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New snow accompanied by high winds |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 09:50 |
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High winds recently whipped snow off the summits and ridges of Peak 1 and Mount Royal above Frisco. Courtesy of David Gidley and Summit Daily News
By Caddie Nath, Summit Daily News
What weather forecasters expect to be one of the worst and longest storms in years is expected to begin in Summit County Wednesday, bringing cold temperatures, some snow and wind gusts over 100 mph in some places through the end of the week.
“This … is not your typical storm system,” National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Dankers said. “You don't want to take this one lightly. Be prepared to be indoors for a while. It's just going to be a tough situation and one we haven't seen in a few years, both for how long it's going to take and the strength of the wind.”
The storm is expected to drop into Colorado from Oregon and Washington today and settle in to stay through Thursday night.
Summit County is under a high-wind warning until at least Thursday morning. Anticipating some snow as well, forecasters warned they might add blizzard warnings to the mix as the week goes on.
Read more about the storm and ski area conditions.
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