{"id":43282,"date":"2021-12-13T00:31:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/more-winter-weather-on-the-way-to-southwest-colorado\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:12:29","slug":"more-winter-weather-on-the-way-to-southwest-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/more-winter-weather-on-the-way-to-southwest-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"More winter weather on the way to Southwest Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory starting Friday evening for the southwest San Juan Mountains, specifically the towns of Silverton, Rico and Hesperus.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Another storm will hit Southwest Colorado on Tuesday afternoon, following on the heels of a storm last week that brought the first measurable amount of snow to the region\u2019s lower elevations and dumped up to 2 feet of snow in the San Juan Mountains.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like mainly rain for the lower elevations, possibly some snow,\u201d said hydro-meteorological technician Dan Cuevas with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. \u201cThis storm is not going to be as cold as the previous system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuevas said the storm system is warmer because it originated farther south in the Pacific Ocean than the previous storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not coming in from as far north as the other system. It doesn\u2019t have quite the cold origin the other one did,\u201d Cuevas said.<\/p>\n

Snow in the mountains is expected to begin Tuesday afternoon and continue through Wednesday afternoon, with rain in the lower elevations Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll probably be about 6 to 12 inches (of snow) up high,\u201d Cuevas said.<\/p>\n

Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche Center<\/a> announced an avalanche advisory for the Rocky Mountains, including the southern San Juan Mountains. The risk \u2013 measured on a scale of one to five from \u201clow\u201d to \u201cextreme\u201d \u2013 was considered \u201cconsiderable,\u201d or Level 3, near and above treeline, and \u201dmoderate\u201c below treeline. It was set to expire 6 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s storm came amid a cold snap. Snow began falling in the late afternoon, and roads became icy as they reached freezing temperatures about 6 p.m. on U.S. Highway 160. The Colorado State Patrol reported a dozen slide-offs and crashes by 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Cuevas said last week\u2019s storm system brought between 10 to 20 inches of snow in higher elevations and 4 to 5 inches in lower elevations like Durango.<\/p>\n

The storm proved to be a pre-holiday bounty for regional ski areas.<\/p>\n

Purgatory Resort reported it received as much as 32 inches of snow from last week\u2019s storms, with 25 inches coming just on Thursday night. Sunday, Purgatory reported a base of 30 to 35 inches of packed snow.<\/p>\n

Telluride Ski Resort reported receiving 31 inches of new snow in the past eight days, with a base Sunday of 22 inches of packed snow. Wolf Creek Ski Area reported 13 inches of snow in the past eight days and a base of 42 inches.<\/p>\n

Cuevas said there might be another chance of snow Thursday night into Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say the next one at this point in time looks to be Thursday night and Friday,\u201d Cuevas said. \u201cPossibly not as major as the one we\u2019ll have earlier in the week, but nevertheless a chance of rain and snow.\u201d<\/p>\n

njohnson@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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