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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1100 AM MST WED FEB 01 2012

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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-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-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
1100 AM MST WED FEB 01 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE PLAINS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CLOUDS WILL THICKEN TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS TO THE WEST OF
COLORADO...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE MILD. THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA
LATER THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE WELL INTO SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL STILL EXISTS WITH THIS STORM...BUT THE
SPECIFICS STILL REMAIN QUITE MUDDLED. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12
INCHES WILL BE A FAIR ESTIMATE FOR NOW ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME AREAS OF THE PLAINS COULD
GET MORE...DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE STORM. WINDS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF...
STARTING AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY
EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY AS THE WINTER STORM LEAVES THE STATE BUT LINGERS OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES.

Avalanche Watch

http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/wwacapget ... um=twitter

HE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.
THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER HAS ISSUED AN AVALANCHE
WATCH FOR THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO
RANGE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS DEVELOPING OVER UTAH THURSDAY MORNING.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST, A CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS RESULTING IN EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW FOR ALL AREAS
EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO FOOT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS, WITH LOCAL AREAS OF THREE FEET, ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW ON FRIDAY. THE CURRENT
SNOWPACK FOUNDATION IS VERY WEAK. THE RAPID ADDITION OF A
SIGNIFICANT SNOW LOAD WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD AVALANCHE ACTIVITY.
PAY ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER AND SNOWPACK CONDITIONS.
BACKCOUNTRY USERS WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS THIS
SYSTEM EVOLVES ON FRIDAY.
AN AVALANCHE WATCH MEANS THAT IF FORECAST WEATHER VERIFIES, THE
AVALANCHE DANGER WILL RISE TO HIGH IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY AT WHICH TIME AN UPDATE WILL BE
PROVIDED WITH POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
THIS STATEMENT IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO PERSONS USING THE
BACKCOUNTRY OUTSIDE DEVELOPED SKI AREA BOUNDARIES. WHEN NECESSARY
SKI AREAS USE AVALANCHE CONTROL METHODS WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES TO
MITIGATE THE AVALANCHE DANGER.
FOR ADDITIONAL AVALANCHE INFORMATION...CALL...970-482-0457 IN FORT
COLLINS...303-275-5360 IN DENVER...970-668-0600 IN SUMMIT
COUNTY...719-520-0020 IN COLORADO SPRINGS...719-395-4994 IN BUENA
VISTA... 970-247-8187 IN DURANGO.... OR VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT
http://WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE
SNOOK
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER
2011-12 WATCH 5-1

Northern Sangre de Christo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft
Pikes Peak above 11000 Ft
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
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft
Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft

Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet

Winter Storm Warning
Alert:
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PLAINS
OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE FORECAST AREA
STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE STORM WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL
OCCUR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT
TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS CREATING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY
DECREASE BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT LATER
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
Instructions: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

Per CDOT

Be prepared for winter driving conditions across most of the state through Saturday. Give our plows room. "Ice and Snow, Take it Slow."

The Denver Channel posted about an hour ago.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/radarviews/index.html

Weather Statement from NOAA

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.p ... rm+Warning

Denver Public Schools have closed for tomorrow due to the storm.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather ... etail.html