2 Winter Storm Warnings for Colorado | Up to 12″ Forecast

NOAA has issued two seperate Winter Storm Warning for Colorado this weekend.  One in Southwest Colorado and Central Colorado.  Some locations will see up to a foot of new snow.

NOAA has also issued several Winter Storm Watches and Winter Weather Advisories in Colorado for this weekend.

It’s going to be a very snowy weekend in Colorado.  Only Arapahoe Basin is still open.

Heads up out there if you’re headed into the backcountry.  We had two skiers caught in an avalanche this past week at Berthoud Pass, CO.

NOAA Winter Storm Warning:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
258 PM MDT THU MAY 14 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MDT
SUNDAY ABOVE 9000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 9000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE CITIES OF...TELLURIDE...SILVERTON...RICO.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
  THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
  FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
  2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BELOW 9000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVEL...GENERALLY NEAR THE 9000 FOOT LEVEL...BUT COULD
  LOWER IN SOME AREAS TO NEAR 8000 FEET...MAINLY DURING THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS
  AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.