Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
249 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY...

.A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING IN THE
MOUNTAINS BY LATER THIS EVENING AND COUPLED WITH THE HIGH WINDS
WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAINLY OVER THE
HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH BETTER WITH LESS WIND AND SNOW.
MOUNTAIN TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS
HIGH MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED
DURING THIS EVENT.

COZ033-034-190600-
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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-
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
249 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST
THURSDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATER THIS EVENING...WHILE
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 7 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS ON HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 90
MPH WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND
DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
830 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY...

.A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING
IN THE MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND COUPLED WITH THE HIGH WINDS
WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH BETTER WITH LESS WIND AND SNOW.
MOUNTAIN TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING
AS HIGH MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED
DURING THIS EVENT.

COZ033-034-191130-
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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-
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
830 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 7 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS ON HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO
90 MPH WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A
FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
244 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS
MORNING...

.A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND
WIND WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVER THE HIGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS...CONDITIONS WILL BE MUCH BETTER WITH LESS WIND AND SNOW.
MOUNTAIN TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THROUGH THIS MORNING AS HIGH
MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED DURING
THIS EVENT.

COZ033-034-191900-
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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-
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
244 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...WHILE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...MAINLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
75 MPH THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES. THE STRONGER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE
BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A
FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS
OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED
IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD
WARNING.