{"id":802037,"date":"2019-12-05T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375517"},"modified":"2019-12-05T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T23:02:09","slug":"up-to-10-inches-of-snow-expected-on-high-summit-county-peaks-during-weekend-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/up-to-10-inches-of-snow-expected-on-high-summit-county-peaks-during-weekend-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 10 inches of snow expected on high Summit County peaks during weekend storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-SDN-120619-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-SDN-120619-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-SDN-120619-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-SDN-120619-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-SDN-120619-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/Snow-SDN-120619-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Snow dusts Mount Royal on Thursday morning in Frisco. <\/strong><br \/><em>Taylor Sienkiewicz \/ tsienkiewicz@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 Snowfall over Summit County on Thursday was a bit of a teaser for this weekend, when more accumulation is expected.<\/p>\n<p>National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kalina predicted snowfall amounts to be between 5 and 10 inches on higher, west-facing slopes. In the valley, the lower elevations of Summit County will see 1-4 inches of accumulation, according to Kalina.<\/p>\n<p>Kalina said the weekend storm is expected to start at about midnight Saturday, Dec. 7, and will continue until around noon Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures also will fall over the course of the three-day storm. Kalina reported that the high temperature Saturday will be 46 degrees, Sunday the high will be 40 degrees, and by Monday it will drop to 30 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis storm\u2019s energy is moderate, and the storm\u2019s moisture is low-to-moderate, as well, and neither of these two factors gets me excited for big snow,\u201d OpenSnow meteorologist Joel Gratz <a href=\"https:\/\/opensnow.com\/dailysnow\/colorado\">wrote in his blog<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cHowever, the duration of the system \u2014 24 to 36 hours \u2014 might help to bring reasonable snow totals in the 4-10 inch range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gratz added that the ski areas likely will see fresh snow Sunday with the softest powder Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service shows the next potential snow showers to hit the following weekend, beginning Friday, Dec. 13. Gratz predicted that this next storm would bring a moderate amount of snow at best or miss the area entirely at worst.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/up-to-10-inches-of-snow-expected-on-high-summit-county-peaks-during-weekend-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snow dusts Mount Royal on Thursday morning in Frisco. Taylor Sienkiewicz \/ tsienkiewicz@summitdaily.com FRISCO \u2014 Snowfall over Summit County on Thursday was a bit of a teaser for this weekend, when more accumulation is expected. National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kalina predicted snowfall amounts to be between 5 and 10 inches on higher, west-facing slopes. 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