Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
329 AM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...SEASONS FIRST WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT NORTHEAST COLORADO...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL
BRING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...BRINGING
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE DROPPING INTO UTAH AND
PUSH TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE THURSDAY. THERE ARE MORE
SIGNS THAT THIS STORM WILL THEN TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE
COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDER...INCREASING THE THREAT OF HEAVIER SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONGER WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO.

COZ038>043-292000-
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...
BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...
RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN
329 AM MST WED DEC 29 2010

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

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

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS
THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. NORTH WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EAST OF
INTERSTATE 25.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY...AND TRAVEL
MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN VERY COLD WITH READINGS
DROPPING BELOW ZERO IN MOST LOCATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT. BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO SHOULD NOT BE
TAKEN LIGHTLY WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT
TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL
NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

&&

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
329 AM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...SEASONS FIRST WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT NORTHEAST COLORADO...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL
BRING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...BRINGING
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE DROPPING INTO UTAH AND
PUSH TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY LATE THURSDAY. THERE ARE MORE
SIGNS THAT THIS STORM WILL THEN TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE
COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDER...INCREASING THE THREAT OF HEAVIER SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONGER WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO.

COZ035-036-292000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0008.101230T1300Z-101231T1300Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
329 AM MST WED DEC 29 2010

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

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

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS
THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EARLY THURSDAY...AND THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY...AND TRAVEL
MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN VERY COLD WITH READINGS
DROPPING BELOW ZERO IN MOST LOCATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT
TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL
NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
327 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...SEASONS FIRST WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT NORTHEAST COLORADO...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT
WILL BRING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO BY DAYBREAK
THURSDAY...BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHEASTERLY
UPSLOPE FLOW. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL
BE DROPPING INTO UTAH AND PUSH TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY
LATE THURSDAY. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO THEN TRACK EASTWARD
ACROSS THE COLORADO NEW MEXICO BORDER...INCREASING THE THREAT OF
HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONGER WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.

COZ035-036-039>041-301100-
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/O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0015.101230T1600Z-101231T1300Z/
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-
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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...ARVADA...BOULDER...
GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR
327 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM
MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FRONT
RANGE THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW. WIND
GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL TO OCCUR EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY...AND
TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN VERY COLD WITH READINGS
DROPPING BELOW ZERO IN MOST LOCATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
456 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010

...SEASONS FIRST WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT NORTHEAST COLORADO...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT
WILL BRING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY INTO FRIDAY. AN ARCTIC FRONT IS ON ITS
WAY...AND WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING...
BRINGING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. AT
THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE INTENSIFYING
OVER SOUTHERN UTAH AND THEN MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO THEN TRACK EASTWARD
ACROSS THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER...INCREASING THE THREAT
OF HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONGER WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST
AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.

THIS STORM SYSTEM IS VERY COLD. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR
ARE TRAVELING ACROSS COLORADO...PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES FALLING CLOSE TO OR JUST BELOW
ZERO. DRESS WARMLY IN SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING...AND TAKE ALONG
A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH EXTRA DRY CLOTHES...FOOD...AND A SNOW
SHOVEL.

IN ADDITION...THE RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES MAY ALLOW FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MELTING ON ROAD SURFACES...ONLY TO TURN TO ICE LATER
TODAY AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS. BE PREPARED FOR
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

COZ035-036-039>041-045-302200-
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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-
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-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...ARVADA...BOULDER...
GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER
456 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FRONT
RANGE THIS MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WHEN SNOWFALL RATES MAY APPROACH ONE
INCH PER HOUR.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED...WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE
AND FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH EAST
OF INTERSTATE 25...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...WIND WILL GUST CLOSER TO 25
MPH AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED...AND TRAVEL
MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. IN
ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN VERY COLD WITH READINGS
DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.