The Winter Weather Advisory is now updated to include Jeffco. Denver and further east are under a Blizzard Warning for tomorrow. Chief Meteorologist Steve Hamilton will be posting updates on our Expert Local Weather Page here:
mymountaintown.com/weather-traffic/super-local-weather
Winter Weather Advisory - the previously posted message is still current, this below is now added.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
334 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016
...FAST MOVING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO COLORADO
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
.A FAST MOVING BUT POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS
STARTING THIS EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP
OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARM WEATHER
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTER PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND
THEN CHANGE TO SNOW IN TIME FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
COLORADO PLAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS DUE TO THE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE.
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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-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
334 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
*
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH
WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER
DRIVING CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS WITH
POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
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.
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
334 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016
...FAST MOVING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTER WEATHER TO COLORADO
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
.A FAST MOVING BUT POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS
STARTING THIS EVENING. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP
OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WARM WEATHER
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTER PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND
THEN CHANGE TO SNOW IN TIME FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
COLORADO PLAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. POOR
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS DUE TO THE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE.
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NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/
DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...
DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK...
MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...
JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
334 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TOWARDS
SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID
MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
*
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. THE DENVER AREA IS
EXPECTED TO SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS AND
STRONGEST WINDS FOUND ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45
TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL PRODUCE SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ON WEDNESDAY. SOME ROAD
CLOSURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.