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New Outlook Paints Potentially Grim Picture For Colorado Snow This Upcoming La Niña Winter

Much of the state is predicted to get slightly-below-normal amounts of snow through February.

By Chris Spears, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – The snow season looked promising in October with a few early snowstorms in the mountains. Enough snow fell to allow three Colorado ski resorts to open before Halloween.

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But the flow of moisture quickly shut off as we moved into November and the storm track shifted away from the state. The result has been a lot of windy and dry weather over the past several weeks that fueled an unusual November wildfire and delayed the opening of at least one Colorado ski resort.

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