Steamboat Springs braces for first winter storm of the season

Snow hits Steamboat

All signs point to the meaningful arrival of winter as snow is falling and most of us are still driving around on our summer tires.

The first official storm of the winter rolls in tonight and a full delivery of Champagne Powder snow is expected. The forecast of 4 - 6 inches can actually mean anything from 2 - 20+ inches.  We are all looking for snow shovels and hoping that the snow-blower fires on the first go tomorrow.

In Steamboat, once the conditions turn in favor of snow it’s anyone’s guess as to how much we will actually receive. Any time it snows before Halloween is a good indication for the upcoming ski season - just 28 days away!

Woot! Woot!

Issued by The National Weather Service
Grand Junction, CO
2:47 pm MDT, Tue., Oct. 27, 2009

… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS THE WINDS TURN NORTHERLY… EXPECT SNOWFALL TO DIMINISH DUE TO DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT THOUGH AREAS SOUTH MAY CONTINUE TO SEE SOME ACCUMULATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW… SLEET… OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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… FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IMPACTING AREA TODAY…

.VIGOROUS COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LOW IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH EXTREME EASTERN UTAH AND WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD PROGRESSION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SNOW HAS STARTED FALLING OVER EASTERN UTAH AND OVERSPREAD SOME AREAS OF WESTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT THE EVENT WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE A RAIN/SNOW MIX BECOMING ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE LOW FINALLY LIFTS TO THE EAST.