{"id":802244,"date":"2019-12-12T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375852"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:00:29","slug":"weekend-snowstorm-to-be-measured-in-feet-causing-traffic-snarls-and-avalanche-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/weekend-snowstorm-to-be-measured-in-feet-causing-traffic-snarls-and-avalanche-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend snowstorm to be measured in feet, causing traffic snarls and avalanche warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Snow falls Thursday, Dec. 12, in downtown Frisco.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

FRISCO \u2014 Is this the storm we\u2019ve all been waiting for?<\/p>\n

Snow was falling across Summit County on Thursday morning, and it\u2019s not expected to stop until Sunday.<\/p>\n

Summit County is under a winter storm warning through 5 p.m. Friday, and the heaviest snow is expected overnight Thursday with 10-18 inches falling in the mountains by Friday afternoon, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bernie Meier.<\/p>\n

Down in the towns of Summit County, 4-8 inches is expected in the same timeframe, he said.<\/p>\n

Once the heaviest bands of snow move out of the area Friday, Summit County will be under a winter storm watch through 5 a.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe may see a lull in the snow,\u201d Meier said, \u201cbut overall, snow should continue pretty much all the way through to Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

An additional 8-12 inches of snow is expect in the mountains from Friday night through Sunday with 4-8 forecast in town, Meier said.<\/p>\n

The storms are expected to come with some wind, and 40-45 mpg gusts are forecast, Meier said. The wind is expected to make driving difficult, with blowing snow reducing visibility and causing snow drifts across roads.<\/p>\n

The wind and fresh snow also is expected to increase avalanche danger in the area.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued a special avalanche advisory for the Vail and Summit County territory, along with other areas around the Western Slope and Front Range.<\/p>\n

The avalanche danger is increasing across the state with the return of heavy snowfall, and the danger is expected to continue to increase through Friday and into the weekend, with the storm expected to drop 1-2 feet of snow along with 1-2 inches of water onto the weak snowpack.<\/p>\n

Natural avalanche activity is expected to increase, and the avalanche danger level could be bumped to \u201chigh\u201d by the end of the weekend, according to the Avalanche Information Center. Officials are warning everyone to pay close attention to the rapidly changing conditions and avoid traveling through or below avalanche terrain as the weekend progresses.<\/p>\n

Sawyer D\u2019Argonne contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Snow falls Thursday, Dec. 12, in downtown Frisco.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com FRISCO \u2014 Is this the storm we\u2019ve all been waiting for? Snow was falling across Summit County on Thursday morning, and it\u2019s not expected to stop until Sunday. Summit County is under a winter storm warning through 5 p.m. Friday, and the heaviest snow is […]<\/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":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-802244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 09:11:43","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}