Snowflakes fell to 10 in Monument clock, while drops of rain reported in the city of Colorado Springs were. But the heaviest rainfall was expected to hit the town after midnight, leading to a winter storm warning Tuesday from midnight to midnight Wednesday.
Most of the snow forecasts of storm cells, which are covered Interstate 70 west of Denver and Broomfield of 10 clocks Tuesday, heavy snow into the process.
"It '- is up there," said Eric Petersen, said meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo "And the band of heavy snow fall of the south during the night ..."
In the early hours of the morning, and may monument in the north of El Paso County are expecting 5-6 inches of snow in Colorado Springs can expect 1-3 inches.
Heaviest snow is expected to clock 06:00, when another 4-5 inches to start in the Palmer Divide in Colorado Springs and 2-3 cm expected before noon.
Temperatures in Colorado Springs forecast to plunge to 29 Tuesday night. The temperature will be difficult to take as soon as the sun rises, on Wednesday, with the City provides a high temperature reaches 31 degrees.
City crews are all ready for the snow storm, said Bard Lower, Operations Manager for the Colorado Springs Street Division. He said tonight that his driver to connect plows; dump all 50 of the city. Not sure if his team will need all the trucks, but he wants to be prepared.
He said the design team, monitor the streets and start plowing when the snow begins to accumulate. He was not quite sure when it would be because a large part of the snow is expected in the initial melting, because the floor is warm with time.
"We made snow patrol, when he begins to collect. It makes no sense to watch out with the boys in the wet," he said.
Later the city plows plowing guidelines will focus on main roads and then work on roads, schools and hospitals. Plow crews are only on residential streets, if you accumulate more than 6 inches, and only if the other roads are cleared.
On the west side, a winter storm warning was issued until midnight Wednesday. There, the weather service said 8-15 inches of snow and winds of up to 25 mph.
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