{"id":91685,"date":"2019-11-18T02:41:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/storm-expected-to-bring-rain-snow-to-four-corners\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T02:41:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:41:52","slug":"storm-expected-to-bring-rain-snow-to-four-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/storm-expected-to-bring-rain-snow-to-four-corners\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm expected to bring rain, snow to Four Corners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The San Juan Mountains are expected to see 3 to 8 inches of snow this week above 8,500 feet in elevation from a storm that should move into the region late Tuesday and stay around into the early part of Friday.<\/span>The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The storm that most likely will form the base of this season\u2019s snowpack in the San Juan Mountains will move into the region Tuesday and is expected to linger throughout the Four Corners into Friday.<\/p>\n

Chris Cuoco, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction<\/a>, said the pattern\u2019s movement is complex: One low pressure system from the Pacific Northwest and one from off the coast of Baja California will merge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first wave of the storm should hit Southwest Colorado late Tuesday and early Wednesday. It will be mostly rain in Cortez, Durango and Pagosa Springs. You won\u2019t see snow until you climb into the hills above 8,500 feet. The U.S. 160 corridor will mostly see rain,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cuoco said above 9,000 feet, the storm is expected to drop 3 to 8 inches of snow with accumulations increasing with the elevation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt starts Tuesday late, and early Wednesday with a few breaks, and then Thursday the low pressure system will be over the area. Cold air finally comes in Thursday night and Friday morning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

River valleys could see a rain-snow mix with little to no accumulation early Wednesday. Periods of rain in lower elevations with snow in the San Juans and other ranges in the Four Corners are expected Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Late Thursday and early Friday, lower elevations along the U.S. Highway 160 can expect some snow accumulations, Cuoco said.<\/p>\n

The week will see a gradual cooling trend. In Cortez, Tuesday\u2019s high is expected to be 61 but is expected to drop to 46 on Friday. Tuesday night\u2019s low is expected to drop to 17 Friday night.<\/p>\n

The weather is expected to clear up Friday.<\/p>\n

The next chance for a storm with precipitation moving into the region looks like it will be Nov. 25, Cuoco said, but he expects the storm will have moved out of the area by Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28.<\/p>\n

For November, the Climate Prediction Center<\/a> is calling for the month to be warmer than normal with lower-than-normal precipitation.<\/p>\n

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

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