{"id":1318095,"date":"2020-02-05T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/potent-winter-storm-prompts-warning-for-aspen-area-up-to-2-feet-of-snow-forecast-through-friday\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T01:32:00","slug":"potent-winter-storm-prompts-warning-for-aspen-area-up-to-2-feet-of-snow-forecast-through-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/potent-winter-storm-prompts-warning-for-aspen-area-up-to-2-feet-of-snow-forecast-through-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Potent winter storm prompts warning for Aspen area; up to 2 feet of snow forecast through Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winter storm warnings (pink) and watches (purple) have been issued through Friday for the northern and central Colorado mountains, the NWS said Wednesday.<\/strong>
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Coming off a couple of days of bitter cold, the Aspen area is expected to get hit with a major snowstorm starting Thursday morning and lasting until Friday evening, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

A winter storm warning<\/a> will be in effect from 5 a.m. Thursday to 8 p.m. Friday, the National Weather Service in Grand Junction said in an update Wednesday evening. The warning covers most of the northern and central Colorado mountains and includes Aspen, Snowmass and Marble.<\/p>\n

Heavy snow is expected throughout this period, with \u201ctotal snow accumulations of 8 to 18 inches with locally higher amounts up to 2 feet,\u201d the NWS warning forecasts.<\/p>\n

As well, winds gusting as fast as 40 mph will make travel \u201cvery difficult to impossible at times, especially on the mountain passes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those venturing out of the valley and to the east should expect delays on I-70 and be prepared for potential closures of Vail Pass into the weekend. Blowing snow will reduce visibility, and wind chills as low as minus-20 degrees are forecast. Officials advise travelers to keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n

For those going through the Aspen airport, fliers should check with their airlines or go to aspenairport.com<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n

Anyone considering venturing into the backcountry through the weekend should check the conditions through the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The Aspen region forecast<\/a> for Thursday moves to considerable (level 3 of 5) near and above treeline, but the potent storm likely will raise the danger level into the weekend, the state agency said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Winter storm warnings (pink) and watches (purple) have been issued through Friday for the northern and central Colorado mountains, the NWS said Wednesday.National Weather Service Coming off a couple of days of bitter cold, the Aspen area is expected to get hit with a major snowstorm starting Thursday morning and lasting until Friday evening, according […]<\/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-1318095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 00:35:47","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\/1318095","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=1318095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}