A shortwave trough on the heels of a series of disturbances accompanied an increase in moisture from the northwest to produce moderate snowfall across the Elkheads and Park Range Mountains in northwest Colorado due to persistent northwest orographic flow.
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A shortwave trough on the heels of a series of disturbances accompanied an increase in moisture from the northwest to produce moderate snowfall across the Elkheads and Park Range Mountains in northwest Colorado due to persistent northwest orographic flow.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Generally 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts up to 15.6 inches of snow at Whiskey Park.
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