Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 16, 2011, 3:50 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 16, 2011, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 46 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2011, 3:50 AM MST (10:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2011, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2011, 10:00 AM MST
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:55 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 4 Ssw Winter Park, CO | WIND GUST TO 94 MPH AT NORTH TWIN CONES PEAK 2 MILES SW OF MARY JANE SKI AREA AT APPROX 11800 FT. REPORTED BY COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. |
| Jan 17, 7:57 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Copper Mountain, CO | MODERATE SNOW WITH WIND GUST TO 62 MPH AT BASE OF COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT. |
| Jan 17, 9:05 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 3 W Breckenridge, CO | BRECKENRIDGE SKI AREA PEAK 8. MODERATE SNOW WITH A GUST TO 85 MPH AT APPROXIMATELY 11500 FT ELEVATION. REPORTED BY SKI PATROL AND COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. |
| Jan 17, 10:00 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Loveland Pass, CO | WIND GUST TO 99 MPH NEAR LOVELAND PASS. NOT ABLE TO ASCERTAIN SNOW INTENSITY. SEVERAL GUSTS ABOVE 85 MPH OVER COURSE OF THE PAST HOUR. REPORTED BY COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. |
| Jan 17, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | |
| Jan 17, 5:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.8 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | |
| Jan 17, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Cameron Pass, CO | |
| Jan 17, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Copper Mountain, CO | STORM TOTAL. 7 INCHES IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. |
| Jan 17, 7:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | STORM TOTAL. 24 HOUR SNOWFALL 8 INCHES. |
| Jan 17, 8:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13.9 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | |
| Jan 18, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 11 | 12 Se Jefferson, CO | STORM TOTAL |
| Jan 18, 8:01 AM MST | SNOW 2.4 | 2 Sse Breckenridge, CO | STORM TOTAL 19.4 INCHES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
583 WWUS45 KBOU 161050 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 350 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL REACH COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM AND STRONG WINDS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-161900- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.110116T1900Z-110118T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0001.110116T1900Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 350 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY NOON AND BECOME HEAVIER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT-TIME HOURS SUNDAY. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ COZ033-034-161900- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0002.110117T0100Z-110118T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0001.110117T0100Z-110118T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 350 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...ONLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH TODAY. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
10 follow-up statements
155 WWUS45 KBOU 161901 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1201 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LOOMING FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL REACH COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-170315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1201 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME HEAVIER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-170315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.110117T0100Z-110118T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1201 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BUT THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
365 WWUS45 KBOU 162309 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 409 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LOOMING FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL REACH COLORADO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE OVERSPREADING THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL. COZ031-170715- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 409 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-170715- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.110117T0100Z-110118T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 409 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ030-032-170715- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.110117T0100Z-110118T1200Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 409 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
179 WWUS45 KBOU 170500 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1000 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SPREADING INTO THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. DURING THE EVENING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND RABBIT EARS AND CAMERON PASSES...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL. COZ031-171300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1000 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-171300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ 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 1000 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ030-032-171300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1000 PM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
057 WWUS45 KBOU 171104 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 404 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL. COZ031-171915- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 404 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-171915- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 404 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ030-032-171915- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 404 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$
952 WWUS45 KBOU 171834 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1134 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS. THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AS OF LATE THIS MORNING...LOVELAND PASS IS CLOSED. CHAIN LAWS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM VAIL PASS TO COPPER MOUNTAIN AND FROM SILVERTHORNE TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL. COZ031-180245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1134 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-180245- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ 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 1134 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY THROUGH 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ030-032-180245- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1134 AM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LESZCYNSKI
