It looks as though Ullr has one more surprise for Colorado this May as a winter storm is set to impact the Continental Divide over the course of the next couple days.
So far, NOAA is calling for up to 2 FEET in spots by Wednesday morning!
However, it appears as though lingering snow showers could affect Arapahoe Basin until Thursday morning. All in all, skiing in Colorado should last well into June and fire bans over the summer should be kept at bay by all the late spring precipitation!
Winter Weather Advisory
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.
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