Major winter storm to strike Colorado tonight & Tuesday

Tonight’s Forecast:
A powerful mid-level low that can strengthen over the japanese Plains this night will trigger our climate to go rapidly downhill even earlier than midnight. On the similar time, a chilly entrance will transfer into Southern Colorado. Each of those climate options will carry snow, chilly and wind to the forecast by means of Tuesday morning. Whereas we nonetheless suppose that the worst of the storm will hit the northeastern Plains, situations regionally may nonetheless be fairly dangerous at instances into Tuesday morning.

With the present storm monitor in play, we expect that a few of the worst impacts from the storm will affect the decrease Arkansas River Valley, from Pueblo east into Otero County. One other space to look at intently will likely be Teller County and northern El Paso County. On high of accumulating snowfall, wind gusts to 45 mph will likely be potential after midnight, which may result in whiteout situations. Take it simple on the roads if you are going to be out in the course of the evening.

Colorado Springs forecast: Low: 22; Excessive: 33; For those who see this earlier than mattress, my recommendation can be to set your alarm about quarter-hour sooner than regular due to anticipated impacts from tonight’s winter storm. Snow quantities will range throughout the town from underneath 1″ within the downtown and southern suburbs to anyplace between 1-3″ on the north aspect of city. With gusts to 40 mph into the day on Tuesday, anticipate some impacts to journey, particularly through the morning hours.

Pueblo forecast: Low: 23; Excessive: 41; Though the worst of the storm ought to keep to our east, there’s the potential for no less than a pair inches of snow to fall within the Pueblo space by means of Tuesday morning, particularly for areas east of I-25. For those who’re driving into the Plains tomorrow, examine the forecast first as snow and blowing snow may hit japanese and northeastern elements of the state particularly onerous.

Canon Metropolis forecast: Low: 27; Excessive: 40; Areas round Canon Metropolis should not see a lot snow from tonight’s storm, with totals anticipated to stay properly underneath an inch. The windy aspect of this storm is prone to be a much bigger deal, with gusts as much as 45 mph tonight and Tuesday.

Woodland Park forecast: Low: 14; Excessive: 27; Snow and wind from late tonight into the primary a part of our Tuesday will likely be a reasonably large deal for Teller County versus different elements of Southern Colorado. With gusts to 50 mph, close to zero visibility will likely be potential through the storm, a storm that appears to ship as a lot as 2-4″ of snow.

Tri-Lakes forecast: Low: 10s/20s; Excessive: 20s; A lot colder air will transfer in on Tuesday following tonight’s storm. Snow from the storm seems to vary from 2-4″ for the Palmer Divide, and whereas snow totals will not essentially be tremendous excessive, wind-driven snowfall and near-zero visibility may make journey issue from after midnight into tomorrow morning.

Plains forecast: Low: 20s; Excessive: 30s/40s; The most important impacts from tonight and Tuesday’s storm will happen over the Plains. The toughest hit space for snow would be the northeastern Plains. Areas right here will likely be underneath Blizzard Warnings on Tuesday. A burst of heavier snow can be potential alongside the Arkansas River Valley, the place as much as 4″ of snow may fall in some areas. The Plains can even see the worst of the wind, with gusts for the japanese counties up over 60 mph.

Walsenburg and Trinidad forecast: Low: 10s/20s; Excessive: 20s/30s; Chilly and windy climate will hammer the southern I-25 hall from late tonight into the day on Tuesday. Snow assortment will likely be few and much between on this a part of the state, with possibly a lightweight dusting in some areas. With wind the larger story, gusts over the subsequent 24 hours may attain 50-60 mph.

Mountains forecast: Low: 25; Excessive: 50; The heaviest snow from this storm shouldn’t be anticipated hit the Sangres or Wets, however quite the San Juans and our state’s northern mountain ranges. Within the southeastern mountains, robust winds, chilly air and harmful wind chill vallues would be the huge story into Tuesday. As for snow totals…most areas will solely decide up 1-3″ from this storm.

Prolonged outlook forecast:
Chilly and windy climate will linger behind Tuesday’s storm, with highs Tuesday and Wednesday anticipated to come back up properly under common for this time of the 12 months. A second chilly entrance that arrives on Thursday will carry a reinforcing shot of chilly air to the area as we head in direction of the weekend. Extra gentle snow will likely be potential as properly late this week, however for now, we’re not seeing something that is greater than 1-2″ of accumulation.
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