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Heavy Snow in Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Colorado

Heavy Snow December 22, 2020 · Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snow squall. Visibility dropped to one quarter mile for about 40 minutes. Winds measured as high as 64 mph. Exact snow amount is unknown.

The wider storm

A quick moving upper level system crossed the Rockies on this day, bringing very strong winds to all of the higher terrain and parts of the I-25 corridor. This system also brought a quick blast of snow to the mountains. The higher wind gusts and this snow helped provide a setup for snow squalls, which were observed over parts of Chaffee county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 935706. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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