Weather Alert
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
514 AM MST MON DEC 24 2012
...SNOW ON THE WAY FOR CHRISTMAS EVE...
.A STORM SYSTEM OVER IDAHO AND NEVADA THIS MORNING WILL TRACK
QUICKLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT...AND THEN INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES ON CHRISTMAS. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD
IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN DEVELOP ACROSS THE
PLAINS THIS EVENING. ROADS CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY THROUGH THE DAY...AND THEN EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS AS
THE SNOW BEGINS THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS EAST OF I-25 COULD EXPERIENCE SOME
MINOR DRIFTING SNOW AS WINDS INCREASE SLIGHTLY LATE TONIGHT INTO
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
THIS WILL BE A WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
AND HIGH PLAINS. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SLOW TRAVEL.
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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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
514 AM MST MON DEC 24 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM MST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
IN THE FOOTHILLS.
* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED BY THIS EVENING AND
REMAIN SNOW COVERED THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
