While Colorado meteorologists were being heckled when there was no snow on Saturday morning, the weather experts got the last laugh in the end.
The late-arriving winter storm named Xylia ended up dumping several feet across Colorado, becoming one of the largest recorded snowfalls in state history.
Thousands of flights were canceled from Denver International Airport over the weekend. Stretches of major roads like I-25, I-70, and U.S. 287 were closed to traffic. People were urged to avoid travel.
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Numerous government offices, Colorado State University, and local schools not on spring break in Northern Colorado remain closed on Monday (March 15) as we dig out of the storm. The same goes for a number of local businesses.
You might be surprised how accurate meteorologists fared with Colorado snow totals Miles Blumhardt, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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Meteorologists are often the focus of jokes for missing weather forecasts.
That was true in a big way before this weekend s storm, with many on social media roasting forecasters Saturday for predicting 1 to 4 feet of snow for Northern Colorado. The more the snow didn t pile up during the day Saturday, the more the criticism did as the big storm produced little more than spitting rain for many areas.
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The blizzard that dumped more than 2 feet of snow this weekend in the Denver area was the fourth largest in the city’s history, the National Weather Service announced Monday.
Residents across Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska are now digging out after the major winter storm left at least 24 inches of snow around Boulder and Fort Collins and nearly 31 in Cheyenne breaking a two-day total record there of 25.2 inches set in 1979. Winter weather advisories are now in effect for parts of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois as remnants of the blizzard move eastward.
A powerful storm that became a blizzard dropped several inches of snow across the Colorado Springs area, the Front Range and the state on Saturday into Sunday.
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