Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 7, 2014, 6:31 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 7, 2014, 4:00 PM MST. It was in force for 61 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2014, 6:31 AM MST (13:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2014, 4:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2014, 4:34 AM MST
- In force
- 61 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.7 | Breckenridge, CO | |
| Feb 8, 2:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 1 Nw Climax, CO | FREMONT PASS SNOTEL. TOTAL SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. |
| Feb 8, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Ssw Blue River, CO | HOOSIER PASS SNOTEL. TOTAL SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. |
| Feb 8, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Nnw Longs Peak, CO | BEAR LAKE SNOTEL. TOTAL SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. |
| Feb 8, 2:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 1 Nne Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | COLUMBINE SNOTEL. TOTAL SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 11 S Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 11 S Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE BUFFALO PARK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Nnw Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Sw Meeker Park, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE COPELAND LAKE |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 Sw Meeker Park, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE COPELAND LAKE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 Wnw Pingree Park, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE HOURGLASS SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 Wnw Pingree Park, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 2 PM FRIDAY FROM THE HOURGLASS SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 9 Sse Gould, CO | SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 9 Sse Gould, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE NEVER SUMMER SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 5 Wsw Guanella Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE JACKWHACKER GULCH SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 6 Wsw Grand Lake, CO | SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 6 Wsw Grand Lake, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE STILLWATER CREEK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 E Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 1 PM FRIDAY FROM WILLOW PARK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 E Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 2 PM FRIDAY FROM WILLOW PARK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 Sw Ward, CO | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE NIWOT SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 6 N Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE LONG DRAW RESERVOIR SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 1 Sw Eldora, CO | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE LAKE ELDORA SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 4 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM LAKE IRENE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 4 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 2 PM FRIDAY FROM LAKE IRENT SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 Sse Loveland Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE GRIZZLY PEAK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 8 Sse Pearl, CO | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE ROACH SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 9 Ese Four Corners, CO | SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 9 Ese Four Corners, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE DEADMAN HILL SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 3 S Brainard Lake, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 1 PM FRIDAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY CAMP SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 4 S Longs Peak, CO | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE WILD BASIN SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 1 Nne Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE COLUMBINE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 9 Sse Spicer, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE ARAPAHOE RIDGE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 9 Sse Spicer, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 2 PM FRIDAY FROM ARAPAHOE RIDGE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 36 | 4 Se Mt Zirkel, CO | SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 36 | 4 Se Mt Zirkel, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM THE ZIRKEL SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 9, 7:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Nederland, CO | |
| Feb 9, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.9 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | 14.2 INCHES SINCE 10 PM WEDNESDAY |
| Feb 9, 11:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | N Fairplay, CO | PAST 6 HOURS |
| Feb 9, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 2 E Allenspark, CO | SINCE NOON FRIDAY |
| Feb 9, 8:50 PM MST | SNOW 13.8 | 11 S Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM BUFFALO PARK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 8:50 PM MST | SNOW 15 | 6 Wsw Grand Lake, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM STILLWATER CREEK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 8:50 PM MST | SNOW 36.8 | 1 Nne Rabbit Ears Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM COLUMBINE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 8:50 PM MST | SNOW 50.6 | 4 Se Mt Zirkel, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM ZIRKEL SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 8:50 PM MST | SNOW 56.3 | 9 Ene Steamboat Springs, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM TOWER SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:01 PM MST | SNOW 19.6 | 9 Sse Gould, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM NEVER SUMMER SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:01 PM MST | SNOW 21.9 | 1 E Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM WILLOW PARK SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:01 PM MST | SNOW 25.3 | 9 Ese Four Corners, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM DEADMAN HILL SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:01 PM MST | SNOW 26.5 | 4 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM LAKE IRENE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:01 PM MST | SNOW 29.9 | 9 Sse Spicer, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM ARAPAHO RIDGE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:06 PM MST | SNOW 9.2 | 6 Ssw Glendevey, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM RAWAH SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:06 PM MST | SNOW 11.5 | 6 Wsw Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM PHANTOM VALLEY SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:12 PM MST | SNOW 17.2 | 3 Wnw Pingree Park, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM HOURGLASS LAKE SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:13 PM MST | SNOW 28.8 | 4 Nnw Longs Peak, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM BEAR LAKE |
