Winter Weather Advisory for ParkCo & Summit Co; Dense Fog Advisory Jeffco

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
445 AM MDT MON MAY 16 2016

...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE GREAT
BASIN THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD COOL TEMPERATURES OVER COLORADO
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW
10000 FEET TODAY CAUSING THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER
COLORADO AND UTAH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AND INTO
WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT.


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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
445 AM MDT MON MAY 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET WILL
BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10000 FEET BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. EXPECT UP TO 8
INCHES OF SNOW TODAY AND ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BE 15 MPH OR LESS. HEAVY SNOW
SHOWERS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...SLUSHY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND SOME SNOWPACKED ROADS
CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES MAY ALSO BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED.

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.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
332 AM MDT MON MAY 16 2016

...DENSE FOG IN THE IN THE DENVER/BOULDER METRO AREA THIS MORNING...

.RAINFALL LAST EVENING LEFT A VERY MOIST AIRMASS OVER NORTHEAST
COLORADO THIS MORNING. SKIES CLEARED OUT A LITTLE BIT ALLOWING
AREAS OF DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP IN THE DENVER AND BOULDER AREAS.
EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM THE
BOULDER AREA DOWN TO DOWNTOWN DENVER THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE.
THE FOG IS EXPECTED DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING AS AREAS OF RAIN
BEGIN INCREASING OVER THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR.

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BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER
332 AM MDT MON MAY 16 2016

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING.

* VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM MDT.

* IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE LOWER SPEEDS AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.