Weather Story

Today's Weather Story

High Winds Expected

Unknowns for the Wind and Blizzard Potentials

A winter system will move through the area today bringing periods of rain, wintry mix, light snow, and strong winds. The main story continues to be the strong westerly winds with gusts between 45 to 60+ mph could blow and/or drift our existing snowpack creating near white to white conditions at times this evening and overnight.

High winds will develop Tuesday afternoon and intensify through the night. Wind gusts may reach or surpass the 60 mph mark overnight. These winds will lead to extreme difficulty in travel, due to the impact of the wind but also the potential for widespread blowing and drifting snow. Blizzard conditions may be possible.

Considerable uncertainty remains on the severity of the potential high winds and snow combination. Here is a closer look at what we know and what we don't know about the forecast over the next 48 hours and then what may happen.