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Storms expected to dump more snow Cold, snow, wind forecast through Thursday
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By Randy Wyrick RWYRICK@VAILDAILY.COM
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Michael Whitfield rides through fresh powder Tuesday on Vail Mountain. Vail reported 8 inches of new snow Tuesday. More moisture will roll in today, along with strong, gusty winds, he said. The storms rolling through the northern Rockies should be steady and are expected to dump 10 to 20 inches of new snow on the mountain slopes, Frisbie said. There might be a lull this morning, but then snow is expected to start again, Frisbie said. The forecast calls for wind chill to drop as low as minus 25, as the
winds pick up. There’s a 90 percent chance of snow today and Thursday, before skies begin to clear and the storm systems roll out Thursday afternoon.
Vail vs. Aspen Vail is reporting 13 inches of new snow over the past seven days. Aspen reported 7 inches Tuesday. This week anyway, God loves Vail more than Aspen. Here’s why. “This type of storm is more
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Vail official report: 8 inches new snow in past 24 hours. Vail Daily field report: Felt like a foot in spots. Liftline status: Morning crowds were huge, but things quickly dispersed. Run of the day: Lover’s Leap. Breakdown: Vail’s Back Bowls are beautiful once again. With 8 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours, a foot in the past few days, conditions at Vail are the best they’ve been all season today. There’s fresh powder everywhere, and it wasn’t super crowded this morning, so the later taters should be able to roll out of bed late and still find plenty of fresh snow out there. Snowcast: More on the way tonight!
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favorable for the Gore Range than the Elk Range,” Frisbie said Tuesday. “The Elks will get snow today and tonight. The threat (and promise) of snow diminishes after that.” It’s all about orientation. Certain mountain ranges do better in certain weather flows. This northwest storm system favors Vail, Frisbie said. A southwest storm, not so much.
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VAIL — Storms rolling through the Rockies are expected to dump up to 20 inches of snow this week, the National Weather Service said. There’s a winter storm warning in effect through 6 p.m. Thursday for the northwest mountains and areas around the Flattops. That’s us. After going so long without much precipitation, local residents were pretty excited to wake up to some white stuff Tuesday morning. So we asked Paul Frisbie, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, “Are we going to get a little more snow?” “You’re going to get more than a little more,” Frisbie said. When we caught up with Frisbie, Vail was having Chamber of Commerce weather Tuesday afternoon — brilliant blue skies and everything was covered in a blanket of new snow. “Things are relatively quiet right now, but that will change in the afternoon,” Frisbie said Tuesday morning.
Forecast
• Today: Snow. High near 23. Wind chill values as low as minus 10. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. • Tonight: Snow. Low around 12. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. • Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 11 a.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 28. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. • Thursday night: A 20 percent chance of snow before 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a low around 10. • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 30. • Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. • Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. • Sunday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. • Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.
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