| Feb 9, 9:16 PM MST | SNOW 11.5 | 8 Sse Rand, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM WILLOW CREEK PASS SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:16 PM MST | SNOW 28.8 | 4 S Longs Peak, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM WILD BASIN SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:19 PM MST | SNOW 20.7 | 7 W Four Corners, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM ROACH SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:19 PM MST | SNOW 24.1 | 6 N Trail Ridge, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM LONG DRAW RESERVOIR SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:21 PM MST | SNOW 27.6 | 3 S Brainard Lake, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM UNIVERSITY CAMP SNOTEL |
| Feb 9, 9:22 PM MST | SNOW 3.4 | 9 Se Weston Pass, CO | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 1 PM FRIDAY FROM ROUGH AND TUMBLE SNOTEL |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380 WWUS45 KBOU 071331 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 631 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW AND WIND FOR THE MOUNTAINS OR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO... .A WESTERLY JET STREAM WILL BE OVER COLORADO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL TRANSPORT MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC AND CAUSE STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. COZ031-033-034-072300- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0006.140208T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0004.140208T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ 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 631 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SNOW MAY BE HEAVIER AT TIMES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. SOME WEST SLOPES AND PEAKS WILL SEE TO 15 TO 25 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GUST 50 TO 70 MPH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY SATURDAY TO 40 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. TRAVEL AND ROAD RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
11 follow-up statements
589 WWUS45 KBOU 071745 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1045 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW AND WIND FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO... .A WESTERLY JET STREAM WILL BE OVER COLORADO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL TRANSPORT MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC AND CAUSE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVIER SNOW TO DEVELOP. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. COZ031-033-034-080400- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.140208T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ 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 1045 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SNOW MAY BE HEAVIER AT TIMES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. SOME WEST SLOPES AND PEAKS WILL SEE TO 15 TO 25 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 TO 70 MPH OVER THE HIGHER PASSES AND MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY SATURDAY TO 40 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. TRAVEL AND ROAD RESTRICTIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
236 WWUS45 KBOU 072300 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 400 PM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW AND WIND FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO... .A STRONG AND MOIST JET STREAM OFF THE PACIFIC WILL REMAIN ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. SLOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS...POOR VISIBILITIES...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN THROUGH SUMMIT COUNTY AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 40 ACROSS BERTHOUD PASS AND RABBIT EARS PASS. COZ031-033-034-080700- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0004.140207T2300Z-140210T0000Z/ 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 400 PM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 14 TO 26 INCHES...WITH 22 TO 36 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH. IN VALLEY LOCATIONS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEPTH OF 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. && $$ COZ030-032-080700- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.140208T0700Z-140210T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 400 PM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
871 WWUS45 KBOU 080441 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 941 PM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO... .A PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL BRING MOISTURE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. SLOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS...POOR VISIBILITIES...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN THROUGH SUMMIT COUNTY AND VAIL PASS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 40 ACROSS BERTHOUD PASS AND RABBIT EARS PASS. AS OF LATE FRIDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS SINCE FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAD FALLEN IN AREAS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WERE COMMON IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. LOVELAND PASS WAS CLOSED...AND CHAINS WERE REQUIRED FOR TRUCKS ON INTERSTATE 70 OVER VAIL PASS AND AT THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. TRAVELERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING INTO THE MOUNTAINS. COZ031-033-034-081300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ 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 941 PM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 14 TO 26 INCHES...WITH 22 TO 36 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH. IN VALLEY LOCATIONS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEPTH OF 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. && $$ COZ030-032-081300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.140208T0700Z-140210T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 941 PM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
297 WWUS45 KBOU 081349 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 649 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS LIKELY FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY AS ABNORMALLY MOIST PACIFIC AIR CONTINUES TO STREAM IN FROM THE WEST. HIGH COUNTRY SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSSIBLE ON THE HIGH PASSES. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEST FACING SLOPES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON MOUNTAIN AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE COULD SEE ANOTHER 14 TO 22 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGH VALLEYS COULD SEE ANOTHER 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. TRAVELERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. COZ031-033-034-082200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ 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 649 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR THE PERIOD FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL TOTAL 18 TO 30 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ON RIDGETOPS AND WEST FACING SLOPES IN THE PARK...GORE AND RABBIT EARS RANGES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH NEAR TIMBERLINE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEPTH OF 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. && $$ BAKER COZ030-032-082200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 649 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BAKER
