Winter Weather in Animas River Basin, Colorado

Winter Weather January 3, 2024 – January 4, 2024 · Animas River Basin, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

Generally 3 to 5 inches of snow fell across the area.

The wider storm

A closed low moved into the Four Corners region, producing favorable lift for snowfall in the Southwest Colorado mountains and valleys. Lingering northwest flow behind the system favored continued snowfall for the Uncompahgre Gorge in the Northwest San Juan Mountains as well as upslope snowfall in the Elkhead and Park Mountains and Upper Yampa River Basin well after the low exited to the east.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1162051. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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