{"id":49216,"date":"2021-01-18T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/update-winter-storm-warning-starts-monday-evening\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:46:27","slug":"update-winter-storm-warning-starts-monday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/update-winter-storm-warning-starts-monday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Winter storm warning starts Monday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A snowstorm is expected to bring 1 to 4 inches of snow to lower elevations of Southwest Colorado from Cortez to Pagosa Springs late Monday and during the day Tuesday. The San Juan Mountains could get up to a foot of snow.<\/span>The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A storm system following an unusual track is expected to bring snow to Southwest Colorado late Monday and Tuesday with 1 to 4 inches expected along the U.S. Highway 160 corridor and up to a foot in the San Juan Mountains.<\/p>\n

Meteorologist Tom Renwick said different models \u201chave been flipping and putting this storm all over the place,\u201d but they recently aligned to predict the storm will bring snow to Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe low is going to move in over Las Vegas and then sink down, but that should still bring snow to the Four Corners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service said Monday that the San Juan Mountains could get 8 to 14 inches of snow, with the heaviest snowfall beginning Monday night.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service expects up to 2 inches in Cortez and 2 to 4 inches in Durango and Pagosa Springs.<\/p>\n

The system is expected to move in around midnight Monday, but Renwick said snow could begin earlier, especially in the high country, depending on how the unusual pattern for the storm develops.<\/p>\n

At lower elevations, a rain-snow mix might be likely during the warmest part of the day Tuesday, he said.<\/p>\n

The storm is expected to be followed later in the week by another storm arriving Thursday and staying through Sunday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s too early to predict snowfall levels for the second storm, Renwick said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first storm is following an unusual pattern,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve all had our eyes on it, because you don\u2019t see this pattern very often, but we expect it\u2019s going to be followed by another storm, and that should bring a chance of snow for you all from Thursday through Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

La Ni\u00f1a patterns this winter have brought below-normal snowfall to Southwest Colorado. However, Renwick said La Ni\u00f1a snowstorms tend to cluster in late January and February.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, the Natural Resources Conservation Service\u2019s Snotel<\/a> reported that Southwest Colorado\u2019s snowpack in the San Juan, Animas, Dolores and San Miguel river basins was at 69% of the 30-year average.<\/p>\n

The snowpack in the Upper Rio Grande basin in south-central Colorado was in better shape, at 96% of the 30-year average.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center estimates La Ni\u00f1a conditions have a 95% chance of extending through March.<\/p>\n

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