{"id":3097,"date":"2010-11-21T07:49:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T14:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2010-11-21T08:01:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T15:01:13","slug":"colorado-mountains-set-to-be-slammed-by-major-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/colorado-mountains-set-to-be-slammed-by-major-snowstorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado mountains set to be slammed by major snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/the-weather-outlook-for-colorado-mountain-areas-photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" title=\"A major winter storm will bring heavy snow to much of western Colorado.\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2-b.examiner.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/image_full_width\/hash\/88\/85\/8885502165c7ab5861ef70031cf10736.jpg\" alt=\"A major winter storm will bring heavy snow to much of western Colorado.\" width=\"333\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A major winter storm will bring heavy snow to much of western Colorado. (NWS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As travelers prepare to hit the road to visit friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday, a major winter storm set to strike the Western Slope may cause problems.\u00a0 Some areas will be measuring snow in terms of feet rather than the usual inches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A strong Pacific trough of low pressure will begin encroaching on western Colorado today followed by a cold front on Sunday.\u00a0 These factors will combine to bring heavy snow to much of the western third of the state where Winter Storm Warnings have been posted.<\/p>\n<p>The long-lasting storm will bring periods of heavy snow lasting from today through Wednesday.\u00a0 The San Juans will bear the brunt through tomorrow followed by the Sawatch and Elk mountain ranges from Monday through Wednesday.\u00a0 Areas farther north along the Rockies will also feel the effects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here in Thornton and the Denver metro area things will be much calmer but also cooler, particularly on Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0 High temperatures for those two days may not even reach the freezing mark.\u00a0 At the current time it does appear we will remain dry so flying into and out of Denver International Airport (DIA) should not be a problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/powerful-pre-thanksgiving-storm-to-bring-heavy-snow-to-colorado-mountains\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3100\" title=\"Examiner.com logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010-11-21_075245.jpg\" alt=\"Get the rest of the story on Examiner.com.\" width=\"286\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010-11-21_075245.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/2010-11-21_075245-150x37.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/powerful-pre-thanksgiving-storm-to-bring-heavy-snow-to-colorado-mountains\">Get more details including a look at current weather warnings for Colorado on the Denver Weather Examiner<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As travelers prepare to hit the road to visit friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday, a major winter storm set to strike the Western Slope may cause problems.\u00a0 Some areas will be measuring snow in terms of feet rather than the usual inches.\u00a0 A strong Pacific trough of low pressure will begin encroaching on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/colorado-mountains-set-to-be-slammed-by-major-snowstorm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Colorado mountains set to be slammed by major snowstorm<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[323,457],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3097"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3102,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions\/3102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}