Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm watch at Nov 29, 2011, 12:14 PM MST for 22 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 30, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2011, 12:14 PM MST (19:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2011, 11:27 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
All 22 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, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
649 WWUS45 KBOU 291914 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1214 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ON THE PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ON THE PLAINS THURSDAY COULD ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING. COZ039-040-045-300315- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1214 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY EAST OF I-25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DELAYS AT AREA AIRPORTS. AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048>051-300315- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1214 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. FURTHERMORE NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY COULD ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PARTICULARLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-76. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED BY THURSDAY MORNING. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-300315- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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 1214 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...8 TO 17 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON MANY HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. |&& $$ COZ041-046-047-300315- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1214 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED...WITH SOME ROADS POSSIBLY CLOSED DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ BAKER
5 follow-up statements
678 WWUS45 KBOU 300255 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 755 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHORTLY BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH ON THE PLAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING. COZ039-040-045-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 755 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY EAST OF I-25 WHERE GUSTS WILL REACH 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DELAYS AT AREA AIRPORTS. AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048>051-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 755 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. FURTHERMORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY COULD ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PARTICULARLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-76. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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 755 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON MANY HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. | && $$ COZ041-046-047-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 755 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED... WITH SOME ROADS POSSIBLY CLOSED DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
791 WWUS45 KBOU 300353 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 853 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHORTLY BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND I- 25 URBAN CORRIDOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH ON THE PLAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING. COZ039-040-045-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 853 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY EAST OF I-25 WHERE GUSTS WILL REACH 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DELAYS AT AREA AIRPORTS. AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048>051-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 853 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. FURTHERMORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY COULD ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PARTICULARLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-76. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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 853 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON MANY HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ041-046-047-301200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 853 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED... WITH SOME ROADS POSSIBLY CLOSED DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VESICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
191 WWUS45 KBOU 300559 CCA WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1055 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHORTLY BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND I- 25 URBAN CORRIDOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH ON THE PLAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING. COZ039-040-045-301415- /O.COR.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1055 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY EAST OF I-25 WHERE GUSTS WILL REACH 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DELAYS AT AREA AIRPORTS. AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048>051-301415- /O.COR.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1055 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 2 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. FURTHERMORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY COULD ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PARTICULARLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF I-76. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED. SOME ROADS MAY EVEN CLOSE DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-301415- /O.COR.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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 1055 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON MANY HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ041-046-047-301415- /O.COR.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1055 PM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FROM 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY * ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME QUITE ICY AND SNOW PACKED... WITH SOME ROADS POSSIBLY CLOSED DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS IN THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
693 WWUS45 KBOU 301235 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 535 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SNOW...WIND AND COLD ON THE WAY... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AND AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. COZ041-045>047-302000- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0015.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 535 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND WIND WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...5 TO 8 INCHES...LIGHEST IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND EVEN DANGEROUS AT TIMES DUE TO THE SLICK ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD ...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ039-040-302000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 535 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...3 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE...HIGHEST SOUTH AND WEST OF DENVER PROPER. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WEST OF I-25 AND 20 TO 30 MPH EAST OF I-25. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH EASTERN SUBURBS. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREA AIRPORTS WILL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE DELAYS AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS STILL A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE DENVER AREA. WINDY CONDITIONS SEEM TO BE A PRETTY GOOD BET HOWEVER. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048>051-302000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 535 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORENOON ON THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...2 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. VISIBILITIES COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD POSE A TRAVEL HAZARD ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM THE WARM WEATHER EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. && $$ COZ033>036-302000- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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 535 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...8 TO 16 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ATOP AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON MANY HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHEST AREAS. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
