Posted on 12/18/2011 3:01:09 PM PST by NormsRevenge
AUSTIN. Texas. (Reuters) - A blizzard watch is in effect until Tuesday for parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas as a severe winter storm is expected to bring high winds and up to a foot of snow there on Sunday night and Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm was expected to edge into the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado before heading east on Sunday night or Monday morning, the agency said in a statement. The areas were under winter weather advisories or watches on Sunday.
A blizzard watch means forecasters believe life-threatening winter weather conditions are likely, including winds of at least 35 mph and visibility less than a quarter mile.
As the United States readies for a week of holiday travel, weather officials warned of dangerous road conditions on Sunday and Monday in the plains. The storm is expected to bring heavy rains and high-elevation snow to the mountains of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona on Sunday afternoon before moving east.
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We are only forecast for 1” or so tomorrow. Storm is going south of us. It has been cold, cold & dry for weeks, though.
Where are you????
When I was young,long ago, my grandparents lived in Western Kansas. Back then the weather forecasts weren’t as good as they are today. I recall one winter when a number of people froze in their cars, they were caught in a blizzard and stalled along Western Kansas highways. As a child it scared me to go to see my grandparents in the winter time.
East of the continental devide, 8,500 ft elevation NW of Golden, CO.
I looked at your page, beautiful pictures! You are fortunate to live in such a lovely place.
Back about forty years ago I made the mistake of taking my 914 Porsche out to central KS in the middle of a big storm. The depth wasn’t the problem until after I arrived — the wind made the snow blowing 60 mph totally horizontal and low to the road, with headlights reflecting back it was like spinning in circles — the most disorienting drive due to visibility at zero that one could imagine and icing over to boot.
Most of a lifetime traveling all of Kansas and Missouri in construction and living, I was called Sgt Preston by my family, but I earned the nickname with some pretty nasty trips.
I'll take a quick peak in the icebox, so I can relate to this blizzard.
Maybe it’ll get down to -45 degrees F for short time in Oklahoma like it did last winter or the winter before.
Thanks, most times I don’t have a camera handy. My memories are much more vivid.
When I first arrived in Western Kansas, some of the people I worked with told me that just about every year some person would get stranded and freeze to death.
They told me if the vehicle got disabled to just stay with it as a snow plow would come by at least once a day on paved roads.
I took them seriously, especially since I was on the road a great deal. I bought a good quality sleeping bag and put it and a few emergency supplies in the pickup behind the seat.
Never did get caught but if I had not been stopped by the state troopers outside Pratt and forced to turn back, I probably would have ended up stuck.
In any case I am so sick of plowing, blading, and shoveling snow I could go into hibernation. I am afraid we are in for another winter like two years ago. UGH!!!
I did too—and hoped my flight wouldn’t be affected.
Watch out!
All the weather folks told us less than an inch yesterday south of Lake Erie. The lake effect they said wouldn't happen DID kick in and we got 5". Not much but so far we've only had two 1" snows. We're WAY behind schedule.
aaah, this is Denver, not sure we will see a lake effect here, :-). None of the local forecasters are really worried about this storm, so I am not. I might be a bit more concerned if they at least put us under a watch, or advisory, but it most likely will scoot well south of us.
Generally speaking he looks like hell in that picture. When I try to match that facial expression I feel VERY unhappy!
And a brown Christmas in the Twin Cities this year.
Go figure...
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