Well, we got our first real winter storm overnight, the dreaded Albuquerque Low--a low pressure cell passes south of us, spiraling moisture and winds counterclockwise up into Colorado. A so-called upslope storm, the plains and Front Range get it worse than the mountains. Winds are gusting 60-75 mph, drifting snow and causing whiteout conditions. Being an early season storm, it started out wet, then turned colder, freezing and making everything slicker than snot. I left early to drive to work this morning, only to discover the freeway closed at a hill a few miles north of me. Time to go home and drink some coffee or hot chocolate.
We had an Albuquerque Low hit back around '97 on a Friday night. I got up Saturday morning to find the front door blocked by a snow drift that was as high as the gutters on the roof. I busted through it to find half the yard bare of snow. It just drifted that bad. IIRC I didn't get out of the driveway until the next Tuesday--the city didn't plow residential streets in my neighborhood, so I was stuck. Not that bad this storm, but bad enough to call it in.