Winter Weather Advisory Park, Clear Creek, Summit Counties 11.26.16

The National Weather Service forecasts snow for the I-70 Mountain Corridor Sunday. Expect Passenger Vehicle Traction Laws to be in effect on I-70 between Vail and Denver.

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
409 AM MST SAT NOV 26 2016

...MOUNTAIN SNOW SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY
BRINGING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS STARTING SUNDAY MORNING. A MOIST
NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP SNOW FALLING SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION LATE MONDAY AND MAY INTENSIFY
THE SNOWFALL. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TUESDAY AS FLOW ALOFT
TURNS NORTHERLY.


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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 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,
AND WINTER PARK
409 AM MST SAT NOV 26 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
5 AM MST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGH EXPOSED AREAS ARE
EXPECTED TO SEE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND IN AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND SLIPPERY SUNDAY.
TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY NIGHT DUE TO SNOWPACKED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

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.