260 WWUS45 KBOU 081513 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 813 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .SNOWFALL HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS MORNING AS A JET STREAM OFF THE PACIFIC CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE ACROSS COLORADO. HIGH COUNTRY SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS. GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGH PASSES. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...ONE THIS MORNING... ANOTHER LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND THEN YET ANOTHER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVELERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. COZ031-033-034-082315- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ 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 813 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE BETWEEN 14 AND 26 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 22 TO 36 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE GORE AND RABBIT EARS RANGES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH NEAR TIMBERLINE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEPTH OF 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. && $$ COZ030-032-082315- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T0000Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 813 AM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
234 WWUS45 KBOU 082007 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 107 PM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A LONG DURATION MOUNTAIN SNOWSTORM IS UNDERWAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. THE HIGH COUNTRY SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...WITH PEAK GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 70 MPH RANGE ABOVE TIMBERLINE...AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH EVEN IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS EVENT...WITH ONE REDEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND THEN ANOTHER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHITEOUTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES ESPECIALLY DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. TRAVEL IN THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY IS NOT RECOMMENDED. COZ031-033-034-090500- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ 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 107 PM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AROUND 3 FEET EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEPTH OF 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. && $$ COZ030-032-090500- /O.EXT.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 107 PM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
496 WWUS45 KBOU 090235 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 735 PM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .A LONG DURATION MOUNTAIN SNOWSTORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN A STRONG JET STREAM MOVING OFF THE PACIFIC WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. THE HIGH COUNTRY SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS...WITH PEAK GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 70 MPH RANGE ABOVE TIMBERLINE...AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH EVEN IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS EVENT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THROUGHOUT THE EVENT THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF BERTHOUD PASS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHITEOUTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES ESPECIALLY DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. EVEN IN THE VALLEYS TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS SHOULD EXPECT WINTER STORM CONDITIONS...BE PREPARED FOR SLOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL...AND CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL MONDAY OR CHOOSING ANOTHER ROUTE. COZ031-033-034-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ 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 735 PM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...HEAVIEST NORTH OF BERTHOUD PASS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AROUND 3 FEET EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEPTH OF 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. && $$ COZ030-032-091200- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 735 PM MST SAT FEB 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 14 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND/OR BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
583 WWUS45 KBOU 091039 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 339 AM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...MORE SNOW AND STRONG WIND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .SNOWFALL WILL AGAIN INCREASE IN INTENSITY TODAY AS THE NEXT SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE ON THE NOSE OF A STRONG JET STREAM MOVES IN FROM UTAH. AREAS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND WEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE GREATEST SNOWFALL. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOWFALL AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD ANTICIPATE HARSH WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AND DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVER ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES CAUSED BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY UNTIL MONDAY OR CHOOSE ANOTHER ROUTE. COZ031-033-034-091845- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ 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 339 AM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN TODAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. LIGHTER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE 7 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ON WEST FACING SLOPES FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTH. THE PARK...GORE AND RABBIT EARS RANGES AND THE SLOPES AROUND BERTHOUD PASS COULD EVEN SEE SEVERAL MORE INCHES THAN THAT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH PEAK GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND HIGH PASSES. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEP SNOW. MOTORISTS MAY BE REQUIRED TO HAVE TIRE CHAINS OR ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO CROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES OR DRIVE THROUGH THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ COZ030-032-091845- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 339 AM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY LATE TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND ROADS WILL BY ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BAKER
