Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Oct 25, 2011, 3:49 AM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 25, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 23 hr. 60 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
- Oct 25, 2011, 3:49 AM MDT (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 25, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2011, 4:34 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 9:30 PM MDT | SNOW 5 | 4 Nne Buckeye, CO | |
| Oct 25, 9:34 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 S Estes Park, CO | |
| Oct 25, 9:50 PM MDT | SNOW 5.3 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Oct 25, 10:01 PM MDT | SNOW 3.2 | 12 Nw Golden, CO | |
| Oct 25, 10:01 PM MDT | SNOW 4.2 | 12 Nw Golden, CO | |
| Oct 25, 10:27 PM MDT | SNOW 3 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Oct 25, 10:30 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Oct 25, 10:30 PM MDT | SNOW 2 | Brighton, CO | |
| Oct 25, 10:30 PM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Nw Fort Collins, CO | TREE LIMBS BEGINNING TO CRACK |
| Oct 25, 11:02 PM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Se Fort Collins, CO | FALLING TREE LIMBS |
| Oct 26, 12:01 AM MDT | SNOW 2.9 | 1 E Idaho Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 12:59 AM MDT | SNOW 3.8 | 4 N Loveland, CO | 0.43 LIQUID CONTENT |
| Oct 26, 1:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Fort Collins, CO | MULTIPLE TREE BRANCHES DOWN AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES |
| Oct 26, 1:47 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 2 E Longmont, CO | |
| Oct 26, 2:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | |
| Oct 26, 2:05 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 1 N Greeley, CO | NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN |
| Oct 26, 2:05 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 2 Ene Greeley, CO | NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN |
| Oct 26, 3:59 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.3 | 1 N Greeley, CO | CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. SNOWFALL RATE OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR SINCE 2 AM. |
| Oct 26, 4:08 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 Ssw Loveland, CO | 6 IN DIAMETER BRANCH BROKEN, HEAR OTHER TREES SNAPPING AND FALLING |
| Oct 26, 4:11 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Oct 26, 4:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Se Frederick, CO | |
| Oct 26, 5:18 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Westminster, CO | |
| Oct 26, 5:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Nw Denver, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.9 | 1 E Idaho Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | SNOW 7 | 2 Sw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 2 N Loveland, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 15.8 | 3 W Jamestown, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:20 AM MDT | SNOW 5.8 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:20 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Evergreen, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:30 AM MDT | SNOW 4.1 | 2 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:30 AM MDT | SNOW 8 | 7 Se Drake, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:48 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 3 S Evergreen, CO | |
| Oct 26, 6:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Sw Windsor, CO | SEVERAL BROKEN TREE BRANCHES |
| Oct 26, 6:58 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8.9 | Nnw Aspen Springs, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 3.3 | 3 Ssw Castle Pines, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Ene Dillon, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 3 W Barr Lake, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 7.2 | 1 Wsw Broomfield, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Nw Niwot, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 7 W Rustic, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 8 Nnw Four Corners, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 7 Wnw Berthoud, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | SNOW 9.8 | 3 Sw Longmont, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | N Longmont, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 4 W Greeley, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Ese Estes Park, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:10 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:20 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 4 E Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 2 Wsw Byers, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | N Antero Reservoir, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 2.3 | Agate, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Highlands Ranch, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3.2 | Englewood, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 E Franktown, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ne Castle Rock, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | 7 S Aurora, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 2 Ne Commerce City, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | SNOW 5 | 2 Se Elizabeth, CO | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 W Westminster, CO |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 5548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086 WWUS45 KBOU 250949 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM STILL HEADED FOR COLORADO... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY AND PUSH ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE STATE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING...WITH DEEPENING UPSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FIRST DEVELOP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ON THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES MOVING INTO THE STATE... RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON THESE TREES... BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW AND SLUSH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH READINGS ONLY AROUND 30 ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS THEN DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH SINGLE DIGIT READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ033>036-251800- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... 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 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED THIS EVENING...AND WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ COZ038>043-251800- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0009.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0300Z-111027T0000Z/ 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 349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. LOCATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THE EARLIEST...WHILE LOCATIONS EAST OF DENVER WILL SEE THE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND MAY BE HEAVY... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WELD COUNTY...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH THROUGH THE DENVER AREA. EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH OF DENVER. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SHARPLY WITH READINGS AROUND FREEZING DURING THE STORM...AND DROPPING INTO THE TEENS ON WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ COZ030>032-037-251800- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... 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 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED TUESDAY EVENING...AND WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ COZ044-045-251800- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0300Z-111027T0000Z/ MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 349 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW BY LATER THIS EVENING WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT WIND IS NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
