Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2014, 2:38 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 25, 2014, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 32 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
- Dec 24, 2014, 2:38 PM MST (21:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2014, 3:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2014, 3:27 AM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 4:20 PM MST | SNOW 1.2 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER |
| Dec 25, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.1 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Dec 25, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | |
| Dec 25, 5:14 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | OVER AN INCH OF SNOW IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Dec 25, 5:55 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | N Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 25, 6:50 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER |
| Dec 25, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| Dec 25, 7:10 PM MST | SNOW 4.6 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Dec 25, 7:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Dec 25, 7:25 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nw Niwot, CO | |
| Dec 25, 7:30 PM MST | SNOW 3.4 | 1 Sw Westminster, CO | PAST 4 HOURS |
| Dec 25, 8:05 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 W Boulder, CO | |
| Dec 25, 8:20 PM MST | SNOW 4.4 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | DAVID SKAGGS RESEARCH CENTER |
| Dec 25, 8:40 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 2 N Loveland, CO | |
| Dec 25, 8:45 PM MST | SNOW 5.3 | 1 Ssw Fort Collins, CO | |
| Dec 25, 8:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | 4 INCHES SNOW IN THE PAST 4 HOURS |
| Dec 25, 8:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:05 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Parker, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:05 PM MST | SNOW 3.7 | 1 Wsw Broomfield, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:10 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Nw Parker, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:10 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Ssw Lafayette, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:10 PM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 3 W Greeley, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 Wsw Eldorado Springs, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:30 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 1 Ne Loveland, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:30 PM MST | SNOW 5.1 | 3 N Black Hawk, CO | |
| Dec 25, 9:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Fort Collins, CO | |
| Dec 25, 10:27 PM MST | SNOW 5.3 | 13 Ene Nunn, CO | |
| Dec 25, 10:45 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Evergreen, CO | |
| Dec 25, 10:55 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 N Bailey, CO | |
| Dec 25, 10:57 PM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 1 Nnw Louisville, CO | |
| Dec 25, 11:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.3 | Englewood, CO | |
| Dec 26, 12:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | 3 Sw Golden, 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852 WWUS45 KBOU 242138 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...A SNOWY WHITE CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA ON THURSDAY IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY TRACK EAST ACROSS COLORADO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL SHOULD BEGIN IN THE HIGH COUNTRY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. LIGHTER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FARTHER OUT ON THE PLAINS...WITH GUSTY NORTHERN WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN EASTERN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. COZ035-036-250545- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0014.141226T0100Z-141226T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REMAINING FOOTHILL AREAS BY THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-250545- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0014.141226T0100Z-141226T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038-250545- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0014.141226T0100Z-141226T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2200Z-141226T1300Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 4 TO 7 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ039-040-250545- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0014.141226T0100Z-141226T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 5 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE GREATER DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ031-033-034-250545- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2100Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...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 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BECOMES WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND EAST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ046-250545- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0100Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 238 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AT TIMES.| * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BAKER
6 follow-up statements
212 WWUS45 KBOU 242250 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...A SNOWY WHITE CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA ON THURSDAY IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY TRACK EAST ACROSS COLORADO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL SHOULD BEGIN IN THE HIGH COUNTRY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. LIGHTER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR FARTHER OUT ON THE PLAINS...WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN EASTERN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ035-036-250700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REMAINING FOOTHILL AREAS BY THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-250700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-250700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2100Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW BECOMES WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND EAST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-250700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2200Z-141226T1300Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 4 TO 7 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ039-040-250700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ 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 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I- 25 URBAN CORRIDOR LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 5 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE GREATER DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ046-250700- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0100Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 350 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPING EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALING 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AT TIMES.| * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
