help with Pagosa Weather. They could see the need for Pagosa Weather and why Todd dedicated time to the Facebook weather blog, given the mountainous area and unique weather. Folks in the area yearned for more weather details than National Weather could provide.
In the last five years Pagosa Weather has grown beyond Facebook. Through the community outreach program, Arleen and Shawn have visited a number of schools and organizations including the Outdoor Club, Vet for Vets, Rotary Club, Wolf Creek Ski patrol, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Library as part of the Lifelong Learning program.
They have collaborated with the Archuleta County Extension Agency, Upper San Juan Search and Rescue, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, and the Colorado Climate Center. They provided fire weather training for the San Juan National Forest Service, Pagosa district.
As the NWS Archuleta County Weather Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassadors, they confer on a regular basis with the Grand Junction National Weather Service (NWS) Office. They were recognized at the national level as 2022 WRN Ambassadors of Excellence. They are also the NWS Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network coordinators for Archuleta County.
The informative Pagosa Weather website will be three years old this month! And Pagosa Weather was recognized as a nonprofit three years ago this month, too!
Arleen and Shawn would like to extend special thanks to folks that have helped with Pagosa Weather over the last five years, including weather forecasters, Todd Cook and Mark Langford, website designer Brandon Hatcher, and website manager Dō Engelhardt of Fluid Elements Web. Huge thanks to all the Pagosa Weather Board Members including past members and current members Udgar Parsons, Deborah McLain, Connie Hayes, and Debbie McAlister. Huge thanks to all sponsors including past sponsors, and the current sponsors who are listed below.
And most importantly huge thanks to everyone who has followed us and supported us over the last five years. Arleen and Shawn dedicate their time to Pagosa Weather as unpaid volunteers. They feel it is their civic duty with the knowledge and experience they have to provide this vital community service. Their payment is the thanks they receive when they meet followers in the community. Thank you for the last five years! We look forward to many more!!!
Personal Donations
You all were so generous in February! Special waves of thanks to: Peggy Sherrill, William R. Moore, Jackie & Bart Cox, Barbara Pugh, Rick Holter, and Donna & Carl Thornbrue!
What your generous donation goes towards…
Your donations help us take care of the website manager Fluid Elements, the website, weather subscriptions, and other business expenses. Most importantly your donations ensure that we will be able to provide this free service for everyone for years to come.
To make a donation, click on this link: How to Donate. You can donate by PayPal, Visa or MasterCard through Square, or by Check. Thank you so much for your generosity!
Shawn and I have been truly touched by the support our followers have shown for us! THANK YOU!!!
Scroll down to see NEWS on Community Outreach, Calendar of Events, CoCoRaHS and Contest Updates.
Sponsors
We LOVE our Sponsors! They just amaze us with their support!
Click on the sponsor’s logo to follow to their website.
Blizzard Level Sponsor
Snowman Level Sponsors
Snowball Level Sponsors
Storm Sponsor
Snow Dance Contest
We had a snow dance contest to celebrate our current snowpack and to inspire MORE snow! We had four Pagosa Weather followers get out and dance! And the result was a few more inches across the entire area including 10″ at Wolf Creek Pass.
Congratulation to the Sherrill family who won 4 day passes to The Springs Resort! Huge thanks to the Springs Resort, our Storm Sponsor, for sponsoring this weather contest.
Also, thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite snow dances!
Community Outreach
Earth Day ’24!
Come out and meet the Pagosa Weather Team on Sunday, April 21st at Centennial Park. We’ll have a weather activity for the kids (and adults) and some giveaways. We’ll have more details in the next newsletter.
If any teachers or organization would like us to visit for a presentation, send an email to Arleen at pagosaweather@gmail.com.
Pagosa Weather Calendar
- April 21st, 2024, Sunday, 9am-3pm: Earth Day, Downtown
- May 23, 2024, Thursday, 6pm: Monsoon ’24 Outlook, Ruby Sisson Library.
- June 8th, 2024, Saturday, Blue Grass Festival, Pagosa Weather booth (tentative)
- July 4th, 2024, Thursday, Parade – Look for the Pagosa Weather team & get a lightning bolt
- September 20th-22nd, Colorfest, Brief balloonists
- September 28th, Saturday, Chili Cha Cha, Pagosa Weather Booth
Send an email to pagosaweather@gmail.com if your organization would like to hear a weather presentation.
CoCoRaHS Newsletter Updates
Pagosa Weather is the Archuleta County “CoCoRaHS Coordinator” and “Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador”.
Weather Data Lovers, CoCoRaHS has released CoCoRaHS Data Explorer, or “DEx” for short. This tool provides countless new ways to visualize and analyze data. Note: it is highly recommended to use larger screens when viewing the DEx.