9 follow-up statements
289 WWUS45 KBOU 251816 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1216 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM COMING TOGETHER OVER WESTERN COLORADO...HEADING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY AND WILL PUSH ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE INITIAL COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING AND COOL AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT, UPSLOPE WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING THE LIFT NECESSARY FOR CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE- DAWN HOURS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO BREAK. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD SURFACES BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS THEN DROP INTO THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ038>045-260230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0300Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1216 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. SIGNIFICANT WIND IS NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-260230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 1216 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS MAY SEE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 18 TO 24 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ DANKERS
459 WWUS45 KBOU 252227 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS AS THE HEADS TOWARD NORTHEAST COLORADO... .AT 4 PM...WEB CAMERAS AT THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL SHOWED THAT SNOW HAD BEGUN FALLING OVER THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS. ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF SNOW HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND OVER THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES. AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE WINTER WEATHER ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS ALSO CONTINUED INCREASING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO BREAK. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD SURFACES ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ038>045-260630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0300Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 10 PM THROUGH 7 AM. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. SIGNIFICANT WIND IS NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-260630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 427 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE SPREADING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FOOTHILLS MAY SEE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 18 TO 24 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING... AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ DANKERS
448 WWUS45 KBOU 260251 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 851 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO... SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. RAIN WAS ALREADY CHANGING TO SNOW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRDIOR THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE BY MIDNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO BREAK. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD SURFACES ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ038>045-261100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0300Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 851 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY NOON WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. SIGNIFICANT WIND IS NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-261100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 851 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING... AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ048-049-261100- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0036.111026T0600Z-111027T1800Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 851 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING BY NOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. 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. && $$
857 WWUS45 KBOU 260256 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 856 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO... SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. RAIN WAS ALREADY CHANGING TO SNOW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRDIOR THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE BY MIDNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO BREAK. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD SURFACES ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ038>045-261100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.111026T0300Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 856 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY NOON WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. SIGNIFICANT WIND IS NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-261100- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 856 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING... AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ048-049-261100- /O.EXT.KBOU.WW.Y.0036.111026T0600Z-111026T1800Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 856 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING BY NOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
106 WWUS45 KBOU 260804 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 204 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON CONTINUES FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO... SO FAR WITH THIS STORM THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS REMAINED NORTH OF DENVER...ESPECIALLY FROM BOULDER COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THESE LOCALES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM DENVER SOUTHWARD. SOME OF THIS HEAVIER SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE DENVER AREA AND POINTS SOUTH BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM. HOWEVER...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ADJUSTED A BIT LOWER FOR LOCATIONS FROM DENVER AND POINTS EAST. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. SINCE SOME TREES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO HAVE NOT YET BECOME DORMANT AND STILL HAVE ABUNDANT FOLIAGE...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO BREAK. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS LARIMER COUNTY. SNOW AND SLUSH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROAD SURFACES ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ038>045-261615- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 204 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST IN LOCATIONS NORTH OF DENVER. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-261615- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 204 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS EVENING... AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ICY IN MANY AREAS. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ048-049-261615- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111026T1800Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 204 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. 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. && $$