795 WWUS45 KBOU 172252 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 352 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND MOISTURE STREAMING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 AND THE APPROACHES TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS U.S. HIGHWAY 40 OVER BERTHOUD PASS AND LOVELAND PASS. THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BOTH LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD PASSES ARE CLOSED. CHAIN LAWS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM VAIL PASS TO COPPER MOUNTAIN...FROM SILVERTHORNE TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND WESTBOUND FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE TUNNEL. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL. COZ030-032-180000- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 352 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. $$ COZ031-180700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 352 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-180700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ 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 352 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 9500 FEET. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ LESZCYNSKI
757 WWUS45 KBOU 180445 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 945 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THE AREA FROM BERTHOUD PASS ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY WAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. BY LATE EVENING THE SNOW WAS DIMINISHING BUT ROAD CONDITIONS WERE STILL VERY DIFFICULT. BOTH LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD PASSES WERE CLOSED...AND CHAIN LAWS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG INTERSTATE 70 OVER VAIL PASS AND ALSO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL...AND CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL LATER TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING WHEN CONDITIONS WILL BE BETTER. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD... WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND BERTHOUD PASS AND SUMMIT COUNTY. COZ031-181200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 945 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-181200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1200Z/ 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 945 PM MST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN SUMMIT COUNTY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. BERTHOUD AND LOVELAND PASS MAY REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ GIMMESTAD
674 WWUS45 KBOU 181121 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 421 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING... .SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. BOTH LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD PASSES REMAINED CLOSED...AND CHAIN LAWS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG INTERSTATE 70 OVER VAIL PASS AND EASTBOUND SIDE OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL...AND CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD... WITH 8 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND BERTHOUD PASS AND SUMMIT COUNTY. COZ031-181700- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 421 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING THEN DIMINISHING BY NOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-181700- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/ 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 421 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. BERTHOUD AND LOVELAND PASS MAY REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH EARLY MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$
985 WWUS45 KBOU 181149 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 449 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING... .SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. BOTH LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD PASSES REMAIN CLOSED...WHILE INTERSTATE 70 IS ALSO NOW CLOSED FROM GEORGETOWN TO SILVERTHORNE. RESIDENTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY AND PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS AND SLOW TRAVEL...AND CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FEET FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND RABBIT EARS PASS NORTHWARD... WITH 8 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND BERTHOUD PASS AND SUMMIT COUNTY. THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL REPORTED 15 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WHILE A SPOTTER IN THE TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE HAD REPORTED 17 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AS OF 11 PM LAST EVENING. COZ031-181700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 449 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING THEN DIMINISHING BY NOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$ COZ033-034-181700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/ 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 449 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. BERTHOUD AND LOVELAND PASS AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 MAY REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT INCLUDING EXTRA CLOTHES...FOOD...A SNOW SHOVEL...AND BLANKETS. && $$
769 WWUS45 KBOU 181704 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1004 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 COZ031-181815- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1004 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER EXPOSED RIDGES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOWPACKED. $$ COZ033-034-181815- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110118T1700Z/ 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 1004 AM MST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER EXPOSED RIDGES...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOWPACKED. $$ LESZCYNSKI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at Jan 16, 3:00 AM MST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:00 AM MST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 300 AM MST SUN JAN 16 2011 .SHORT TERM...AIRMASS RESIDING WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL QUICKLY MOISTEN THROUGH THE DAY AS THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE OF MOISTURE RICH AIR FROM THE PACIFIC STREAMS IN FROM IDAHO. THE SAME STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW MOVING ALONG THIS NEXT WAVE OF MOISTURE AND ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRY AND UNSEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS EAST OF THE DIVIDE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. NAM CROSS MOUNTAIN X-SECTIONS INDICATE THE FORMATION OF A FAIRLY SHARP LEE SLOPE MOUNTAIN WAVE LATER TODAY AS THE 700-550MB LAYER ABOVE THE FRONT RANGE GROWS INCREASINGLY MORE STABLE WITH MODEST WARMING AT MID-LEVELS. NAM AND GFS INDICATE VERY STABLE LAPSE RATES IN THE 0C/KM TO -3C/KM RANGE WITHIN THE MTN TOP LAYER ROUGHLY FM 18Z/TODAY TO AT LEAST 12Z/TONIGHT. THE SANGSTER HIGH WIND FORECAST PROGRAM USING OUTPUT FROM THE NAM...GFS...ECMWF...UKMET AND SREF ALL INDICATE A 25-35 PCT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS OF GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 60KT FOR THE FRONT RANGE DURING THE 15-HR PERIOD MENTIONED ABOVE. ALTHOUGH NAM AND GFS WIND ALONG COMPONENT ON CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE PEAK WINDS CLOSER TO 45-55KTS...AND CONCENTRATED OVER THE HIGH SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. 