Click here to go to the DEx Station Search page for data access to any station in the database. (open to the public)
HELP! Do you or do you have a friend that lives in one of the five areas highlighted below?
Archuleta County is well represented but we still have BIG data gaps. We really need a volunteer in Arboles, Dulce, west on Highway 160, Pagosa Junction, and the upper Blanco. Sign up by filling out this web page: https://www.cocorahs.org/application.aspx. Or send us a note and we can send you more detailed information.
Perhaps, our April Newsletter will show fewer red circles!
The red circles are areas we could use a CoCoRaHS observer. Let us know if you can give us 5 to 10 minutes every morning to measure precip and snow. CoCoRaHS provides all the training you need.
Shawn’s February 2024 summary will be out in the next few days. He’s waiting on more DATA!
Contest Newsletter Updates
Special Thanks to our sponsor businesses that have stepped forward to sponsor our weather contests. They are a lot of fun!
2024 Weather Contests
| 1st 75 degrees of 2024 | Mar 7, 2024 | Pagosa Mountain Sports |
| 2024 Monsoon Rainfall | May 15, 2024 | The Springs Resort |
Active Contest:
Forecast the Total Seasonal Snowfall for Wolf Creek Ski Area on their final day of operation. (closed to new guesses)
The person with the closest guess will win a $50 gift certificate for SKI & BOW RACK!!! In addition, Ski & Bow Rack has offered HATS for the next closest guesses!
Huge thanks to Brittany & Robert and the rest of the team at Ski & Bow Rack for the support of our weather contests and for being our Blizzard level sponsor!
As of today, March 1st, 2024, Wolf Creek had measured 238” so far this winter. The ski resort average is 360”. They need another 122″ to be average. Thankfully, March is looking to be an active month. Wolf Creek’s final day of normal operation is expected to be in early April 2024.
Everyone is still in the running… Come on El’ Nino! Get to work!
Vicki Jones 320”
Danette Vigil 327”
Donna Simonne 328”
Lady Amber Rhea Vasquez-Schrage 333”
Brad Kinser 333
Lorren Dawes 336”
Amy Rivera 340
Dave Stimpson 345 inches
Amy Shepherd 345
Bill Anderson 345″
Jenny Lynn Heckmann · 346”
Connie McKeithen Prunty 350″
Dab Macke: 355
Marie Humenczuk 356”
Amy Wilk 358
Les Schwandt 359
Danielle Choate 361″
Troy Rettig says: 365”
Susanne Olson 365″
Randy Hays 365″
Patti Spindler says: 365″
Kirk Bliss 368″ Heather
Michelle 369″
Astrid Simund 369″
TomBon May 369
Antonio-Miranda Cabrera 371”
Sally Richmond 372”
Kimberly Hicks Laverty 375
Ed says: 376
Tammie Cypert Apodaca 376”
Musetta Wollenweber 376″
Mary Stokes 377″
Steve Voorhis says: 378”
Ron Bogs 378 inches
MJ Lore 378
Steve Earle 379 inches
Mauri Bishop 381″
Matt Ross 382”
Theresa Cordova-Trujillo 384.5 inches
Amanda Breman 386 inches
Deborah Henderson Stanislaus: 387 inches
Gina Leach 387”
Donna Muir 388”
Kelly H. Coleman 389″
Michelle Juneau says: 390″
Kris Hoff May 391”
Mark Apodaca 391”
Nestor Rivera 391″
Leo Milner 392″
Terri Lynn Grosh 392”
Debbi Plemons says: 393”
Shawndris Coy 393”
Joni Watkins 395”
Michael Barr 396
Jackie Cox says: 396”
Tammy Boen 397”
Tina Edwards says: 398”
Diana Kleckner Aragon 398
Aimee Fredrickson 398
Kari Burkett says: 399”
Jan Powers 399”
Robert Hagberg 399”
Erica Schuyler Hagopian 399″
Sharilyn Knox 399
Holly Baldwin says: 400 inches
Nancy Lynn Carey 400
Barbara Jetley 400
Jerry Williams 400”
Rob Barlow 401
Macee Burrow 401
Jode Fahrion Mckee 402”
Michelle Tressler Kolkau 402″
Simmie E. Rose 402″
Daniel Haskamp 402”
Jana Hoyer says: 403″
Madeline Arnold 403”
Linda Lutomski 404″
Joseph Yoklavich says: 404
Susan W Zoerb 406″
Pat Colby says: 407″
Michelle Carpenter 407
James D Tagliareni Jr. 409”
Barb Ferrell says: 409”
Crystal Dean 410
Cindi Galaty Galabota 411″
Larissa Terrell says: 411
Carol Ann Peterson 411
Sandy Williams 412”
Ben Bailey 413 inches.
