URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
109 PM MDT MON OCT 24 2011
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM STILL HEADED FOR COLORADO...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE
TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON TUESDAY AND PUSH ACROSS COLORADO
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OVER
THE STATE...AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE WINDS
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FIRST DEVELOP IN THE
HIGH COUNTRY ON TUESDAY...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE STATE...
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN
PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE
ABUNDANT FOLIAGE. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THESE
TREES...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH
READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SINGLE
DIGIT READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
109 PM MDT MON OCT 24 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY EVENING
AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES...
RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED
ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.
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
COMMERCIAL POWER OR 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.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
109 PM MDT MON OCT 24 2011
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM STILL HEADED FOR COLORADO...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE
TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON TUESDAY AND PUSH ACROSS COLORADO
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OVER
THE STATE...AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE WINDS
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FIRST DEVELOP IN THE
HIGH COUNTRY ON TUESDAY...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE STATE...
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN
PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE
ABUNDANT FOLIAGE. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THESE
TREES...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH
READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SINGLE
DIGIT READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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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
109 PM MDT MON OCT 24 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY
AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER EAST SLOPES OF
THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED. DEPENDING
ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING IN SOME AUTOMOBILES
MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE
CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL.
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...AND SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM STILL HEADED FOR COLORADO...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES TODAY AND PUSH ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS
THIS SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE STATE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING...WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE WINDS
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FIRST DEVELOP IN THE
HIGH COUNTRY ON THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
PLAINS TONIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE STATE...
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN
PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE
ABUNDANT FOLIAGE. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THESE TREES...
BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH
READINGS ONLY AROUND 30 ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS THEN
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SINGLE DIGIT
READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...
LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY
AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED TUESDAY
EVENING...AND WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS.
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE
CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM STILL HEADED FOR COLORADO...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES TODAY AND PUSH ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS
THIS SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE STATE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING...WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE WINDS
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FIRST DEVELOP IN THE
HIGH COUNTRY ON THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
PLAINS TONIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE STATE...
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN
PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE
ABUNDANT FOLIAGE. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THESE TREES...
BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH
READINGS ONLY AROUND 30 ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS THEN
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SINGLE DIGIT
READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
COZ033>036-251800-
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/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/
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
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE FRONT RANGE. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED THIS EVENING...AND
WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE
CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM STILL HEADED FOR COLORADO...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES TODAY AND PUSH ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS
THIS SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE STATE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING...WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE WINDS
DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT.
AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FIRST DEVELOP IN THE
HIGH COUNTRY ON THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
PLAINS TONIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE STATE...
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN
PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE
ABUNDANT FOLIAGE. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THESE TREES...
BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH
READINGS ONLY AROUND 30 ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS THEN
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SINGLE DIGIT
READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
COZ038>043-251800-
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
MDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY
EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THE
EARLIEST...WHILE LOCATIONS EAST OF DENVER WILL SEE THE RAIN
CHANGING TO SNOW TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND MAY BE HEAVY... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WELD COUNTY...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE
FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH THROUGH THE DENVER AREA. EVEN HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND
SOUTH OF DENVER. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES...
RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL
BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SHARPLY WITH READINGS
AROUND FREEZING DURING THE STORM...AND DROPPING INTO THE TEENS
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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
427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...SNOW BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS AS THE HEADS TOWARD
NORTHEAST COLORADO...
.AT 4 PM...WEB CAMERAS AT THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL SHOWED THAT SNOW
HAD BEGUN FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS.
ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF SNOW HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
WYOMING AND OVER THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES. AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEVELOPING UPPER
LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE WINTER WEATHER ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS ALSO CONTINUED
INCREASING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE
STATE.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AS
TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT.
LATER TONIGHT...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO.
SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL
HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE
LIMBS TO BREAK. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD
SURFACES ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES.
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S
ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO
THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...
DEER TRAIL...LEADER
427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND
THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 10 PM THROUGH 7 AM.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
HEAVIEST TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND OVER THE PALMER
DIVIDE. SIGNIFICANT WIND IS NOT EXPECTED.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES...
RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL
BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...SNOW BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS AS THE HEADS TOWARD
NORTHEAST COLORADO...
.AT 4 PM...WEB CAMERAS AT THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL SHOWED THAT SNOW
HAD BEGUN FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS.
ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF SNOW HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
WYOMING AND OVER THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES. AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEVELOPING UPPER
LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE WINTER WEATHER ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS ALSO CONTINUED
INCREASING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE
STATE.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AS
TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT.
LATER TONIGHT...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO.
SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL
HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE
LIMBS TO BREAK. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD
SURFACES ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES.
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S
ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO
THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...FAIRPLAY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BE SPREADING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE
EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES UP TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH MUCH OF
WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS MAY SEE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 18 TO 24 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING...
AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE
EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE
CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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
609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011
...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON CONTINUES FOR THE MOUNTAINS...
FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
COLORADO...
THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS REMAINED NORTH OF
DENVER...ESPECIALLY FROM BOULDER COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH LARIMER
AND WELD COUNTIES. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW IN THESE LOCALES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM
DENVER SOUTHWARD. MUCH OF THE AREA CAN STILL EXPECT LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD ADJUSTED
A BIT LOWER FOR LOCATIONS FROM DENVER AND POINTS EAST.
THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES
SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE
PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE
DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...
DEER TRAIL...LEADER
609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL TODAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER
HOUR WITH HEAVIER SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 14 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
HEAVIEST IN LOCATIONS NORTH OF DENVER.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES...
RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL
BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011
...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON CONTINUES FOR THE MOUNTAINS...
FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
COLORADO...
THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS REMAINED NORTH OF
DENVER...ESPECIALLY FROM BOULDER COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH LARIMER
AND WELD COUNTIES. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW IN THESE LOCALES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM
DENVER SOUTHWARD. MUCH OF THE AREA CAN STILL EXPECT LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD ADJUSTED
A BIT LOWER FOR LOCATIONS FROM DENVER AND POINTS EAST.
THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES
SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION.
THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE
PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE
DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...
WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...FAIRPLAY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL DECREASE
IN THE THE AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SIGNIFICANT WINDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DEPENDING ON
THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR
IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE
CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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