12/12/23 7:45 am
It’s going to get MESSY! Wet snow will start falling by Wednesday afternoon (earlier in the mountains). Snow will get heavy by late Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Higher mid-elevation areas like Vallecito and Lemon may see a foot or so of snow. Also, a heads up for Wolf Creek Pass travelers for Wednesday evening and all day Thursday, a lot of snow will affect travel on both sides of the tunnel! Please read my commentary before jumping to the maps.
My forecast will not be out until Wednesday afternoon, so I have some time to figure out all the details. The snow level during the day on Wednesday should be between 7,250 feet and 7,800 feet. Snow levels should drop to 6,500 feet (probably below) by Thursday morning. This is my preliminary estimate.
This will be a nice recovery storm. It should help catch us up on our slight precipitation deficit before winter rolls in around December 23rd/24th! I will talk more about that on Friday.
Here are the latest forecast totals for total liquid and snow. I do expect more snow in the mountains than is being forecasted. Also, if you are below 7,300 feet, I would cut the snow totals in half. As I said, my forecast will be out tomorrow afternoon. Don’t take these model totals as my forecast.
European liquid
European snow
Canadian liquid
Canadian snow
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