Wintry weather invades Southwest with bursts of snow and slippery travel
The southwestern United States will take the brunt of Mother Nature's wintry blows heading into the weekend as rounds of snow create tricky travel across the Four Corners states, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
By Thursday evening, the storm that unleashed record-setting rainfall, deadly flooding and mudslides across California had buried Flagstaff, Arizona, under 24-36 inches of fresh snow. Through the first eight days of the month, the northern Arizona city has far exceeded its historical average monthly snowfall for February of around 20 inches with nearly 4 feet of snow.
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A new storm moved into the Southwest with another burst of snow and slippery travel from Saturday to Sunday. Denver picked up several inches of snow from the storm into Saturday night.
The storm progressed southward into Sunday, and resulted in accumulating snow getting into New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico, picked up 2-3 inches of snow on Saturday. On Sunday, the heavy snow was shifting eastward across the Texas Panhandle and into parts of western Oklahoma.
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The storm pivoted away from Las Vegas this weekend for events leading up to the climax of the football season on Sunday.
AccuWeather meteorologists expect dry conditions on Sunday as festivities ramp up ahead of the big game toward evening.
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A drier weather pattern will overtake not only Las Vegas, but also the rest of the Southwest later this weekend into early next week.
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