Winter Weather Advisory for Park County, Summit County

For the specifics of what we can expect through the weekend in Morrison, Conifer, Evergreen, Pine, Bailey, and Fairplay, please check Chief Meteorologist Steve Hamilton's custom forecast on our Super Local Weather Forecast page .

The upcoming winter storm still has several details that need to be worked out, here is what we have forecast so far:



Know before you go. Check the weather and road conditions before traveling this weekend.



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
814 AM MST FRI DEC 11 2015

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM HEADING TOWARDS COLORADO...

A STORM SYSTEM PUSHING INTO WESTERN COLORADO TODAY WILL MAKE ITS
WAY ACROSS THE REST OF THIS STATE LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...HEAVIEST IN THE
PARK RANGE IN WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE
SNOWFALL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN
ON SATURDAY.

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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES
814 AM MST FRI DEC 11 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM
MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ON SATURDAY BEFORE
DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 11 INCHES BY SATURDAY EVENING.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 40 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
ON SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
DURING THE SNOWFALL.

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.