National Weather Service issues winter storm warning and advisories for Colorado mountains with more than 1 foot expected in places
The winter storm warning and winter weather advisories include the Steamboat Springs area and Grand, Summit, Park and Clear Creek counties
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The National Weather Service is warning of winter weather across Colorado’s mountains, including along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor, this weekend.
A winter storm warning will be in place from midnight Friday through 5 a.m. Sunday for Rabbit Ears Pass along U.S. Highway 40 near Steamboat Springs, where the heaviest snow accumulations are expected.
Between 8 and 18 inches are expected with wind gusts up to 55 mph and “travel could be very difficult to impossible,” according to the winter storm warning.
Meanwhile, a winter weather advisory is in place from 11 a.m. Saturday through 11 a.m. Sunday for parts of Grand, Summit, Park and Clear Creek Counties, including on mountain passes and at I-70’s Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels.
Between 4 and 12 inches with wind gusts up to 45 mph could make travel “very difficult,” according to the winter weather advisory.
For the rest of the mountain region, a hazardous weather outlook is in place warning of moderate snow from Saturday through Sunday morning.
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