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Peyton, CO | Here comes a foot of springtime, right at 'ya! We have gotten 4" in a little over 2 hours so far. Still coming down hard.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY.
* LOCATION...EASTERN FREMONT....SOUTHERN EL PASO...AND PUEBLO
COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...CANON CITY
AND PUEBLO.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. ABUNDANT
PACIFIC MOISTURE AND COLD AIR ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH WILL
RESULT IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION..4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL
WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OCCURRING ABOVE 6000 FEET. FOR
ALL AREAS ABOVE 5500 FEET...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS
SNOW. FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 5500 FEET...THE PRECIPITATION WILL
BEGIN AS RAIN AND WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO SNOW LATER THIS
EVENING.
* IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED OVER THE COLORADO SPRINGS REGION
AROUND 7PM THIS EVENING. SOME OF THIS SNOW WAS VERY HEAVY WITH
VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 OF A MILE. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL
PROGRESS OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM AND
INTO FREMONT AND PUEBLO COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. DUE TO THE
INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES...ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY TO SNOWPACKED
ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIES SNOW ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY WILL
OCCUR OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY LATER TONIGHT.
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