NOAA: Winter Storm Warning for Colorado This Weekend | 8-14″ of Snow Forecast

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Copper Mountain, CO today. image: copper mountain
10″ of blower today Copper Mountain, CO today. image: copper mountain

NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Colorado today that is calling for 8-14″ of snow on Saturday and Sunday.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES...BRINGING
  SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR
  VAIL PASS. - NOAA Grand Junction, CO today

Colorado got some good snow last night as well.  Up to 11″ of new snow.

image: noaa, today
image: noaa, today

THURSDAY NIGHT SNOW TOTALS IN COLORADO:

  • Winter Park – 11”
  • Copper Mountain – 10”
  • Keystone – 9”
  • Crested Butte – 7”
  • Steamboat – 7”
  • Vail – 6”
  • Breckenridge – 6”
  • Beaver Creek – 6”
  • Arapahoe basin – 5”
  • Loveland – 5”
  • Monarch – 4”
  • Aspen Highlands – 4”
PINK = Winter Storm Warning. PURPLE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, today
PINK = Winter Storm Warning. PURPLE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, today

“Snow is expected to continue falling this morning and into this evening as a weather disturbance passes through the area. The previous winter weather advisories have been upgraded to winter storm warnings to account for the extra snowfall. 4 to 8 inches of new snowfall is expected through 6 pm tonight. Light snow will slowly end from the west overnight. Drier conditions are expected for the first part of the weekend.” – NOAA Grand Junction, CO today

Winter Park, CO today. image: winter park
Winter Park, CO today. image: winter park

WINTER STORM WARNING for COLORADO:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
807 AM MST FRI DEC 9 2016

GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE CITIES OF...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY BY 6 PM. LIGHT SNOW
  WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES...BRINGING
  SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR
  VAIL PASS.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER
  VAIL PASS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT
  TIMES.

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