Weather
Winter Weather continues to hit Western Colorado hard. Heavy snowfall and high winds are impacting the area, making for difficult travel conditions in the mountains. The skiing is great though!
10-20+” of total snow accumulation through Tuesday Night.
Only snow is expected to hit the mountains with this storm. Cold temperatures are present in the mountains and it is pretty windy elsewhere.
Colorado: 3-6″ of Additional Snowfall Today
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...Additional accumulations of 3 to 6 inches.
- NOAA Pueblo, CO
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Colorado Winter Storm Warning:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 556 AM MST Tue Feb 28 2017 La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft- Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft- INCLUDING North Pass, Cumbres Pass, and Wolf Creek Pass ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...The La Garita and eastern San Juan Mountains above 10000 feet...including Wolf Creek and Cumbres Passes. * CAUSE AND TIMING...a storm system will track across the region  bringing snow through this afternoon. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...Additional accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. * WIND...southwest at 15 to 30, gusting to 50 mph causing areas  of blowing snow and poor visibility. Winds shifting to west to  northwest 20 to 30 mph by this afternoon. * IMPACT...travel will be hazardous due to heavy, blowing snow,  poor visibility and icy or snow covered roads. the heaviest  snow will occur mainly this morning.
