Winter Storm Wesley Prompts Blizzard Warnings in the Plains and Upper Midwest, Including Denver
Source: Weather Channel
Winter Storm Wesley has already moved into the West and will intensify in the Plains by Wednesday and Thursday where it will become a major blizzard, contributing to dangerous travel conditions and likely shutting down highways.
Wesley will be an intense low-pressure system that could flirt with all-time April low-pressure records in parts of the Plains, according to data compiled by NOAA Weather Prediction Center meteorologist David Roth. That said, it's not clear this storm will be strong enough to be deemed a "bomb cyclone" since its atmospheric pressure might not meet the meteorological definition for bombogenesis, which is a 24 millibar pressure drop in 24 hours.
Blizzard warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service from parts of northeastern Colorado to northwest Nebraska, South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. This includes Denver, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Pierre, South Dakota.
Various winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have also been posted from portions of the northern and central Rockies into the upper Mississippi Valley and northern Great Lakes.
Read more: https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2019-04-08-winter-storm-wesley-plains-blizzard-april
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