{"id":1317420,"date":"2019-12-26T14:48:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T21:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=470687"},"modified":"2019-12-27T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:30:30","slug":"weekend-storm-expected-to-bring-2-5-inches-of-snow-to-vail-beaver-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/weekend-storm-expected-to-bring-2-5-inches-of-snow-to-vail-beaver-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend storm expected to bring 2-5 inches of snow to Vail, Beaver Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-12.06.46-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-12.06.46-PM.png 1008w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-12.06.46-PM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-12.06.46-PM-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-12.06.46-PM-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-26-at-12.06.46-PM-600x449.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\"><figcaption><strong>A weekend snowstorm is expected to hit Vail, Beaver Creek and greater Eagle County.<\/strong><br \/><em>Screenshot from nws.gov<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After Wednesday\u2019s snowstorm from the southwest made a surprising stretch into the Vail Valley, the next system is predicted to behave in a similar fashion.<\/p>\n<p>An extra 2-5 inches of snow could fall on Vail, Beaver Creek and greater Eagle County over the weekend. Starting on Friday morning, clear skies will be followed by an afternoon storm with the potential to stretch throughout Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Great morning skiing conditions are now predicted for both Saturday and Sunday. \u201cSaturday should offer the softest snow and it\u2019s possible that snow could continue into Saturday night which would make Sunday morning\u2019s conditions soft as well,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/opensnow.com\/dailysnow\/vail\">Joel Gratz of OpenSnow<\/a> wrote on his blog.<\/p>\n<p>Snow showers are most likely on Friday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=39.6453&amp;lon=-106.3848#.XgUbexJKj-Y\">National Weather Service<\/a>, though the chances will dwindle to 50 percent on Saturday and then 30 percent on Sunday, with chilly temperatures sitting between single digits in the lows with highs near the 20s.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Good ski conditions\u2019 means bad driving conditions<\/h3>\n<p>During one of the valley\u2019s busiest times of the year, an influx of travelers will meet snowy conditions in the high country. Plan ahead and expect delays on I-70, Highway 6, Highway 24 and throughout Eagle County. Officials advise travelers to keep extra warm clothes, a flashlight, food and water in their vehicles, in case of emergency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/weekend-storm-expected-to-bring-2-5-inches-of-snow-to-vail-beaver-creek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekend snowstorm is expected to hit Vail, Beaver Creek and greater Eagle County.Screenshot from nws.gov After Wednesday\u2019s snowstorm from the southwest made a surprising stretch into the Vail Valley, the next system is predicted to behave in a similar fashion. An extra 2-5 inches of snow could fall on Vail, Beaver Creek and greater [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 07:24:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317429,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317420\/revisions\/1317429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}