{"id":2454172,"date":"2020-02-05T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T01:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/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\/kspn\/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 Interstate 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 are advising 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

Keep up with the conditions:<\/strong>
\u2022 Forecast and recent weather stories: aspentimes.com\/news\/weather<\/a>. \u2022 Local storm warnings and advisories: noaa.gov<\/a> \u2022 Aspen Snowmass ski area forecasts: aspensnowmass.com<\/a> \u2022 Road conditions, closures and traffic cameras: cotrip.org<\/a>. \u2022 Travel information by phone: 511 (in Colorado) or 303-639-1111. \u2022 Avalanche danger and conditions: avalanche.state.co.us<\/a>. \u2022 Aspen airport flight information: aspenairport.com<\/a>via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 17:18:58","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\/2454172","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=2454172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}