Winter Weather Advisory for Park County In Effect from 9am-Midnight

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
905 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...A FAST BUT POTENT STORM SYSTEM HEADING FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS FOR SUNDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING WILL DROP
QUICKLY INTO COLORADO ON SUNDAY. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND SNOW
PACKED OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN
THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY DRIVING
CONDITIONS STARTING SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

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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
905 PM MDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT SUNDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES. INITIALLY...SOME RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN VALLEY
LOCATIONS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE
SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOWPACKED ROAD
SURFACES AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.