Winter Storm is here!

Its a White December! Enjoy!

Calm before storm

Unbelievable blue sky over Crested Butte!

Winter, winter and winter again!

Thursday december 18,


It's snowing with 24F.
2 inch of new fresh snow on the snowpack but is still snowing!

Wednesday december 17,

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1053 AM MST FRI DEC 12 2008

...STRONG WINTER STORM HEADING FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO...

A POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH EASTERN UTAH AND
WESTERN COLORADO ON SATURDAY AND MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
SUNDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...AND THEN INTENSIFY
DURING THE EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES OVER THE AREA. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT NEW SNOW AMOUNTS EXPECTED
BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLE
WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

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CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY
1053 AM MST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM MST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE VALLEYS OF NORTHWEST COLORADO
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INTENSIFY DURING THE EVENING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE CRAIG
AREA...AND OVER A FOOT EXPECTED IN CLARK...STEAMBOAT SPRINGS...AND
OAK CREEK BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN SWITCH AROUND TO THE
NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Winter is near!

There isn't snow!

With only 11inches of snow from october, this winter season continuing very dry!

Some snow should fall this night, but for the next couple of days there aren't chance of precipitation.