570 WWUS45 KBOU 261209 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON CONTINUES FOR THE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO... THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS REMAINED NORTH OF DENVER...ESPECIALLY FROM BOULDER COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THESE LOCALES. MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM DENVER SOUTHWARD. MUCH OF THE AREA CAN STILL EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD ADJUSTED A BIT LOWER FOR LOCATIONS FROM DENVER AND POINTS EAST. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. THE STORM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS. SINGLE DIGIT READINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. COZ038>045-262015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TODAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WITH HEAVIER SNOW THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST IN LOCATIONS NORTH OF DENVER. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-262015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN THE THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ048-049-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111026T1800Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 609 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM AKRON NORTHWARD TO STERLING. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED IN SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
628 WWUS45 KBOU 261621 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1021 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON CONTINUES FOR THE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS COLORADO... THIS MORNING THE HEAVY SNOW BAND HAS TRANSITIONED SOUTHWARD...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 IN THE MOUNTAINS...ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR INTO THE PLAINS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MODERATE SNOW WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR THROUGH MIDDAY. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTH OF THESE AREAS. THE SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND END ACROSS THE FOREAST AREA THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT ALLOWING FOR THE COLDEST NIGHT SO FAR THIS FALL. COZ038>045-270000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- 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... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1021 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. SNOW WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY FROM THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. POOR VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED DURING HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ030>037-270000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 1021 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN THE THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ048-049-261800- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111026T1800Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1021 AM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EVENING. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED IN SPOTS. HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE AND SPOTTY DAMAGE TO POWER LINES. 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. && $$
555 WWUS45 KBOU 261958 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 158 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON IS SLOWLY RELEASING ITS HOLD ON THE FORECAST AREA... SNOW HAS BEEN STEADILY DECREASING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL COLORADO. MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL FROM SOUTH PARK ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE...AND INTO NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. COZ030>033-035-038-040-042>045-262100- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ 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- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER 158 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AND URBAN CORRIDOR...METRO DENVER...AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...BUT THERE IS NO FURTHER THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW...BUT SNOW SHOULD END BY SUNSET. $$ COZ039-041-270000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 158 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES... RESULTING IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED DURING PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ034-036-037-270000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS... WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 158 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTH PARK...AND THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. * OTHER IMPACTS...SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ046-270000- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0037.111026T1958Z-111027T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 158 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW HAS SPREAD TO NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED OR SLUSHY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE WET SNOW. 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. && $$
317 WWUS45 KBOU 262234 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 434 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON IS ENDING... SNOW HAS BEEN STEADILY ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR HAVE RANGED FROM 6 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70. MEANWHILE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE STORM TOTALS GENERALLY RANGED FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM NORTH OF DENVER TO THE WYOMING BORDER. OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. COZ034-036-037-039-041-262345- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY... CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS... WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 434 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM BEFORE ENDING WITH LIITLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ COZ046-270000- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-111027T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 434 PM MDT WED OCT 26 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH IN ONE HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED OR SLUSHY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE WET SNOW. 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. && $$
