It is a bit early in the season for major snowstorms but it seems parts of the Rocky Mountain West is getting an early jump on the white stuff.
Some notes from various locations…
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Winter Storm Warning. Would you believe 8 to 21 inches expected to accumulate in the park over the weekend. High temperatures will be only in the 20s and lows as cold as 10. Winds up to 35 mph.
JACKSON HOLE
Gateway to the Grand Tetons in NW Wyoming. Looking for 11 to 20 inches of snow
CASPER
Even away from the big mountains it will be rough. Casper is in East Central Wyoming at an elevation 5123 feet, about the same as Denver. They are expecting as much as 16 to 29 inches with blowing snow dropping visibility as low as 1/4 mile.
LEADVILLE AND CLIMAX
Two high elevation locations in Central Colorado above 10,000 feet elevation. They will have snow with thunder and lightning–good ole thundersnow! (Remember the Blizzard of ’93 here?) Winds will gust as high as 50 mph.
SALT LAKE CITY
A Winter Storm Watch with several inches expected on the nearby bench areas and 5 to 10 inches at Alta up in the Wasatch Mountains.
Is all this a bad omen for the coming winter?
Interesting question and I don’t know the answer…
Life goes on…