Dana Clark 413″
Dee Halley 413”
Belinda Hewitt 413”
Cherese Bergman 413″
Bob Theodore says: 413”
Katelyn Duffy 415
Brittany Cone 417″
Shane Durham 418″
Murphy miller says: 418″
Dustan Mattingly 419
Lucinda Morris Tagliareni 420”
Ben Hicks 420
bob Michael Hughes 420”
Blair Jackson 420
David Wolff says: 420″
Toby Martinez 420″
Phil Slusher 421 inches
Kristin McCollam 421
Rachael Collins 421
Jeshua Thomas 421″
Jerry Jones 422”
Eric Porter 422
Johnna Thompson 422 inches
Floyd Vail 422”
Gina says: 422 inches
Ilene Gauger 423”
Wendy Burton 423”
Missy Lee 424”
Renee Demianew 424”
Kimberly Jean White 424”
Kay Reed 425
Monica Alley 425
Nancy Green 426 inches
Laura Jones says: 427″
Charlie Tyrrell 427″
Judd Campbell 427
Kathleen Wells Steventon 428″
Shaylah Nicole Lucero 428 inches
Allyson Wilkins 428
Ken Daniell 431”
Ellen Clark Schmidt 432”
Ryan Mathis 432”
Joslynn Hatcher 432”
Adrienne Panter 432″
Kelley White Grose 432
Lauren Fredrickson 433”
Hannah Hemenger 433”
Meg Wempe 434″
Dean Lee 435″
Mike Cianciolo says: 438″
Jeff Bentley 438″
Robert George 438
Diane Steve Horton 439”
Annett Hitchell 439″
Roslyn Reese Earle 440
Brad Hall 441
Dena Laterza 441
Sasha King: 442
Katherine Yoklavich says: 444 inches
Chris Edwards 444 inches
Peggy Andrews 444″
Mike Flihan 444 inches
Suzanne Coe says: 445 inches
Nikki Adams Taylor 447”
Luke Skinner 447”
Donna Marsh 447
Jeff Witten says: 448”
Nicole Smith 448 inches
Tasha Kossler 450”
Rick Holter says: 451″
Ängel Ţhrasher Ẅeaver 452 inches
Katie Howell says: 452
Jeremy Brousseau 453 1/2”
Lynn Robinson says : 453”
Adam Hirshberg 455″
Chris Carpenter 456
Eric Kuhn says: 456”
Lisa Dess 457
Gina Boaz 458”
Theresa Dougherty-Suchanek 459″
Sierra Graham 462″
Cheryl Ward-Bowdridge 468”
Amber Demmert 469”
Koebel Gennan 469
Lisa Griffin Oney 470
Greg Williams 472″
Teri Soto Martinez 472
Jared Conway 473”
Tim says: 475”
Justin Treptow 475 inches
Aly Jones 476”
Jana Doucet 477”
Dolores Rode 477
Kermit Herman 478″
Casey PenguinPups: 478”
Tanner Holman 479”
Joni Croce Bussoli 481″
Audrey Bliss 481
Steve Blechschmidt 481
Alisha Wagner 482″
Casey Fisher 483in.
Carla Salter 484”
Julian Martinez 485″
John P: 486”
Anthony Aldwell says: 488”
Eileen Martin 488”
Annie Stone 488
Molly Sprowle 488″
Venita Durrer 489 inches
Al Wylie 489”
Kim Bristow 492”
Amber Roberts 492″
Valerie Lucas 492 ”
Aaron Anderson 495 inches
Kim Martinez 496”
Mackenzie Hageness 496″
Chellie Panzera 498”
Kristie Bixler 499”
Vickie LeBlanc 500 inches
Eric Ziminsky 501”
Cia Leigh Adkisson 501
Denise Woods Santille 502″
Liz Herring-Tibbetts 502″
Carrie Thomas 502 inches
Neil Umali 502”
Suanne Freitag McLellan 502
Kathy Kulyk 505″
Stacey Fitzwater 506”
Mike Stang 507”
TJ Martinez 509
Bonnie J. Newman-Schilf 510”
Courtney Wieters 511″
Jasmin Trueba 512”
Lynn Bauman 512
Belen Quila Rutan 512”
Kenny Rogers says: 512″
Patty Sanner 515″
Nathanael Ward 515
Ana Appenzeller 515
Crystal Earley 520”
Lillian Byrne 521”
Lacy Capre 522”
Mary Tighe 525″
Kathy Morrone Wissing 527”
Jan Harms says: 528″
Karen Welch 528”
Corey Shult 529
Emily Green-Martinez 533
Sandra Meyn Thoma 540”
Jared Payne 559″
Michele Berndt 565
Mike Dingman 575″
Nikki Cyr 584″
Cheto Matthew Chavez 589”
Elijah Penguin Pups: 600”
Jarod Miller 605 inches
Meghan Hutcherson 678
