URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
523 AM MST MON NOV 4 2013
.THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION THIS
EVENING THEN ACROSS COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE FLOW
ALOFT WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AHEAD OF THE STORM WITH SNOW
DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING
TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND
NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS EVENING THEN PICK UP IN INTENSITY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR IN HIGH COUNTRY AND IN THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS OF
COLORADO.
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WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...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
523 AM MST MON NOV 4 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL POSSIBLE
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST/SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITIES IN THE MORE
EXPOSED AREA COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED OVER THE HIGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES.
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.
