Winter Storm Watch for Jeffco & ParkCo 11.16.15-11.17.15

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
336 PM MST SUN NOV 15 2015

...STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING OVER COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY
NIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SNOW
AND GUSTY WINDS ON THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW
FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS DIFFICULT DUE
TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ON THE
PLAINS...AS THE SNOW BEGINS FALLING AND NORTHERLY WINDS
INCREASE...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW
COVERED ROADS.

COZ031-033-034-160645-
/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0011.151116T1500Z-151117T1500Z/
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
336 PM MST SUN NOV 15 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING IN THE NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY MORNING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AND
VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING SNOW.

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.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
336 PM MST SUN NOV 15 2015

...STRONG WINTER STORM MOVING OVER COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY
NIGHT WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THEN SNOW
AND GUSTY WINDS ON THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY SNOW
FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS DIFFICULT DUE
TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. ON THE
PLAINS...AS THE SNOW BEGINS FALLING AND NORTHERLY WINDS
INCREASE...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW
COVERED ROADS.

COZ036-160645-
/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0011.151117T0000Z-151117T1500Z/
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
336 PM MST SUN NOV 15 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING BY MID-
MORNING TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
BY TUESDAY MORNING.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
SOME GUST TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO A HALF
MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW COVERED...
POSSIBLY MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
TUESDAY MORNING.

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.