Heavy Snow — Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Colorado

1996-02-01 to 1996-02-02 · Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wider weather episode

A strong and moist airflow from the west brought heavy snow to the San Juan and La Garita Mountains. The snow began on the 31st and lingered into midmorning of the 1st. Wolf Creek Pass received about 17 inches of new snow from the storm and another 11 inches by the morning of the 2nd. As the storm system moved east...a general 4 to 10 inch snowfall occurred in the Sangre De Cristos...Wet Mountains and Rampart Range. Cuchara received nearly 11 inches by the afternoon of the 2nd. In the southeast plains 1 to 4 inches of snow fell.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5542659. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.