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11/2/2011
Larry Costanzo
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A quick-moving snowstorm is heading
through the Rockies and Front Range, including the Denver,
Colo. metro, this morning.
This is the second snowstorm in a week to hit the Mile High City. Last
week's storm dumped 8.5 inches of snow in Denver, causing tree damage
and power outages.
Photos: Front
Range snowstorm
As the system heads eastward across the Central Plains on Wednesday, we
could see rain change to wet snow in parts of Kansas, Nebraska and
possibly western Missouri.
Snow will continue through the morning hours across the
Denver metro area. By later in the day on Wednesday, conditions should
improve. As of 6 am MDT, portions of the Denver metro had picked up 6
inches of snow.
Map: Additional
snow accumulations
Strong, gusty winds are contributing to bad travel
conditions in Colorado with poor visibilities. Blizzard
or near-blizzard conditions are possible in the Palmer Divide, an
east-west ridge of higher elevation south of Denver.
A rough Wednesday morning commute is expected.
Map: Current
winds
I-70 has been closed west of the Eisenhower Tunnel due to snow and
blowing snow. Portions of I-25 were also closed due to the snow near
Wellington, Colo. and from Cheyenne, Wyo. to the Colorado border. I-80
was shut down between Laramie, Wyo. and Cheyenne, Wyo.
The storm dumped more than 7 inches of snow in Cheyenne, Wyo.
City by city forecast: Denver
| Cheyenne,
WY | Aspen
| Boulder
| Fort
Collins | Colorado
Springs | Pueblo
| Loveland
| Castle
Rock | Longmont
| Thornton
| Littleton
| Englewood
| Westminster
| Arvada
| Lakewood
Wet Flakes Continue Eastward?
As the storm system continues eastward into the Plains on Wednesday,
there may be just enough cold air for rain to change to a period of
snow in central and eastern portions of Kansas, Nebraska and perhaps
western Missouri.
If the rain does change to snow, there is some chance that cities like Omaha,
Neb., Topeka,
Kan. and Kansas
City, Mo. could see their first snow of the season later
Wednesday into Wednesday night. Some very light accumulations are
possible on grassy areas and on other elevated surfaces.
This changeover from rain to snow is depicted in the lightest green
shadings on the Wednesday and Wednesday night forecast maps below.
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Wednesday's
forecast map shows rain changing to snow in the lightest green shadings
over the Central Plains.
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Wednesday
night forecast map shows rain changing to snow in the lightest green
shadings over the Central Plains.
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See original story at: http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/more-snow-rockies-front-range-denver_2011-10-31
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