5:17 pm: a strong winter storm is approaching colorado. we had planned on driving to denver this morning and returning to the middle schools in edwards/gypsum wednesday through friday. the storm is predicted to arrive in colorado tomorrow and last through monday night, with heavy snow and high winds. so we decided to return home and be here during the storm, then drive back up to edwards/gypsum.
right now the temperature here in crestone is a sunny 45F, and you wouldn't imagine a strong storm is approaching. but when you look at the eastern sky, the approaching storm is evident.
5:50pm update:Update on Snowstorm to hit this Monday in Crestone
(Weather statement made at 550 PM MST on January 30, 2016)
Here is the latest from our local NWS office.... For now total snowfall... for the valley it looks like around a foot, with as much as 14 to 31 inches of new snow in the foothills by late Monday afternoon, and in the mountains above 10,000 feet, new snow totals up to Monday night could be from as little as 23 inches, to as much as 64 inches above 13,500 feet (you read that right!.. around 5 feet according to this NWS page at this time). The biggest questions now is just how much wind will we see on this side of the mountains?