161 WWUS45 KBOU 250307 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...A SNOWY CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ITS WAY ACROSS COLORADO ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM...BRINGING UPSLOPE SNOWFALL TO NORTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. AS THE STORM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP FIRST IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND I-25 CORRIDOR AFTER PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE SNOW CONTINUES THURSDAY NIGHT...IT MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN EASTERN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ035-036-251315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REMAINING FOOTHILL AREAS BY THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-251315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-251315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2100Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...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 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON EAST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-251315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2200Z-141226T1300Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ039-040-251315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ 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 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DENVER-BOULDER METRO AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER-BOULDER METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ046-251315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0100Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 807 PM MST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AT TIMES.| * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
947 WWUS45 KBOU 251212 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...A SNOWY CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AS THE STORM APPROACHES...SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DEVELOP THE HIGH COUNTRY LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND I-25 CORRIDOR AFTER PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH TO BOULDER. HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONNIGHT INTO FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ038-252015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2200Z-141226T1300Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING MAINLY NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER AND ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES MAINLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ COZ039-252015- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE BOULDER AREA AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES MAINLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER-BOULDER METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ COZ035-036-252015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REMAINING FOOTHILL AREAS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING... WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-252015- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ042-043-252015- /O.EXB.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2200Z-141226T1500Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD BY EARLY EVENING AND COMTINUE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ045-252015- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ046-252015- /O.EXT.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AT TIMES.| * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ031-033-034-252015- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2100Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON EAST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ040-252015- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 512 AM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DENVER AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
348 WWUS45 KBOU 251919 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...A SNOWY CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR FROM THE WYOMING BORDER SOUTH TO BOULDER. HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ035-036-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INCREASING OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE REMAINING FOOTHILL AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING... WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING MAINLY NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER AND ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES MAINLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.141225T2200Z-141226T1900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE BOULDER AREA AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES MAINLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER-BOULDER METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2100Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ042-043-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141225T2200Z-141226T1500Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER AND CENTRAL WELD COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ040-045-046-260400- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.141226T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON 1219 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DENVER AREA BY MID AFTERNOON INCREASING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
693 WWUS45 KBOU 260449 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LIGHT AND MODERATE SNOW EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL BEGIN DECREASING IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY...BUT WILL LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AFTER LUNCH TIME. OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ035-036-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ 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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ041-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN DECREASING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ038-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141226T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING MAINLY NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER AND ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES DOWN TO HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SHOULD PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ039-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BOULDER AREA AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER-BOULDER METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. IF TRAVELING ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...A BLANKET...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-033-034-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...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 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ042-043-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-141226T1500Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER AND OVER CENTRAL WELD COUNTY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ040-045-046-261500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON 949 PM MST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN DECREASING FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE DENVER AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
664 WWUS45 KBOU 261027 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 327 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2014 .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN EAST OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN GRADUALLY END BY TONIGHT. COZ035-036-039-041-261130- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS... KIOWA...LARKSPUR 327 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING. $$ COZ038-261130- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141226T1500Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN 327 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING. $$ COZ031-033-034-040-045-046-261130- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-141226T1900Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON 327 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS WITH UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING. $$ COZ042-043-261130- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-141226T1500Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 327 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING. $$
