NOAA: Up To 14″ of Snow for Colorado Today/Tonight

NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that is calling for a big storm to rip through Colorado today and tonight and drop up to 14″ of snow in spots.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10000 FEET BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. EXPECT UP TO 8
  INCHES OF SNOW TODAY AND ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. 
  - NOAA Denver, CO today

Above 10,000-feet, it’s gonna be full-on winter.  Arapahoe Basin ski area is still open in CO and their base is at 10,800-feet.  Boom!

As of May 11th, Colorado’s statewide snowpack was at 124% of average to date.  The current storm will help that.

NOAA: Colorado Snowpack WAY Above Average Right Now

They’re calling for even more snow on Tuesday and Wednesday.

.A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE GREAT
BASIN THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD COOL TEMPERATURES OVER COLORADO
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW
10000 FEET TODAY CAUSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER
COLORADO AND UTAH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AND INTO
WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for COLORADO:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
445 AM MDT MON MAY 16 2016

...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE GREAT
BASIN THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD COOL TEMPERATURES OVER COLORADO
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW
10000 FEET TODAY CAUSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER
COLORADO AND UTAH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AND INTO
WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT
  TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10000 FEET BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. EXPECT UP TO 8
  INCHES OF SNOW TODAY AND ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE 15 MPH OR LESS. HEAVY SNOW
  SHOWERS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SLUSHY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SOME SNOWPACKED ROADS
  CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. BRIDGES
  AND OVERPASSES MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED.