SALT LAKE CITY — A powerful snowstorm pummeled the Rockies on Wednesday, bringing white-out conditions to parts of the region and closing roads on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
A spokesman for the National Weather Service office in North Little Rock said a frontal system will move through the state overnight Wednesday and into Thursday. The front end of the system will bring heavy rain and the possibility of flash flooding, while the back end will bring sleet and snow. There is a 70 percent chance of rain tonight and an 80 percent chance tomorrow.
The hectic storm that buried Seattle in snow and shut down highways in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah earlier in the week was expected to push a strong cold front south and east across New Mexico, where wind speeds were to increase steadily through the morning. In northern Arizona, drivers were warned to prepare for wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph with drastically reduced visibility in blowing snow.
A blizzard warning was in effect for the Vail, Aspen and Telluride areas in Colorado, with six to 12 inches of snow forecast and winds gusting up to 60 mph in the forecast.
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