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 Dec 24, 11:01 AM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 11:01 AM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1101 AM MST WED DEC 24 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ) ISSUED AT 412 AM MST WED DEC 24 2014 A RELATIVELY PLEASANT DAY IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS WAVE CLOUDS MAY CUT DOWN THE SUN A BIT AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE 30-40MPH RANGE ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS. THOSE CHINOOK WINDS MAY SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS LATE TODAY AND BUMP THE TEMPERATURE UP A COUPLE DEGREES FROM THE CURRENT MAX FORECAST. THE EFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPING UPPER LOW WILL START TO TURN UPPER WIND FLOW TO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AFTER 00Z AND INCREASING QG ASCENT SHOULD START MOVING IN FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT. INCREASED CLOUD COVER BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z WITH SUFFICIENTLY HIGH LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE AND QG ASCENT TO WARRANT SOME PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST REACHES OF THE CWA TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. MORE OVERNIGHT CLOUDS AND THE CONTINUED LEE TROUGHING WILL RESULT IN MILDER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 338 AM MST WED DEC 24 2014 AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN EARLY ON THU AND THEN DEVELOP INTO A STG CLOSED LOW BY THU EVENING NR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. ON FRI THE ECMWF KEEPS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NR THE FOUR CORNERS THRU THE AFTN WHILE THE GFS AND NAM BEGIN TO MOVE IT EASTWARD INTO ERN CO WITH IT BECOMING A MORE OPEN TROUGH. HOWEVER A FEW OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS KEEP IT CLOSED OFF AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS. MEANWHILE AT THE SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OVER ECNTRL CO THU AFTN AND THEN MOVE INTO THE TX PNHDL THU NIGHT AS A COLD FNT MOVES ACROSS NERN CO BY THU AFTN. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW BY LATE THU AFTN INTO THU NIGHT. IN ADDITION MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AS WELL WITH MID LVL QG ASCENT FCST FM THU AFTN INTO FRI MORNING. LATEST CIPS ANALOG GUIDANCE AND SREF PLUME DATA INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IN AND NR THE FOOTHILLS THU NIGHT. THUS HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL PROBABLY END UP ON THE LOWER END OF WARNING CRITERIA IN MOST AREAS UNLESS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW COMES ACROSS MORE WOUND UP AS IT MOVES INTO ERN CO ON FRI. ON FRI LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BASED ON LATEST TRENDS WITH STILL SOME LINGERING MID LVL ASCENT AND WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW SHOWN BY CROSS-SECTIONS. THUS HAVE UPPED POPS THRU 18Z IN MOST AREAS. AS MENTIONED ABV IF THE SYSTEM WERE TO COME ACROSS MORE CLOSED OFF AS SHOWN BY A FEW OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS THEN HEAVIER SNOW COULD STILL AFFECT SOME AREAS THRU MIDDAY FRI. AS FOR HIGHS ON FRI WILL KEEP READINGS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S OVER NERN CO. BY FRI NIGHT THE NAM AND GFS MOVE THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EAST OF THE AREA WHILE THE ECMWF STILL HAS IT OVER CENTRAL COLORADO. HOWEVER WITH NO UPSLOPE COMPONENT AND DECREASING MOISTURE SNOW CHANCES SHOULD GRADUALLY END FRI EVENING IN MOST AREAS EXCEPT POSSIBLY IN THE MTNS WHERE WEAK OROGRAPHICS MAY STILL ALLOW FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. ON SAT DIRER AIR IN NW FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE AREA SO WILL KEEP FCST DRY EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT CHC OF -SHSN IN THE MTNS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN COLD WITH AFTN HIGHS ONLY IN THE 20S OVER NERN CO. BY SUN THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE WLY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS TO DIG SSE FM THE PACIFIC NW. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN THE MTNS ESPECIALLY BY AFTN WHICH WILL LEAD TO A CHC OF SNOW. OVER NERN CO IT WILL BE DRY WITH SOME MODERATION IN TEMPS AS A WK LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER ERN CO. HOWEVER POTENTIAL SNOWPACK AND ASSOCIATED LOW LVL INVERSIONS COULD LIMIT AMOUNT OF WARMING AND KEEP HIGHS MORE IN THE 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE INSTEAD OF THE 30S WHICH IS BEING SHOWN BY CURRENT GUIDANCE NUMBERS. FOR SUN NIGHT INTO MON THE ECMWF AND GFS HAVE REVERTED BACK TO THEIR PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS OF 24 HOURS AGO AS THEY SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CARVING OUT OVER THE WCNTRL US WITH AN ARCTIC FNT MOVING INTO NERN CO SUN NIGHT INTO MON. IF THIS COMES TO FRUITION THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD CHC OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA SUN NIGHT INTO MON. IN ADDITION HIGHS ON MON WOULD BE MUCH COLDER WITH READINGS STAYING IN THE TEENS OVER NERN CO. FOR MON NIGHT INTO TUE BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW A DEVELOPING POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FM SCNTRL CANADA EXTENDING SW BACK ACROSS THE CNTRL ROCKIES WITH ANOTHER REINFORCING BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR. IF THIS COMES TRUE HIGHS NEXT TUE WOULD ONLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS NERN CO WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS WELL BLO ZERO. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 412 AM MST WED DEC 24 2014 MAINLY LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLIES IN PLACE NOW ARE LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT NORMAL DRAINAGE PATTERNS TONIGHT, EXCEPT WITH SOME AREAS OF GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS BETWEEN 00 AND 12Z. NO ISSUES WITH CEILINGS OR VISIBILITIES TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LOOKING AHEAD BRIEFLY...THE PRESENT THINKING FOR A DOWNTURN IN THE WEATHER AT THE AREA TERMINALS IS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LIKELY IN THE 17-18Z TIME PERIOD. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL DETERIORATE MOST LIKELY AFTER 21Z AS LOW STRATUS AND SNOW DEVELOP. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR COZ035-036-038>041. && SHORT TERM...ET LONG TERM...RPK AVIATION...ET
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 9:56 AM MST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 956 AM MST WED DEC 24 2014 COZ030>051-250500- 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- 956 AM MST WED DEC 24 2014 WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FRONT RANGE IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND MOST OF TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES OVER THE STATE. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW WILL PRESENT ITSELF ACROSS WESTERN GRAND AND JACKSON COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT AS THE NEXT STORM DROPS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THERE WILL BE MUCH LESS WIND ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY BUT NORMALLY WINDY LOCATIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL SEE SOME GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY. LIGHTER SNOWFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY FRIDAY MORNING COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS... AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. ALONG THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR SNOW AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA...AND GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES FARTHER OUT ON THE PLAINS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH ON THE PLAINS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A STORM SYSTEM INTENSIFYING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS COLORADO ON FRIDAY. MOIST UPSLOPE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY EVENING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT CHRISTMAS DAY. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...LIGHT SNOW AND BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY LINGER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE MINOR. SNOWFALL COULD RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY AND TO THE HIGH PLAINS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND BITTER COLD MAY THEN LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KELSCH/BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 5:43 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:38 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 11 more | 37 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.