{"id":2444372,"date":"2019-05-19T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=306158"},"modified":"2019-05-19T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T19:28:13","slug":"winter-storm-watch-back-this-week-in-aspen-mountain-areas-up-2-feet-of-snow-by-thursday-in-higher-elevations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/winter-storm-watch-back-this-week-in-aspen-mountain-areas-up-2-feet-of-snow-by-thursday-in-higher-elevations\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter storm watch back this week in Aspen, mountain areas; up 2 feet of snow by Thursday in higher elevations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Snow predictions through May 22, 2019.<\/strong>
National Weather Service<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winter wants to stick around a little longer this week as a winter storm watch has been issued starting Monday afternoon for Aspen, Snowmass and much of the Colorado mountains above 8,500 feet, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Two strong Pacific storms will roll through the western United States this week and drastically change the mountain forecast.<\/p>\n

The watch calls for up to 14 inches of snow<\/a> by Tuesday evening as the first of the storms hits Colorado, with the heaviest snow expected Monday night into Tuesday. The second storm will hit the area later Tuesday night and last into at least Thursday.<\/p>\n

The weather service predicts strong wind gusts nearing 35-50 mph and temperatures all week to be \u201c20 to 25 degrees below normal for this time of year.\u201d Highs in Aspen are expected to be in the mid-40s to 50 degrees for the week.<\/p>\n

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Cool, wet conditions continue across our region with multiple disturbances forecast to move through this week. Several inches of snow likely pic.twitter.com\/iCQFlUowci<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) May 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe snow levels will start out above 9,000 feet late (Sunday), but drop to around 7,500 feet by Monday morning,\u201d the NWS\u2019s Grand Junction office said Sunday afternoon in an update<\/a>. \u201cThereafter, the snow level will fluctuate between 7,000 and 9,000 feet through Thursday. Snow accumulations will be greatest above 9,000 feet where 1 to 2 feet of fresh snow is possible through the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is good news for skiers and boarders who plan to head to Aspen Mountain for a bonus weekend. The Aspen Skiing Co. announced last week it would open 130 acres<\/a> at the top of Ajax for the Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday through Monday).<\/p>\n

At lower elevations this week the weather service is predicting up to an inch of rainfall.<\/p>\n

The weather services also warned backcountry adventurers to be prepared for \u201cwinter conditions not normally seen this time of year.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow predictions through May 22, 2019.National Weather Service Winter wants to stick around a little longer this week as a winter storm watch has been issued starting Monday afternoon for Aspen, Snowmass and much of the Colorado mountains above 8,500 feet, according to the National Weather Service. Two strong Pacific storms will roll through the […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 11:20:48","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}