Winter Storm Watch Jan 3 for higher ParkCo, Clear Creek, Summit Counties

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
508 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2017

.PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY
WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING IN SOME
AREAS. HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS AND
ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO SNOW WILL INCREASE
NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN SPREAD
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE BY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE FRONT RANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY MORNING BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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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-
508 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2017

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE
DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. IF TRAVELING INTO THE COLORADO HIGH
COUNTRY, BE SURE TO HAVE ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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