Colorado Storm Expands | 10-20″ of Snow Forecast

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CO expanded their Warnings and Watches today to include more area.  Purple = Winter Storm Watch.  Pink = Winter Storm Warning.  Green = Flood Watch

Colorado is still on track to receive 10-20 inches of snow today and they’ve expanded their Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Storm Watches to include more areas and mountains.

Arapahoe Basin, CO got 6″ of snow overnight, 15″ in the past 3 days, and it’s still snowing.

Colorado has been getting it in May and it’s not over yet.

Get out there and have fun, but don’t forget about avalanches.  All this new snow, with higher springtime temps is going to certainly cause some unstable conditions in Colorado this week.  Be smart, be careful.

Snowfall forecast in CO through May showing up to 20+ inches in spots.
Snowfall forecast in CO through May 21st showing up to 20+ inches in spots.

WINTER STORM WARNING:

…HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS TODAY……WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THISEVENING…

* TIMING…SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAYBEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILLFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…10 TO 20 INCHES…WITH MOST OF THE HEAVYSNOW ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND ON HIGHEST EAST SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY…SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER HIGHERELEVATIONS. VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THEHEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS…ROADS ABOVE 9000 FEET ARE LIKELY SLUSHY OR SNOWPACKEDWITH ROADS ABOVE 10000 FEET SNOWPACKED WITH LOW VISIBILITY DUETO BLOWING SNOW. LOW VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO MAKE TRAVELDIFFICULT IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.


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