Heavy Snow — Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Colorado

2024-01-12 to 2024-01-13 · Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Colorado

Event narrative

There was 27 inches of snow that fell.

Wider weather episode

A broad trough and its associated jet streak set up over Colorado between January 12th though January 15th. The broad trough provided ample amounts of lifting mechanisms for a prolonged mountain snow event and the northwesterly oriented jet streak provided enough translation to the surface to get around High Wind Warning criteria winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1160522. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.