{"id":2456003,"date":"2020-03-19T07:18:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=322951"},"modified":"2020-03-19T07:18:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:18:35","slug":"spring-storm-forecast-to-drop-up-to-a-foot-of-snow-in-areas-around-aspen-by-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/spring-storm-forecast-to-drop-up-to-a-foot-of-snow-in-areas-around-aspen-by-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring storm forecast to drop up to a foot of snow in areas around Aspen by Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A spring snowstorm is expected to drop up to a foot of snow in the Aspen area and parts of the Colorado mountains, according to an update Thursday morning from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

According to the weather service\u2019s winter storm advisory, which lasts until 6 a.m. Friday, the areas around Aspen and Snowmass will see \u201csnow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches and winds gusting as high as 35 mph\u201d above 8,000 feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cTravel could be difficult at times with slushy to snowpacked roads developing overnight,\u201d the NWS forecast said. \u201cPeriods of moderate to heavy snow will bring travel impacts to many of the mountain corridors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The storm is expected to roll out over the weekend with light snow continuing Friday and Saturday as the area \u201cremains in an active westerly flow pattern,\u201d forecasters said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch of the snow should melt on the roadways during the afternoon hours with icy to snowpacked conditions at night\u201d through the weekend.<\/p>\n

The temperatures in Aspen are forecast in the low 40s during the day through the weekend, with overnight temperatures in the low to mid 20s.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has the avalanche danger as considerable <\/a>(level 3 of 5) for Thursday and Friday in the Aspen region, it said Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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#CAICAspen<\/a> CON(3of5) Dangerous avalanche conditions develop today with the arrival of a potent winter storm. Avalanches in the storm snow could be big enough to bury you, and could run naturally. Slopes steeper than 35 degrees are most suspect. https:\/\/t.co\/U7zqU6dXUk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CAIC:Statewide Info (@COAvalancheInfo) March 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Officials have expressed concern the past week that more people will venture into the backcountry with the ski resorts shut down by governor\u2019s order until April 6 to help steam the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

They have asked that skiers and snowboarders going into the backcountry take care and extra precautions because the emergency responders and hospital workers are stretched thin as they work on taking care of those who have coronavirus.<\/p>\n

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\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":"

A spring snowstorm is expected to drop up to a foot of snow in the Aspen area and parts of the Colorado mountains, according to an update Thursday morning from the National Weather Service. According to the weather service\u2019s winter storm advisory, which lasts until 6 a.m. Friday, the areas around Aspen and Snowmass will […]<\/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-2456003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 09:24:55","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\/2456003","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=2456003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}