Weather
It just wont’ stop in Colorado. Â Colorado is having a banner season with Wolf Creek having seen 415″ of snowfall this season.
NOAA is calling for 1-2 Feet of snow in Colorado on Thursday and Friday and the 4 ski resorts in CO have already seen 3-9″ of snow in the past 48 hours.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO FEET POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY NIGHT. - NOAA Denver, CO today
New Snow in CO Past 48 Hours
- Winter Park = 9″
- Arapahoe Basin = 6″
- Loveland = 5″
- Aspen Highlands = 3″
Ski Resorts still OPEN in Colorado and when they close:
- Arapahoe Basin, CO | June 5th
- Loveland, CO | May 8thÂ
- Winter Park, CO | May 7th
- Aspen Highlands, CO | May 1st (weekends only)
WINTER STORM WATCH for COLORADO:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
856 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE`S PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE...GRANITE...
ST ELMO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...
BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...THE
WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND TELLER
COUNTY.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE THROUGH
EASTERN COLORADO ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SPRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO FEET POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACT...TRAVEL OVER THE PASSES WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO ICY...
SNOW COVERED ROADS. HEAVY WET SNOW MAY RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE
AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