00Z/SUN NAM GOES A BIT FURTHER BY POINTING OUT TWO PERIODS OF MAX WINDS...A BRIEF WINDOW FROM 18Z-21Z/TODAY AND A 2ND PERIOD OF SOMEWHAT STRONGER WINDS FM 03Z-12Z/TONIGHT. EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH OUTPUT GUIDANCE WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT PREVAILING WIND SPEEDS SHOULD STAY BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA...E.G. SUSTAINED WINDS GTR THAN/EQUAL TO 50 MPH AND/OR GUSTS GTR THAN/EQUAL TO 75 MPH...DURING THE NEXT 21 HOURS. HOWEVER CAN/T NOT RULE OUT LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT THOSE HIGH WIND PRONE SITES UP AROUND TIMBERLINE SUCH AS BERTHOUD AND LOVELAND PASSES...NIWOT RIDGE...WARD...ETC. WILL BE SURE TO INCLUDE THESE STG/GUSTY WINDS IN THIS FORECAST ISSUANCE. NEXT...ATTENTION TURNS TO THE LOOMING THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND STRONG WINDS IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO BEGINNING POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE PARK AND GORE RANGES. RADAR ECHOS EXPANDING RAPIDLY OVER SRN IDAHO AND NRN UTAH ATTM ON THE NOSE OF A 140-145KT JET. AT THEIR CURRENT SPD OF MOTION COULD SEE THIS EXPANDING AREA OF PCPN MOVING INTO THE PARK AND GORE RANGES BY THE NOON HOUR IF NOT SOONER...AND NOT MUCH LONGER AFTER THAT OVER THE REMAINING MTN RANGES IN N-CNTRL COLORADO. BUT IT APPEARS ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WON/T REALLY KICK IN UNTIL LATE AFTN IN THE PARK...GORE AND RABBIT EARS RANGES...AND NOT UNTIL AFTER 00Z/MON IN THE OTHER RANGES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. RAN THE RHEA-THALER OROGRAPHIC SNOW MDL AND CAME UP WITH 12-HR SNOW ACCUMS OF 2-5 INCHES ON THIS SIDE OF THE PARK AND GORE RANGES IN JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES...AND 2-4 INCHES ON WEST SLOPES IN MY MTN ZONES 33/34 BY 12Z/MON. THE INITIAL AIRMASS LOOKS QUITE STABLE WITH MTN TOP LAPSE RATES NEAR 0C/KM...AND 700MB TEMPS OF ONLY -4C TO- 6C. SO THAT SHOULD LIMIT SNOWFALL PRODUCTION UNTIL LATER TONIGHT WHEN COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN. HOWEVER IT/S THE STG W-NWLY WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW THAT/S MOST CONCERNING DURING THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE STORM. WITH 35-45KT WINDS OVERNIGHT SHOULD HV NO PROBLEM PRODUCING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON THE HIGH PASSES. SUSPECT BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL OCCUR ON THE HIGHER WEST-NORTHWEST SLOPES AND RIDGES. FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE...WILL UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCHES IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL MTNS TO WARNINGS. SEE HIGHLIGHTS BELOW. EAST OF THE MTNS...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE FLOW OFF THE FRONT RANGE WILL KEEP THINGS DRY AND RELATIVELY QUITE MILD TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS COULD SEE CHINOOK WINDS GUSTING UPWARDS OF 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THE STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT PASS OVERHEAD. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE THESE STG/GUSTY WINDS SPREADING TOO FAR OUT ONTO THE PLAINS AS OFTEN OCCURS WITH CHINOOK...BUT THE WARMING EFFECT OF THEM SHOULD KEEP OVERNIGHT TEMPS ON THE MILD SIDE. .LONG TERM...THERE WILL BE A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES TO CONTEND WITH. FIRST CONCERN IS HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL AND STRONG WINDS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS. APPEARS THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS THE COLD AIR ADVECTION MOVES IN WHICH WILL STEEPEN LAPSE RATES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION STRONG OROGRAPHIC FLOW AROUND 30KT AND JET ALOFT UP TO 150KT WILL SLICE ACROSS COLORADO. BOTH NAM/GFS SHOWING DECENT QPF AMOUNTS AND LOCAL SNOW MODEL CONCURS WITH A POSSIBLE 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. CONFIDENCE HIGH ENOUGH TO UPGRADE THE CURRENT WATCHES TO A WARNING FOR ALL THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE JET ALOFT WILL SHIFT OUT OF COLORADO ON TUESDAY WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND MOISTURE. AS FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET AND THIS LIKELY FURTHER AWAY FROM THE FRONT RANGE AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW. AS FOR THE HIGH WIND POTENTIAL ON MONDAY MORNING...NOTHING CONVINCING ENOUGH TO CHANGE CURRENT THINKING THAT IT WILL BE WINDY BUT NOT HIGH WINDS GIVEN THE CROSS BARRIER FLOW AROUND 40KT...AS SHEAR AND MOISTURE PROFILE NOT CONDUCIVE TO HIGH MOUNTAIN WAVE AMPLIFICATION. CERTAINLY SOME GUSTS IN THE 50-60 MPH RANGE OVER HIGH MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS AND EXPOSED FOOTHILLS. THE NEXT OPEN WAVE SYSTEM WILL DROP ACROSS COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS FROM WYOMING. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS STRONGER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS WITH SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIP ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH SOME UPSLOPE CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. THE TREND IS STILL THERE FOR DRIER CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND SEASONAL HIGHS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...DENVER AREA AIRPORTS WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY VISUAL LANDING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH CLOUD CEILINGS REMAINING ABOVE 8000 FEET AGL. LIGHT SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS AT DIA AND APA AS OF 09Z/SUN WILL GRADUALLY TURN WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY BY 15Z/SUN..THEN WEST-NORTHWESTERLY AT GREATER SPEEDS AFTER 18Z/SUN. BJC WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING THESE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO AROUND 40KTS AFTER 20Z TODAY. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING 12 PM MST TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES...ZONE 31. WINTER STORM WARNING 5 PM MST TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND SUMMIT COUNTY...ZONES 33 AND 34. && BAKER/ENTREKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 10:59 AM MST, 16 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 15 2011 COZ030>051-161300- 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- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE PLAINS... WHILE IN THE MOUNTAINS A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE REDEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE LIGHT...WITH ONLY A DUSTING TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. A FEW FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES MAY ALSO DRIFT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AS A STRONG JET STREAM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO. WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH DEVELOPING AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH SPEEDS UP TO 50 MPH AND BLOWING SNOW. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...THEN ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE DRIER AGAIN WITH SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BE DRY AND MILD THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY AND AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH/DANKERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:44 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Weld | 25 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:09 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 24 hr |
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