{"id":49664,"date":"2020-12-27T20:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T03:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/expect-to-see-snow-monday-and-tuesday-in-southwest-colorado\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:48:13","slug":"expect-to-see-snow-monday-and-tuesday-in-southwest-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/expect-to-see-snow-monday-and-tuesday-in-southwest-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect to see snow Monday and Tuesday in Southwest Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A multiple-day snowstorm expected to start late Sunday or early Monday is predicted to leave up to 3 inches of snow in Durango and up to 28 inches of snow on Wolf Creek Pass by the time it leaves the region Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday evening.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A snowstorm that could leave up to 2 inches of snow in Cortez and more than 2 feet on Wolf Creek Pass over 2\u00bd days is expected to move through Southwest Colorado late Sunday night or early Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Scott Stearns, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, said up to 18 inches of snow is expected from the multiple-day storm in Telluride and Silverton, and up to 28 inches could fall on Wolf Creek Pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as Durango, that area, the heaviest snow, it looks to be on Tuesday morning, early Tuesday morning. \u2026 Then the storm will move off to the east Tuesday evening or Tuesday night,\u201d Stearns said Sunday.<\/p>\n

The high temperature Monday in Montezuma County could reach 40 degrees; the overnight low, 22 degrees.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a 50% chance of snow \u2013 about a half-inch \u2013 on Tuesday, with a high near 29 degrees, and a low of 11.<\/p>\n

A winter storm watch is in effect from Sunday night through Tuesday night for much of the Western Slope including the Eastern San Juan Mountains.<\/p>\n

The winter storm watch says travel could be difficult to impossible during the storm, which might make Monday\u2019s and Tuesday\u2019s commutes in the morning and the evening difficult.<\/p>\n

According to Natural Resources Conservation Service\u2019s SNOTEL, Southwest Colorado\u2019s snowpack for the San Juan, Animas, Dolores and San Miguel river basins is only 69% of the 30-year average as of Sunday.<\/p>\n

A La Ni\u00f1a weather pattern, which typically means less seasonal snowfall in Southwest Colorado, has formed. La Ni\u00f1a has a 95% chance of extending through March and a 50% chance of extending through June, according to the National Weather Service\u2019s Climate Predication Center.<\/p>\n

parmijo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Travel information<\/h4>\n

The Colorado Department of Transportation reminds motorists to check for updated weather information:
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\n Herald Staff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 inches forecast in Cortez; Wolf Creek Pass might receive up to 28 inches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13,28,88],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-49664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-headlines","tag-weather-news"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87618,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49664\/revisions\/87618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49664"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=49664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}