WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY..

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND DENVER METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT BUT REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY FOR A STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES. HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WILL DEVELOP AND WILL LOCALLY PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* IMPACTS... COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. WHEN DRIVING SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

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... SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO AND FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA...

.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY AND INTO FRIDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED... WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS . WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.

SNOW WILL MOVE OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS THE DENVER METRO AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPSLOPE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW... INSTABILITY AND LIFT FROM AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HELP PRODUCE SNOW. A JET OVER COLORADO WILL COMBINE WITH THE INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SOME HEAVY SNOW BANDS WHERE SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SLIPPERY AND ICY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... MAKING FOR A SLOW EVENING COMMUTE.




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