{"id":2451979,"date":"2019-12-08T08:15:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=317292"},"modified":"2019-12-08T08:15:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T15:15:02","slug":"nws-forecast-calls-for-up-to-foot-of-snow-in-colorado-aspen-area-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/nws-forecast-calls-for-up-to-foot-of-snow-in-colorado-aspen-area-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"NWS forecast calls for up to foot of snow in Colorado, Aspen-area mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-07-at-10.06.23-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-07-at-10.06.23-PM.png 742w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-07-at-10.06.23-PM-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\"><figcaption><strong>Advisories (purple) and warnings (pink) through Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, according to the National Weather Service.<\/strong><br \/><em>National Weather Service<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A winter storm advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with up to a foot of snow forecast in some areas of the Colorado mountains, including the Aspen area and Elk Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"advisory (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/gjt\/\" target=\"_blank\">advisory<\/a>, which runs through 9 a.m. Monday, calls for snow and strong winds above 8,500 feet across Colorado on Sunday. Snow accumulations below 7,500 feet are expected to be light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTotal snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches with locally higher amounts up to 15 inches,\u201d the advisory updated Sunday morning states. \u201cWinds gusting over 45 mph at times above timberline will create areas of blowing and drifting snow. \u2026 Travel could be very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"rest of the week (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=39.19&amp;lon=-106.8182#.XeyFW9NKh0s\" target=\"_blank\">rest of the week<\/a> in Aspen is forecast to be sunny&nbsp;with highs in the 30s and low 40s and lows in the teens through Thursday, according to the NWS office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next storm to impact the area is expected to reach the area as early as Thursday and models indicate showers will linger into Saturday,\u201d the NWS forecast states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/nws-forecast-calls-for-up-to-foot-of-snow-in-colorado-aspen-area-mountains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisories (purple) and warnings (pink) through Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, according to the National Weather Service.National Weather Service A winter storm advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with up to a foot of snow forecast in some areas of the Colorado mountains, including the Aspen area and Elk Mountains. The advisory, which [&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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2451979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 03:22:32","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&#039;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\/2451979","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=2451979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}