Winter Weather Advisory Park, Clear Creek, & Summit County Noon Fri-9am Sat

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
343 AM MST FRI JAN 15 2016

.SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT BEFORE DECREASING BY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY WEST WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES
OVER THE HIGHER PASSES.

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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
343 AM MST FRI JAN 15 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM MST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT
BEFORE DECREASING SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
OVER THE HIGHER PASSES WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY IN PLACES
CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN DRIVING SLOW DOWN AND
LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

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.