Pacific Storms Continuing to Impact the West; Impactful Winter Storm in the Central and Eastern U.S.

Pacific storms will continue to bring strong winds, heavy rain with a risk for flooding to northern and central California, and heavy mountain snow in the Sierras, southern Cascades, and northern Rockies through Friday. Winter storm to impact the Midwest to Mid-Atlantic, with a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain later today through Thursday. Hazardous travel is expected. Read More >

Overview

A cold Pacific storm system produced significant to heavy snow across portions of eastern Utah and western Colorado mostly within a 24-hour period from Saturday, January 20th to Sunday, January 21st. Snow began falling across northeast Utah Saturday morning, and generally spread south-southeast across the region during the day Saturday and into Sunday. Blowing snow was common in many areas. Snowfall persisted into Sunday night mainly over some northwest facing mountain slopes. Some lower elevation precipitation began as rain on Saturday, then changed over to snow behind the cold front.

Storm Total Snowfall (January 20 - 22, 2018)


Highway 40 on Rabbit Ears Pass (Photo: CDOT)	Highway 550 on Red Mountain Pass (Photo: CDOT)	Highway 50 on Monarch Pass (Photo: CDOT)

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Highway 145 near Telluride (Photo: CDOT)	Silverton, Colorado (Photo: CDOT)	Flaming Gorge, Utah (Photo: Flaming Gorge Resort)	Castle Valley, Utah (Photo: Perpetual-Motion.com)