Winter Storm Watch ParkCo & Summit County

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
349 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016

...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.A MOIST PACIFIC JET WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RABBIT
EARS PASS AND THE GORE RANGE WILL GET SNOW FIRST AND THEN THE
STORM WILL SPREAD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL
PARK AND GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. INCREASING WINDS GUSTING TO
60 MPH MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AS THE
STORM STRENGTHENS.

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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-
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
349 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...IT WILL THEN
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST
ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60
MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER
MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY
IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT
HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES.

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.