Anyone in the Denver area have railfanning plans for the weekend?:teeth: Sounds like you won't be going!!! What's the talk in Denver? Is this going to be as bad as they say? Will this cause rail tie-ups to the east and west? It's amazing how a storm in one major freight hub can totally scramble the shipping system. Let us know know the storm affects in the Denver metro.
Nothing Yet but they say it's coming... [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]TODAY'S FORECAST: ***MAJOR STORM TO IMPACT ALL OF COLORADO WEDNESDAY*** Denver, tonight, becoming cloudy with 1-2" of new snowfall by the end of the morning rush hour. WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT Wednesday [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Eastern Plains, tonight, snow developing with 1-4" by early morning with lows in the teens and low 20s. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT Wednesday, for northern Colorado and along I-70. Total snowfall: 10-20" [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT Wednesday, along I-76, Washington, Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick counties. Total snowfall: 16-22" [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT Tonight and Wednesday, along I-25 from Colorado Springs to the south into Walsenburg. Total snowfall: 8-14" [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Mountains, tonight, snow, heaviest in the Elk San Juan and Front Range Mountains with lows in the teens. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT Tonight and Wednesday: Front Range Mountains, Summit, Grand, Larimer, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Boulder counties, Grand Mesa, Elk Mountains, and San Juan Mountains. Total snowfall: 24-36" Front Range Mountains, 10-20", Park, Gore, Northern, Elk and San Juan Mountains. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Western Slope, tonight, snow with 3-6" from Montrose south, 8-12" along the Colorado River valley.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT Tonight and Wednesday from the Vail Valley west to Grand Junction.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] SNOW ADVISORY in effect tonight and tomorrow, Yampa Valley, Hayden, Craig and Steamboat Springs. Total snowfall: 3-6".[/FONT]
If this one is coming up from the south it could be a good sized storm. Those usually are. I think it has to do with the warm air coming in from So Cal and Arizona hitting the cold air here. But I'm no meteorologist. I just looked at some of the satellite images. It looks like it push further east of Colorado into Kansas. Eric
Should be a fun drive to and from work... 12" has already hit in the D&S area and the ALBQ Airport is closed. Sounds like I-25 from DENVER to WY will be a wreck by Wednesday afternoon. Live news right now is saying 10-20" for DENVER by Wednesday PM and will continue into Thursday. Better get my 4X4 warmed up early for this one... mg: mg: mg: mg:
IIRC, the whole state was low on snow for quite a few years.......... Also, anyone wanting to drive east on I40 from ABQ will go no further than Tucumcari- the I-road in the Texas panhandle is so snarled from snow, ice and wrecks that it's been closed. I've been on I-40 in an ice storm with that constant wind- what a nightmare........... And all we had here in Oregon was hurricane-strength winds that knocked out power.................
This same storm system is forecast for us to have rain starting tonight, become heavy tomorrow and Friday, then taper off to 20-40% through Christmas. It's times like this when I remember why I chose to live on the Gulf rather than in New Hampshire.....:angel:
I'll chain up the truck!! Bring lots of batteries and warm clothes, I got some MRE's...:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: ...I wish...
Here it comes! Got to work and there is about 2" so far and 50+ MPH winds with a prediction of 2 Feet in the next 36+ hours. Most schools have already closed and a few city goverments as well based on what they are predicting by later today. I-70 from Limon heading to KS is now closed and they think they will be closing more highways soon. Flights at DIA are late and/or cancelled. Don't know the effect on any of the RR's but I'm sure UP and BNSF will be effected by this as well.
All this talk of snow & ice and winds... I am getting my windbreaker ready since its going to get up to only 72 today and the in the mid 60's for a few days following. It's a hard life on the Texas coast... Doc
Thanks for chiming in, Doc. I thought I was going to be the only gloater on this topic....:embarassed: Tho' lemme tell you, I don't envy y'all. This storm's going to be a stinker, moving as slow as it is. mg:
Yea; but, I will take the snow over what hit you in Old Miss. :lightbulb: :lightbulb: :lightbulb: :lightbulb:
And I love it!! Co-Manager from work called and left a message tonight. Due to severity of the weather, 3rd shift is cancelled tonight! No work!! Which is kind of nice of them, because I'd hate to try leaving work in the early AM, IF I even could! So, I go back at 10PM tomorrow night.
You should try to get to Plainview or something close.. I'll bet there are some incredible shots to be had!!!
Yeah right.....!!! In this: This: Or this: I'd be extremely lucky IF I can get out of the driveway! Sorry for the non railroad pics, but they fit, at the moment!
The only way you'll be getting RR pics is if the track went 5 ft from your house. Thanks for the pics anyway. We had a good storm here Dec. 1. The CN line is about 50 yds out my back door and I couldn't see it. The snow is gone now.
