Winter Weather Advisory for Park Co, Central Mtns

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
410 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014

...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. GUSTY WEST WINDS
WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES OVER THE
HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

COZ033-034-031915-
/O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0001.140104T0000Z-140105T1200Z/
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...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
410 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM MST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY OVER THE HIGHER PASSES...INCLUDING I-70
AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS.

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.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/