TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
Going to be driving down from Summit County (central Colorado Mountains) to Denver Saturday Morning. And then back up home Sunday morning. Should be fun.
According to the forecasts it’ll be Snowmaggedon. Most insulting are the signs “CDOT is preparing”. They are the worst when it comes to clearing freeways during the actually snowstorm.
Those of the locals who can get to the slopes are thrilled at the unexpected last-of-the-season skiing opportunity. Sadly, Telemark, they are all happy the out of staters won’t be able to get here quickly enough to join them. (My workplace is steadily emptying as the day goes forward. lol)
I have to drive from Denver to Greeley on Saturday late afternoon and was planning to drive home Saturday night. Now I’m thinking I may stay over in Greeley.
We can probably blame this late season storm on me. I put my snow shovel up into the garage rafters for summer storage last weekend.
18-30" of heavy, wet snow in my area. I’m just going to clear the sidewalks and let the sun take care of my driveway. It’ll all be a memory by next Thursday.
Huh. For the third time in 23 years that I have worked there, Summit County shut down and sent employees home at 3:30 pm. That’s cool.
Hoosier pass was fine for people prepared for it. But there was an accident that had me waiting on the road for an hour and a half. I hope they will be OK.
I canceled my trip to Denver tomorrow. Mom is OK. I try to visit her at least every three weekends.
An inch an hour on the continental divide. I suspect we will average that till Monday. Maybe more.
The plow truck is still chained up on all four. I suspect I will also be using the Kubota 4x4 loader.
My Wifes 2016 Outback still has ‘All Season’ tires on it. Um…no. It’s been stuck 3 times in the last month. Good car. Shitty OEM tires.
The good news is that we are not flying out of Denver to Akumal Mexico tomorrow. That’s next weekend. Bwaahhaaaa.
yeah, erm sorry bout that, we ordered a bit of rain here in ID, aaaand some jack-wagon forgot to flip the switch to the off position when we were done with the clouds before releasing them to continue drifting off into CO and WY
National Weather Service reports and alerts are always full caps. Just like military communications, it is a holdover from early teletype days where all words are capitalized.
TireRack.com has a special closeout on Blizzaks (not my favorite snow and ice tire, but it is competent) and you can get them shipped mounted and prebalanced on steel rims for easy changeout. However, the Subie isn’t going to handle 2-4 feet of snow before it is plowed out; that’s iffy even for a full sized 4x4 truck or off-road vehicle. I’d frankly just telecommute or take the day off work until the storm is over and the roads are plowed. Even if you’re skilled at driving in those conditions, there will be plenty of overoptimist idiots on the road who aren’t.
SE WY got most of its snow last night and this morning - probably 10-11" total. My city issued a “no unnecessary travel” alert, but it’s already beginning to melt now. It wasn’t that bad a storm for us, and it helped that we got a break from the snow for most of Saturday.
