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.
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”
“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 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.