URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
547 AM MDT THU OCT 17 2013
...SNOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THURSDAY
NIGHT...
.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER WYOMING AND NORTHERN COLORADO
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHICH WILL BRING SNOW
TO THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER AND GRAND COUNTIES BY
EVENING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT PRODUCING WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE STATE FRIDAY
WITH SNOW ENDING DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
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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-
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
547 AM MDT THU OCT 17 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON MDT FRIDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THURSDAY
EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY
FRIDAY MORNING...HEAVIEST ACROSS LARIMER COUNTY. LOWER AMOUNTS
WILL BE OVER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS SUMMIT
COUNTY.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH.
VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN MODERATE
SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY ALONG WITH
POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW. WINTERLIKE DRIVING
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED.
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.
