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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 17, 2006Grand County, Jackson County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 17, 2006, 2:31 PM MST for Grand County, Jackson County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 18, 2006, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2006, 2:31 PM MST (21:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2006, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 18, 2006, 4:59 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 17, 3:55 AM MST, 10 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 3:55 AM MST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 11:00 AM MST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1100 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2006

COZ030>051-181300-
JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 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-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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-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-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
1100 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH WILL
CONTINUE IN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND HIGHER EAST
SLOPES. THIS WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES
OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS...EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
THE WINDS WILL DECREASE A LITTLE LATER TODAY...BUT INCREASE AGAIN
TONIGHT.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE INCREASING AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT
WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE.  MORE
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL WILL REACH THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.  ADDITIONAL AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL
WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...RESTRICTING
VISIBILITIES AND PRODUCING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY
OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE
OF SNOW STARTING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUING INTO
FRIDAY.  THE HIGHEST THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WHERE A FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

DRIER AND MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER WILL SETTLE ACROSS COLORADO FOR THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.