Plenty of moisture along with good dynamics make this a favorable storm for the northern mountains; however, we will have to wait and see if temps are cold enough to create a big dumping of snow.
On-mountain temps for Thursday will be in the low to mid 20's with gusty winds from the west in the 20-mph range. Snow will fall most of the day Thursday with another shot of good snowfall overnight into Friday, March 18.
On mountain temps will be the same for Aspen/Snowmass, with gusty west winds as well. Aspen/Snowmass will see a better shot of snow Thursday night as the associated cold front drops south.
With recent storms being over-hyped, I'm a bit reluctant to get too excited about this next storm. Many forecasters are calling for up to 16 inches by Friday morning, but I have to go against the computer models, instead relying on recent weather trends we've seen these past weeks.
I expect 4-6 inches for Vail/Beaver Creek by Friday morning, favoring the Beav'. Aspen/Snowmass could again see totals a bit higher (6-10), favoring Snowmass.
Clearing begins Friday afternoon, with another blast of winter Sunday, March 20. For the time being, lets hope this forecaster can be wrong the right way again.
Enjoy!
3 Comments on "Another round of snow for Vail, Beaver Creek"
Reid – March 17, 2011, at 9:27 p.m.
So far so good on the weather front as this cold air mass moved south at ohh the soo right time. Light snow falling in Edwards with nary a breeze. CDOT cams show snow falling in Vail and up on Vail Pass. If you can get to the mountains tomorrow I highly recommend it as this forecaster has for the 5th time this year been wrong the right way. At least 5 inches in Edwards as of 9:30 pm and radar shows no sign of the snow moving or letting up. Could be a 14+ day. Get some rest!!
David O. – March 18, 2011, at 5:37 a.m.
I was starting to lose faith yesterday, Reid, when we only got a few little blasts of rain and grapple throughout the day. Then it really started snowing in the evening, and I just woke up to a good 8 or 9 inches on my deck in West Vail and it's still snowing at 5:30. The official reports for both Vail and the Beav' are 9 inches new. Good show. March needed to redeem itself. Now Vail is just five inches from that magical 400 inch seasonal total.
Reid – March 17, 2011, at 9:24 p.m.
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