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Wind will be drifting snow along the higher ridges today and loading slopes that face northwest through southeast. There is a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger in these locations. Otherwise, the avalanche danger is generally MODERATE. If you stay away from the upper elevation slopes where wind drifted snow is getting deposited, you'll most likely stay safe.

Wind will be the biggest factor today. Southwest winds have increased over the last few hours and will remain strong for today.

A significant storm will move in tonight brining periods of snow into Sunday. The first half of the storm starts out warm and windy from the southwest. The rain/snow level will be up around 7500' or perhaps a bit higher. Rain on snow could cause some avalanche problems in lower elevations. We could see 6 to 10 inches of snow in the high country by Thursday.

Colder air moves in late Friday and the wind veers to the northwest and we should see periods of snow continue into Sunday. All together I'm anticipating 1.5 to 2 inches of water weight with this prolonged storm. This should translate to 16 to 24 inches of snow.

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