The good news is, the Winter Storm Warning is canceled. The bad news is, as of 4:21 a.m. this morning …
… Winter Storm Warning is cancelled…
… Blizzard Warning in effect until 12 PM MST Thursday…The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Blizzard Warning… which is in effect until 12 PM MST Thursday. The Winter Storm Warning has been cancelled.
Snow will quickly develop early this morning and will be heavy today and tonight. Total accumulations of 12 to 20 inches can be expected in most locations before the snow decreases Thursday morning. As much as 2 feet of snow will fall in the southern suburbs and Palmer Divide area.
North winds increasing to around 25 mph with frequent gusts to 35 mph especially east of I-25 will produce considerable blowing and drifting snow.
A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are occurring or imminent. Sustained wind and/or frequent wind gusts of 35 mph or higher will combine with considerable falling and blowing snow to produce widespread visibilities below one quarter of a mile. Travel will be extremely dangerous and is discouraged in these whiteout conditions. If you must travel… have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded… stay with your vehicle and wait for help to arrive.
Hi. Welcome to our home in the “southern suburbs.”
There is an inch or so on the ground outside this morning, which is close to what we expected. We’ll be monitoring the situation to determine if (a) we should go to the airport this morning and try to get on an earlier flight, or (b) if our travel is in fact going to be completely aborted today/tomorrow, and that we should just sit tight and enjoy being at home rather than at the airport.
Whatever the decision, safety first.
We’ll keep you posted.
UPDATE: Katherine’s school is posted as closed today. Hrm. Well, that makes life marginally simpler, though for complicating reasons …
Well. City’s basically closing down.
Northwest has canceled all its flights for the day at DIA. I give it a 25% chance we’ll get out to California today.
Katherine was jazzed to hear that her school was cancelled — then sad, because they were going to have a pajama party and watch “The Polar Express.”
Now she’s worried about Christmas. I’m not — I’m sure we’ll be able to make it out there by then, assuming we can find a flight …
Mostly clear-ish on the north end.
Am at work.
Blizzardy.
The parking lot is clear except where it is drifting.
Drifts are 4″.
The flights are cancelled?
There is almost no snow, or are they just thinking it is going to be bad tonight?
Good luck on getting to where you’re going! It’s weird — I get so used to it being so easy to get on a plane and go somewhere when everything goes smoothly, and I forget the absolute hassle when things go wrong. All that being said, hours at home waiting for a flight out seem to me a much nicer way to spend those hours than at an airport!
Be safe. I’ll be thinking of you. I spent a week in New York without rain or snow, so this must be where it all went.
2′ drifts in the Parking lot and work just closed.
Give me a call if you need someone to haul you back from DIA.
Made it back home. More to follow.l