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 Oct 25, 3:35 AM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 3:35 AM MDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 335 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 SHORT TERM...FORECAST IS GENERALLY ON TRACK WITH INCOMING WINTER STORM BUT STILL IRONING OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS WITH TIMING OF RAIN AND SNOW CHANGEOVER AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENT. OVERALL...WINTER STORM WATCHES WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING WITH UPCOMING FORECAST PACKAGE WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKING OF TIMING AND SOME ADDITIONS FROM THE WATCH. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING INCOMING TROF DEEPENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WHILE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IS FEEDING INTO COLORADO FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH INCOMING 70KT JET ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA. SOME INSTABILITY WITH OUR INCOMING SYSTEM WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES UPSTREAM. INITIAL SURFACE COLD FRONT STILL EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH FROM WYOMING TOWARDS THE MID MORNING HOURS WITH UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE DEPTH DEEPENS AND JET STREAK OVER WYOMING SAGS A BIT SOUTH INTO NORTHERN COLORADO. COULD SEE SOME BANDED PRECIP DEVELOPING WITH THIS JET FEATURE WITH SNOW INCREASING THIS EVENING. GIVEN JET ENHANCEMENT AND MODEST QG VERTICAL MOTIONS OVER ENTIRE MOUNTAIN PERIOD HAVE OPTED TO ADD ALL THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TO THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE AMOUNTS WILL BE A BIT MORE SPORADIC GIVEN SOME BANDED NATURE...BUT GIVEN FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON IT SEEMS WARRANTED. ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS...MOISTURE WILL DEEPEN WITH RISING MOTIONS TUESDAY EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE PUSHED BACK THE TIMING OF THE WARNING FOR THE PLAINS UNTIL 03Z AS TEMPERATURES WON'T BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS EAST OF DENVER MAY NOT SEE THE SNOW CHANGE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. FOR SIMPLICITY SAKE WILL KEEP THE WARNING COVERAGE IN BROAD TERMS. HAVE ALSO KEPT A RAIN/SNOW MIX OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT. HAVE ALSO DECIDED TO ADD ZONES 44..45 TO THE WARNING. OVERALL WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE...UPSLOPE FLOW AND MODEST QG FORCING...LOOKS TO BE A WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE AND ADJACENT PLAINS. QPF AMOUNTS FROM BOTH GFS/NAM CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT IN THE 1-1.5 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIP. .LONG TERM...CONTINUED UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND WEAK TO MODERATE QG VERTICAL MOTION WILL KEEP SNOW FALLING OVER MOST OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATES IF BANDING SETS UP. TEMPERATURES WILL BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE DAY EXCEPT OVER THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS. THE HIGHER RATES OF SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY MAKE THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TEMPERATURES OVER THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS INCLUDING LOGAN...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES SEEM TO STAY SLIGHTLY WARMER TO ALLOW A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO OCCUR AND MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS A BIT LESS HAZARDOUS IN THESE AREAS. ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR DOWN OVER THE PALMER WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...3 INCHES OR LESS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE HIGH VALLEYS IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ANOTHER 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY THE EAST FACING SLOPES. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS IS EXPECTED TO SWING ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO MOVE SUBSIDENT MOTION OVERHEAD AND SHUT OFF PRECIP FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ONLY AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATION WILL BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FROM THURSDAY ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND...EXPECT A RETURN TO MAINLY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST BUILDS BACK UP AGAIN. HOWEVER THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BE ACTIVE TO THE NORTH WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING EAST IN THE FLOW. MOST OF THESE SHORTWAVE LOOK TO STAY FAR ENOUGH TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE TO HAVE LITTLE EFFECT...WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS BY THE WEEKEND...THEN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE NEW WEEK. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESSION OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TO SEE IF POPS AND TEMPERATURES WILL NEED ADJUSTING IN THE LONG TERM. && .AVIATION...SURFACE FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS AREA AIRPORTS AROUND 15Z WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. COULD SEE SOME GUSTS TO 20 KTS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING AFTER 21Z AS WEAK LIFT MOVES OVER THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL...THOUGH CEILINGS OF AROUND 6000 FEET AGL POSSIBLE AFTER 21Z. HAVE DELAYED THE RAIN/SNOW MIX AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY 2-4 HOURS AND NOW EXPECT A MIX BETWEEN 03-05Z AND THEN CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AROUND 06Z. SNOWFALL RATES INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE FROM 06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ030>037 .WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS FROM LATE TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ZONES COZ038>045. && SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM....KRIEDERMAN AVIATION...ENTREKIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 11:07 AM MDT, 16 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1107 AM MDT MON OCT 24 2011 COZ030>051-251200- 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- 1107 AM MDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES PREVAILING. OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN WEATHER WILL BEGIN SPREADING ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. WHILE THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS MOVING INTO COLORADO...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED INTENSIFY AND SPREAD ONTO THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TUESDAY EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE STORM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...THE FOOTHILLS AND ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS. MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS MAY SEE 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THIS APPROACHING STORM DEVELOPS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR LATE OCTOBER WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 30S ACROSS THE PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS. MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND DRIER WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. D-L/DANKERS
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