Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
148 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011

...SNOW INCREASING ACROSS THE FOR CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTH FROM WYOMING COMBINED WITH
A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW HAS BROUGHT SOME HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND THIS AREA OF SNOW IS MOVING SOUTHWARD
INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS THERE WILL BE
SOME HEAVIER SNOW SHOWER AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES WITH THE STRONG SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
148 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
TODAY AND THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH TODAY AND
TONIGHT WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES. WESTERLY WINDS WILL GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE INCLUDING SOME OF THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN PASSES.

* IMPACTS...SNOWPACKED...SLUSHY...AND ICY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED
ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITIES WILL
BE REDUCED TO JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET IN THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS WITH SLOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.