Heavy Snow — Southern San Luis Valley, Colorado

2020-12-10 to 2020-12-11 · Southern San Luis Valley, Colorado

Event narrative

Heavy snow of 8.5 inches. 2 east Fort Garland.

Wider weather episode

An upper level system moved across the region during this period, and provided widespread accumulating snow to southern Colorado. Many snowfall reports under six inches were observed, however, a few reports of heavier snow occurred closer to the Colorado and New Mexico border.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 935678. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.