{"id":1317467,"date":"2019-12-31T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=470831"},"modified":"2019-12-31T08:19:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:19:17","slug":"new-years-day-storm-expected-to-bring-up-to-12-inches-of-snow-to-vail-beaver-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/new-years-day-storm-expected-to-bring-up-to-12-inches-of-snow-to-vail-beaver-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s Day storm expected to bring up to 12 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=\"826\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-31-at-7.16.05-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-31-at-7.16.05-AM.png 826w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-31-at-7.16.05-AM-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-31-at-7.16.05-AM-768x733.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-31-at-7.16.05-AM-600x572.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A new storm system is expected to ring in the new year with snow accumulations measuring in the double digits.<\/p>\n<p>Snow is expected to start falling around 11:00 a.m. New Years Day, and then continue through late Friday night. Wednesday night is expected to have the most intense snowfall, followed by smaller showers Thursday and Friday. \u201cThe snow could be heavy at times,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nws.noaa.gov\/wtf\/udaf\/MapClick.php?lel=no&amp;uel=no&amp;polygon=40.011%2C-106.556%2C39.462%2C-107.051%2C39.648%2C-106.095%2C&amp;area=796\">National Weather Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis storm\u2019s duration and temperatures all point to excellent powder quality (light and fluffy) from Thursday through Saturday.\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/opensnow.com\/dailysnow\/vail\">Joel Gratz of OpenSnow.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The storm\u2019s total snowfall should be 6-12 inches, according to Gratz.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will be the warmest on New Years Day in the mid-20s, then will trickle into the teens as the storm continues, with lows reaching the single digits for late nights and early mornings.<\/p>\n<p>Expect hazardous winter driving conditions on all roads, especially over Vail Pass. All roads will be icy and snow-packed, and drivers will experience poor visibility in blowing snow.<\/p>\n<p>Officials warn travelers to be prepared by keeping extra warm clothes, a flashlight, food and water in their vehicles, in case of emergency.<\/p>\n<p><em class>Digital engagement editor Sean Naylor can be reached at&nbsp;<a class href=\"mailto:snaylor@vaildaily.com\">snaylor@vaildaily.com<\/a>. Follow him on Instagram @<\/em><a class href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vail_naylzz\"><em class>vail_naylzz<\/em><\/a><em class>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/new-years-day-storm-expected-to-bring-up-to-10-inches-of-snow-to-vail-beaver-creek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new storm system is expected to ring in the new year with snow accumulations measuring in the double digits. Snow is expected to start falling around 11:00 a.m. New Years Day, and then continue through late Friday night. Wednesday night is expected to have the most intense snowfall, followed by smaller showers Thursday and [&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-1317467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 06:57:15","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\/1317467","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=1317467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317468,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317467\/revisions\/1317468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}