More snow

[lloyd braun]

/o.new.kgjt.sb.y.0023.060921t0000z- 060922t0000z/ Elkhead And Park Mountains- Gore And Elk Mountains/central Mountain Valleys- Flattops- Including The Cities Of... Columbine...toponas...aspen...vail... Snowmass...buford...trappers Lake 512 Am Mdt Wed Sep 20 2006
...snow And Blowing Snow Advisory In Effect From 6 Pm This Evening To 6 Pm Mdt Thursday...

The National Weather Service In Grand Junction Has Issued A Snow And Blowing Snow Advisory...which Is In Effect From 6 Pm This Evening To 6 Pm Mdt Thursday.

Rain Showers And Thunderstorms Will Become Widespread And Change To Snow Late This Afternoon And This Evening. Snow May Be Heavy At Times Tonight And Thursday Morning Before Gradually Decreasing Thursday Afternoon. Total Snow Accumulations By Late Thursday Will Range From 5 To 10 Inches Above 9000 Feet...with Locally High Amounts. In Addition To The Snow... West Winds Of 15 To 25 Mph With Gusts Up To 35 Mph Will Create Blowing And Drifting Of Snow.

A Snow And Blowing Snow Advisory Means That Visibilities Will Be Limited Due To A Combination Of Falling And Blowing Snow. Use Caution When Traveling...especially In Open Areas. High Elevation Roads Such As Interstate 70 Over Vail Pass...and Highway 40 Over Rabbit Ears Pass Will Become Slushy...icy And Snowpacked As Temperatures Fall This Evening.

 

[ajl50]

Check the NWS report for the Wasatch- six inches above 7000 feet and higher amounts possible at higher elevations and local spots. ( read more at alta and snowbird)
Can it please be winter.

 

[meat]

green mountain snow

thats great that you guys are getting snow out west, but were looking at some in the forcast tonight for the northern greens. rain showers changing to snow showers tonight in the higher elevations. hoping to wake to some frosting on the peaks!

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/Ma...&blat=44.330417&smap=1&mp=1&map.x=46&map.y=83

 

[lloyd braun]

We have nothing yet. It is blowing hard and cloudy as can be. It smells like snow.

I'll give you a better update after my wife gets home driving from Denver. She will be going thru Eisenhower (11K ft) and then Independence Pass (12K ft.) she should be able to give the good info.

When this storm gets to the VT NH area it should be snow or lets hope for you all!

 

[ajl50]

..SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT FRIDAY..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT FRIDAY.

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN UTAH MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE
WASATCH AND WESTERN UINTA RANGES AS WELL AS THE WASATCH PLATEAU.

TOTAL SNOWFALL BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 7 TO
15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE 9000 FEET.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS ACCUMULATION WILL BE ABOVE 7000 FEET ALTHOUGH
AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES COULD FALL AS LOW AS 5500 FEET ON FRIDAY.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ABOVE ABOUT 7000 FEET IN THE FAR NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD TO AROUND
SOLDIER SUMMIT BY LATE IN THE DAY. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL PICK
UP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO
NEAR 5500 FEET. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS
BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED.

SNOW WILL TURN SHOWERY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY THEN WILL TAPER OFF
BY LATE AFTERNOON.

Is the west really starting winter this early? This forcast is so ho-hum out there- here it would be New York Times headlines. Too bad I could never live in Utah.

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Yep copper has some cover as well from last night.. http://www.rsn.com/cams/copper

 

[lloyd braun]

ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- FLATTOPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...ASPEN...VAIL... SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE 510 AM MDT THU SEP 21 2006
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY...

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOWFALL WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH TODAY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED...THEN SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 11 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BY LATE FRIDAY

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH... WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BE READY FOR ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS WITH DECREASED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. HIGH ELEVATION ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 70 OVER VAIL PASS... AND HIGHWAY 40 OVER RABBIT EARS PASS... WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED.

another 5-11 by friday. Sweet skiing on Saturday!

So the report is we got 3-4 wet inches of snow in town over night. Very beautiful to see the slopes with snow on them. My wife said the drive up from Denver last night was horrible. Freemont pass was covered as well as the top of Independence and now more snow tonight.

i would post a pic but I can't figure out how to resize it, if anyone can help, I will post the pic.

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

lloyd i always found it amazing that when driving up from Denver it could be 50degrees out there, and as soon as you pass thru eisenhower tunnel there could be a complete blizzard when you came out of there..

 

[lloyd braun]

lloyd i always found it amazing that when driving up from Denver it could be 50degrees out there, and as soon as you pass thru eisenhower tunnel there could be a complete blizzard when you came out of there..

it is amazing. Sometimes when you come out of that tunnel going west you get crushed. Sunny on the East side and a Blizzard on the west. My wife said it was 75 in denver when she left yesterday. and well YOU surely know what she went through last night.

 

[Greg]

Oofff:

http://news.coskiing.com/553/

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Thx for that Greg, do these snowfall totals count when a resort adds them up even if they are closed? Just curiuos ?

 

[Greg]

Jealous:

http://news.coskiing.com/556/

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Ok this is getting ridiculous now