High Wind Warning for Jeffco/ParkCo; Winter Weather Advisory

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
218 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK...
GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
218 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST TONIGHT TO 12 PM MDT
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVERNIGHT ON RIDGES AND EAST
FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED 30 TO 50 MPH...WITH PEAK GUSTS
FROM 70 AND 80 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL POTENTIALLY
PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE
SUDDEN CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS THE PEAK-TO-
PEAK HIGHWAY...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS
EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

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Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
405 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014


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WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND 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...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
405 PM MST FRI FEB 14 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST TODAY UNTIL
8 AM MST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH WILL BE IN
EFFECT FROM 5PM MST TODAY UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW AND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...HEAVIEST ON WEST FACING
SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
55 MPH OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. VISIBILITIES
COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW. |

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. THE BLOWING SNOW
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL
WILL BE SLOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE 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.

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

Really wish this wind would just go away!!!