Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
546 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...SPRING SNOW STORM ON THE WAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS...

.A POTENT SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY...AND EXIT
THE STATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
OCCUR... INITIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN GRAND AND JACKSON
COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING...AND THEN MOVING INTO THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS AND SUMMIT COUNTY BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

BECAUSE OF THE RECENT VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ROADWAYS WILL
INITIALLY BE MAINLY WET...BUT AS TEMPERATURES TURN MUCH COLDER
AND SNOW INTENSIFIES...HIGH COUNTRY ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND
SNOW PACKED. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD DOWN ONTO THE FOOTHILLS AND
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SLUSHY ROADS POSSIBLE
DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. CHAIN LAWS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

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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...WINTER PARK
546 AM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY. THE
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH
GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO AROUND 40
MPH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED ESPECIALLY ON
THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES AS SNOW INTENSITIES AND TEMPERATURES
DROP. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE DURING
THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
325 PM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...SPRING SNOW STORM WINDING DOWN FOR THE MOUNTAINS...

.THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS SHIFTED EAST AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE STILL REMAINS SO SNOWFALL WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. SOME PASSES AND ROAD
SECTIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 MAY STILL BE CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK
STATE PATROL FOR THE LATEST CONDITIONS.


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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...WINTER PARK
325 PM MDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE.

* IMPACTS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.