238 WWUS45 KBOU 301827 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...SNOW...WIND AND COLD STILL ON THE WAY FOR COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA LATER TONIGHT AND AFFECT NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. AN ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW DEVELOPING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. COZ050-051-301930- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BUT GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ041-045>047-010230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0015.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...SIMLA...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND WIND WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...3 TO 8 INCHES...LIGHTEST IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. EXPECT VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND EVEN DANGEROUS AT TIMES DUE TO THE SLICK ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD ...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ039-040-010230- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0045.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...HIGHEST SOUTH AND WEST OF DENVER PROPER. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WEST OF I-25 AND 20 TO 35 MPH EAST OF I-25. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. * OTHER IMPACTS...AREA AIRPORTS WILL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE DELAYS AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE DIFFICULT. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE SLICK ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD ...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ038-042>044-048-049-010230- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0045.111201T0600Z-111201T2100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. VISIBILITIES COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD POSE A TRAVEL HAZARD ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE SLICK ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD ...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ033>036-010230- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0013.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0045.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ 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 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...4 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ATOP AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON MANY HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHEST AREAS. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$ COZ037-010230- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0045.111201T0600Z-111202T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1127 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATION/WIND...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED WITH ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES OR TIRE CHAINS POSSIBLY REQUIRED ON SOME PASSES. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Nov 29, 3:40 AM MST, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 3:40 AM MST, 8 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 340 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 .SHORT TERM...CLOUDS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING LEAVING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...DRY AIR AND LIGHT WINDS BETWEEN SYSTEMS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND MOS GUIDANCE SUGGEST A BIT WARMER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. LOWERED TEMPS A BIT IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS TONIGHT...EXCEPT EAST SLOPES WHERE THE WIND WILL HOLD UP TEMPERATURES. INCREASING FLOW ALOFT AND WARM ADVECTION WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WAVE AMPLIFICATION BY MORNING. WITH MARGINAL SPEEDS IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH OF A HIGH WIND THREAT... AND CURRENT WIND GRIDS SEEM SUFFICIENT WITH GUSTS GENERALLY IN THE 40-60 MPH RANGE IN FAVORED AREAS. .LONG TERM...SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN WILL OCCUR LATER THIS WEEK WITH SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. UNTIL THEN...ONE MORE MILD DAY CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY IN PREFRONTAL DOWNSLOPE ENVIRONMENT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE A GOOD SHOT OF REACHING 60F OR MORE ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND STRONG WARM ADVECTION EARLY IN THE DAY. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SHALLOW INVERSIONS AND A QUICK WARMUP. GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN/NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS WITH 40 KNOTS OF CROSS MOUNTAIN COMPONENT AND A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED STABLE LAYER THANKS TO THE WARM ADVECTION ALOFT. AS A RESULT...WE HAVE BUMPED UP THE FRONT RANGE WINDS AS WELL AS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. ATTENTION THEN QUICKLY SHIFTS TOWARD THE DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH DIVING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. THE GFS...GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS... CANADIAN...AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND ARE PREFERRED. MEANWHILE...THEN NAM CONTINUES TO BE AN OUTLIER AS IT IS MUCH FARTHER EAST AND IS GENERALLY DISCOUNTED. THE CONSENSUS SOLUTION OF THE PREFERRED MODELS AND ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WOULD SUPPORT THE EXISTING IDEA OF A LIGHTER SNOWFALL BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR A DECENT SHOT OF UPSLOPE ENHANCED SNOWFALL IF THE MID LEVEL CIRCULATION DEVELOPING WITH THIS STORM DOES END UP A BIT FARTHER EAST OR STRONGER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WIND AND COLD WILL BE THE OTHER HEADLINE WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND QUICKLY FALLING TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGEST GUSTS AROUND 40-45 MPH OVER THE PLAINS EAST OF I-25 FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES MAY BE HARD PRESSED TO REACH THE 20F DEGREE MARK ON THURSDAY WITH STRONG COLD ADVECTION IN PLACE...AND THAT HIGH WILL DEPEND HIGHLY ON THE LOW TEMP WEDNESDAY NIGHT SINCE WE EXPECT NEARLY STEADY TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE NEAR ZERO ON THE PLAINS AND BELOW ZERO IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. ALL IN ALL...REAL WINTER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...COLD TEMPERATURES...AND BLOWING SNOW. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER FRIDAY...THE NEXT SHORT WAVE AND REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THEN GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE PERHAPS YET ANOTHER STRONGER FRONT MAY ARRIVE BY SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MORE COLD AIR AND LIGHT SNOWFALL. WINTER IS HERE. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS TODAY...THEN NORMAL DRAINAGE WINDS TONIGHT. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GIMMESTAD LONG TERM....BARJENBRUCH AVIATION...GIMMESTAD
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 11:19 AM MST, 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1119 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 COZ030>051-301300- 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- 1119 AM MST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AS THE NEXT STORM APPROACHES. PEAK GUSTS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WILL BE IN THE 30 TO 50 MPH RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WEDNESDAY EVENING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND AN ACCOMPANYING JET STREAM. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ON THE PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE OF NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ON THE PLAINS WITH STRONGER GUSTS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR MOST OF THURSDAY. AREAS EAST OF I-25 AND SOUTH OF I-70 MAY EVEN SEE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING AND THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. MOTORISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES PARTICULARLY ON THE HIGH PLAINS LARGELY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TAKES AIM ON THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MEIER/BAKER
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.