Winter Storm Watch for Jeffco & Park Co<9000'

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
909 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...

...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT
PLAINS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST ARIZONA
WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH THIS MORNING AND
THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. STRONG FORCING ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM ALONG WITH COLDER
AIR ALOFT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTALS
WILL VARY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS AS THERE WILL ALSO
BE SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSNOW. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT
PLAINS...THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE QUICKLY OVER TO
SNOW...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY BANDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT. AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES INTO EAST CENTRAL COLORADO LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS
SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL. IN THE FOOTHILLS...STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS
THAT OCCUR IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS.

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW DUE TO SLUSHY
ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. THE WET HEAVY SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN
TREES AND BREAK BRANCHES.

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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...
LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...
COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
909 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...THE RAIN WILL SWITCH QUICKLY OVER TO SNOW BY 9 PM AND
CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 POSSIBLE INCHES IN
THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER
PARTS OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY
WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO
HEAVY SNOW...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.