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00:02 Meteorological winter does not start until December 1st,
00:07 but mother nature does not care about the calendar.
00:11 If we know anything, my friends,
00:12 that is most certainly it.
00:14 And I'll tell ya, there's a little bit of winter
00:16 already moving across the Rockies.
00:18 We've been watching this storm
00:19 for about two straight weeks, and here it is.
00:22 The proof is in the pudding,
00:23 and the proof is really in the snowfall
00:25 that we're already seeing across the Rockies,
00:27 especially out toward, let's say, Northwestern Wyoming
00:30 and to the Tetons.
00:31 We've had some solid snowfall already today.
00:33 And as this storm continues on to the South,
00:36 well, you can see the snowfall spreads out,
00:38 becomes a little bit more robust.
00:41 And while it is going to make for a winter wonderland
00:43 for so many of you, ah, for all the Thanksgiving travel,
00:46 it's gonna be a little bit tough here.
00:47 As we look across the major interstates,
00:49 talking about I-15, I-25,
00:51 even as you're getting out towards 70 and 80,
00:53 it's gonna be a little bit difficult
00:54 over the next few days,
00:56 especially if you're traveling out towards cities
00:57 like Denver, like Casper, and even into the Plains States.
01:01 Take a look at the map here.
01:02 You'll notice the snow spreads again to the South and East,
01:04 and the further South and East you live,
01:06 the later you'll see it.
01:07 But really, between today, tomorrow, and Saturday,
01:10 that's when the snow will fall across the middle
01:12 and western half of the country.
01:14 But I do wanna mention,
01:16 this storm continues on to the East
01:18 and could bring us some snowfall
01:20 streaking out from Kansas City
01:21 all the way back to the Great Lakes.
01:23 That means for those of you traveling Saturday and Sunday,
01:25 we do have some issues here
01:27 in terms of some flakes keeping the roads nice and slick.
01:30 Now, how much snow are we actually looking at here?
01:32 Well, let me show you the map.
01:33 You'll see the highest amounts depicted by the dark blue
01:36 falling into the Rockies
01:37 as you're looking into the higher elevations
01:39 of the mountains up to the Tetons.
01:40 That's where we can see a foot to a foot and a half of snow.
01:44 Cities like Casper,
01:45 you're in that six to 12 inch range, though,
01:47 so hey, this is a pretty solid winter storm for ya.
01:49 As we look back toward Omaha, Kansas City, and Wichita,
01:52 you can see in that pale blue color
01:54 representing the one to three inch range.
01:56 Now, here's the thing.
01:57 It's not bad news for everybody.
01:59 I've gotta mention ski season is kicking off
02:02 and today Taos Resort in New Mexico
02:04 is opening for their opening day.
02:06 Jackson Hole and Soda Springs open tomorrow.
02:08 Alta Big Bear open November 25th
02:10 and Telluride not too far away opening on December 5th.
02:13 In terms of your AccuWeather Wintercast
02:15 for some of those locations,
02:16 Taos is gonna be thrilled.
02:17 Eight to 12 inches out of this storm.
02:20 That's some solid fresh powder.
02:21 More of the same in Jackson Hole
02:22 where we could see one to two feet of snow.
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