URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
500 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS SATURDAY...
.A STRONG EARLY SEASON STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER COLORADO
SATURDAY...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. SUNNY SKIES
OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING CLOUDS THIS
EVENING AS MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE STATE. LIGHT SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
LATE TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. WINTRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY
ALL DAY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE MADE DIFFICULT
BY SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES.
COZ033>036-071900-
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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
500 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES AND THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND BEFORE SUNRISE. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE MOST OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
BEGIN TAPERING OFF SATURDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES BY LATE SATURDAY. 4
TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL.
* OTHER IMPACTS...HUNTERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT
TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL
NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...WINTER WEATHER HEADING FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH
PARK TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL TO THE
COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH PARK.
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AS MOISTURE SPREADS
OVER THE STATE. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH PARK THIS
EVENING...SPREADING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES.
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
403 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...INCREASING
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY SATURDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW FALLING OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* OTHER IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER 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.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...WINTER WEATHER HEADING FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH
PARK TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY...BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL TO THE
COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH PARK.
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AS MOISTURE SPREADS
OVER THE STATE. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH PARK THIS
EVENING...SPREADING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR
VISIBILITIES.
COZ033>036-080615-
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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
403 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT
AND GRAND COUNTIES AND THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS BY MIDNIGHT.
SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE
MOST OF THE DAY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF
SATURDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES AND FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS BY LATE SATURDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
CAUSE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* OTHER IMPACTS...HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. INTER
WEATHER 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.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
621 AM MDT SAT OCT 8 2011
...WINTER WEATHER IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY TODAY...
.A STRONG EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE BE POSITIONED OVER
COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL TO
THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MOST OF TODAY. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT
HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. LATER
TONIGHT THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AS THE STORM SYSTEMS BEGINS MOVING
OUT OF THE STATE.
COZ033>036-082030-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-111009T0000Z/
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
621 AM MDT SAT OCT 8 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT
AND GRAND COUNTIES AND IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN
THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF
SATURDAY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT AND GRAND COUNTIES AND OVER THE FRONT
RANGE FOOTHILLS BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. EAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30
MPH AT TIMES MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY MAKE ROADS VERY
SLIPPERY. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* OTHER IMPACTS...HUNTERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER 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.
&&
$$
DANKERS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
621 AM MDT SAT OCT 8 2011
...WINTER WEATHER IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY TODAY...
.A STRONG EARLY SEASON STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE BE POSITIONED OVER
COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SNOWFALL TO
THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS MOST OF TODAY. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT
HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. LATER
TONIGHT THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AS THE STORM SYSTEMS BEGINS MOVING
OUT OF THE STATE.
COZ037-082030-
/O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-111009T0000Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...
SOUTH PARK
621 AM MDT SAT OCT 8 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING OVER PARK
COUNTY THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED BY
THIS EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS VERY SLIPPERY.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* OTHER IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER 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.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley
Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy