Colorado’s high country is seeing two to five inches of snow and winds as high as 60 mph from a storm that started Friday evening and is expected to continue through tonight.
The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued a through 6 p.m. tonight. Drivers should use caution as roads are expected to be snowpacked and icy with reduced visibility due to high winds.
Coloradans have taken to Twitter to post pictures and videos of the latest snowfall.
Nice big flakes accumulating in Kiowa 📷Jill Olds
— Cory Reppenhagen (@CReppWx)
https://twitter.com/TonyPirotelli/status/1058597702106210304
My dorky little dog saw her first real snow this morning. (She absolutely loved it.)
— Ellie Mulder Leonard (@elliemleonard)
🌨 4" of new snow this morning! And the storm isn't over yet. @findOpenSnow is forecasting the highest snow totals Sunday through Monday. It's winter in the mountains!
— Arapahoe Basin (@Arapahoe_Basin)
HEAVY SNOW at Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnel along I-70 in Colorado. Snow accumulating rapidly on road surface. Itap happening!
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA)
I was not expecting these roads in . There were semis off to the side which spun out, cars stranded because they couldn’t get traction on the ice. Thought the roads would’ve been salted and thawed from Wednesday’s storm.
— Mikayla Ortega (@Mikayla_Ortega1)
Within last 15 minutes it went from overcast, then rain, then sleet and now snowing in Castle Pines! @thedenverchannel
— Melissa Krol (@DenverNewsie)
https://twitter.com/me_dantuck/status/1058722707712368641
https://twitter.com/karlajgee/status/1058767673490731008
https://twitter.com/SarahASimon/status/1058724615487287296
Snow, heavy at times, combined with wind gusts up to 60 mph will cause white-out conditions at times near the higher passes and exposed areas overnight.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Some flurries at Helen Hunt Falls this morning ❄️❄️❄️
— Sydney Jackson (@kktvSydney)
Itap snowing ! 5” in past 24 hours and itap still coming down.
— Jennifer Broome (@JenniferBroome)
Still dumping snow up in the high country this morning! Here's I-70 near Loveland. Take it SLOW!
— Christine Rapp (@christinerappwx)
graupel and flurries at TE-63
— Carl (@hiracing)
