Winter wonderland or travel nightmare? Snowstorm unloads over 30 inches of snow in Colorado

[riversedge]

here is mid WI, we might get 6 inches starting tonight. Can't imagine 30 plus inches.


Winter wonderland or travel nightmare? Snowstorm unloads over 30 inches of snow in Colorado

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By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist and staff writer

Updated nov. 26, 2019 1:36 PM

Crews are working hard to keep runways and taxiways open at the Denver International Airport. Many airlines are resuming operations in the early afternoon.

A major snowstorm has caused headaches for early Thanksgiving travelers in Colorado with feet of snow piling up in some parts of the state.

The storm began to unfold over Colorado late Monday and intensified overnight. Most of Denver and the city’s suburbs woke up to 6 to 12 inches of snow on Tuesday with several feet falling over the nearby mountains.

Estes Park, Colorado, located near Rocky Mountain National Park, was one of the snowiest spots in the state with nearly 32 inches of snow falling as of 7 a.m. MST Tuesday.

Snow has also spread into Nebraska with a general 3 to 6 inches falling over the state’s midsection as of late Tuesday morning.
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These two images were taken just one day apart, showing a backyard in Fort Collins, Colorado, before and after the snowstorm.

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By Tuesday morning, over 440 flights had been canceled and another 120 delayed, according to FlightStats, with the airport measuring at least 7 inches of snow accumulation.

[hlthe2b]

1. I got two feet. Just now thinking about digging out my car & maybe 10 feet forward to see if I can

traverse the snowbanks. If not, I'll just back right into where it was parked and take a plan b.

I don't have to get out until tomorrow, but I'd sure like to do so in daylight hours. And the dog has only gotten a walk around the neighborhood (which doesn't sound like much, but in deep deep snow, it was exhausting).

I'm stalling because the ordeal required to get fully dressed (boots, gators, and all the rest is sort of a pain), but it is already after 1 pm. So...

[eleny]

3. We got around a foot here in north Lakewood

The yard looks like the one in the op.

[hlthe2b]

4. The only vehicles that have moved out of the neighborhood were two jeeps and one big SUV

I dug and dug and dug enough to have 12 feet of forward clearance, but couldn't get out. I guess I'm going to hope for a little melt and for those elusive neighborhood plow trucks to come through. Sure glad I didn't have travel plans for Thanksgiving. My car does well up to about 10-12 inches of snow, but this is just too deep.

Well, I got a good workout anyway.

[eleny]

5. We could use this...

Turn your sound on the low side.

[stopbush]

2. Born in the snowbelt (Ohio), moved to NYC in 1977, so had my fill of snow

when we left NJ and moved west in 2003.

Now living in SoCal, I can’t imagine having to deal with snow, let alone that much snow!