Colorado has had a heck of a year. Right now, they’re waiting on up to 15 more inches of snow by Saturday morning. Colorado’s base is good. This snow on top is gonna make for a great weekend. Get up there.
NOAA is saying that some locations were getting 2″ of snow per hour last night…
“A winter storm continues through today and tonight with the heaviest snowfall expected over southwest Colorado. Snow diminishes on Saturday but remains cold. More wintery weather is possible next week so continue to follow the latest forecast updates.” – NOAA Grand Junction, CO
Please give the Colorado Avalanche Information Center a look before heading into the backcountry. Avalanche Danger is HIGH in many place in CO right now:
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
NOAA WINTER STORM WARNING for COLORADO:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 401 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS... CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WILL CONTINUE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: NEW SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REACHING 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ELK AND WEST ELK MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH MAY RESULT IN LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW....ESPECIALLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING OVER VAIL PASS ALONG INTERSTATE 70...AND OVER MONARCH PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 50.
