Good morning, class. It only sprinkled in town yesterday, but the Telluride Ski Resort is reporting 3 new inches of snow in the past 24 hours. And lo! As we write this posting at 11:21 a.m. MST, tiny little snowflakes are beginning to sift down through the sky. We don’t want to put too many chips on the table, but the forecast looks good. Here’s the latest from the folks at the National Weather Service:
..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY TODAY FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE FLAT TOPS OF WESTERN COLORADO ABOVE 8000 FEET... ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST COLORADO...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY MORNING FOG WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN THE VALLEYS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY... ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE FLAT TOPS OF WESTERN COLORADO...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS ALL THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A VERY MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST COLORADO FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY ON SOME MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOME OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...PARTICULARLY THE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA WHERE 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