833 WWUS45 KBOU 091854 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1154 AM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...MORE SNOW AND STRONG WIND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ON THE NOSE OF A STRONG JET STREAM MOVES IN FROM UTAH. SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THIS PERIOD. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WEST WINDS...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOWFALL AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD ANTICIPATE HARSH WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AND DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVER ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES CAUSED BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY UNTIL MONDAY OR CHOOSE ANOTHER ROUTE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. COZ031-033-034-100300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ 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 1154 AM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE 6 TO 14 INCHES. STORM TOTALS WHICH INCLUDES SNOWFALL FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL VARY WIDELY...WITH GENERALLY 14 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND SUMMIT COUNTY...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH PEAK GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND HIGH PASSES. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE DEPTH OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ COZ030-032-100300- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1154 AM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. SOME RAIN WILL MIX IN FOR AWHILE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LOWEST VALLEY LOCATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY LATE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 6 TO 14 INCH RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND ROADS WILL BY ICY AND SNOWPACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
721 WWUS45 KBOU 100245 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 745 PM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW DIMINISHING IN THE VALLEYS... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING THIS EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS AS A JET STREAM CONTINUED TO BRING MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE DAY TODAY RANGED FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTHWARD...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEYS AND FURTHER SOUTH. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE VALLEYS THIS EVENING...AND DIMINISH IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD ANTICIPATE HARSH WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AND DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. PEOPLE SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY UNTIL MONDAY OR CHOOSE ANOTHER ROUTE. CHECK ON ROAD CLOSURES AND CHAIN LAWS BEFORE YOU LEAVE. COZ030-032-100345- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER... WALDEN...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 745 PM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THOUGH SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. $$ COZ031-033-034-101300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ 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 745 PM MST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST MONDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES. STORM TOTALS WHICH INCLUDES SNOWFALL FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL VARY WIDELY... WITH GENERALLY 16 TO 30 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND SUMMIT COUNTY...WITH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF RABBIT EARS PASS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. SECONDARY AND UNPLOWED ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE DEPTH OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ GIMMESTAD
041 WWUS45 KBOU 101134 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 434 AM MST MON FEB 10 2014 COZ031-033-034-101900- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140210T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0010.140210T1134Z-140210T1900Z/ 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 434 AM MST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHERN COLORADO BEFORE SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL SHOULD THEN DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MIDDAY... MAINLY IN AREAS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON WEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW UP AROUND TIMBERLINE. * IMPACTS...THIS LATEST ROUND OF SNOWFALL WILL COMBINE WITH THE CONSIDERABLE SNOW COVER ALREADY IN PLACE TO PRODUCE DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. 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
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 Feb 7, 4:27 AM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 4:27 AM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 427 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...CORRECTION FOR A MISSING WORDS .SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...A WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL AND TRANSPORT PACIFIC AIR INTO THE REGION TODAY. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING A MOIST FETCH FROM HAWAII TO NEVADA THIS WILL MOVE OVER COLORADO BY TONIGHT. PRIOR TO THAT...STILL ENOUGH MOISTURE TO PRODUCE LIGHT OROGRAPHIC SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE LIGHT TODAY... MAINLY LESS THAN 3 INCHES. THE BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MODERATE AND BE PUSHED OUT THE AREA TODAY. LOWER FOOTHILLS ARE ALREADY IN THE 20S AT THIS TIME. THE TOP OF THE COLD AIR IS ONLY AROUND 6100 FEET ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND ABOUT 6600 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 30S FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA WITH FEW 40S FOR THE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF DENVER. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...SO IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO WARM UP THE AIR OVER LOWER LOCATIONS LIKE GREELEY TODAY. WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE 20S IN THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY FROM WELD COUNTY NORTHEAST TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER. WITH THE WARMER AIRMASS OVER THE STATE...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE MUCH WARMER WITH 20S FOR THE FRONT RANGE. LOWER AREAS WILL COLLECT THE COLDER AIR...SO AREAS LIKE GREELEY COULD GET CLOSE TO ZERO. SNOW WILL INCREASE SOME TONIGHT...BUT THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND. WILL UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WARNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE THAT IMPRESSIVE TONIGHT..2 TO 5 INCHES. WINDS WILL INCREASE THOUGH...SO BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS DECIDED TO START THE WARNING THIS EVENING. .LONG TERM...A STRONG JET STREAM MEANDERING ITS WAY ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT WAVES OF MOISTURE RICH MARITIME AIR ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND OVER COLORADO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. PINNING DOWN ANY ONE PARTICULAR WAVE WILL BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THESE POORLY DEFINED WAVES. DEEPEST MOISTURE AND BEST FORCING FROM MAINLY OROGRAPHIC LIFT APPEARS TO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGES...GORE...PARK...RABBIT EARS...TEN MILE AND WEST FACE OF THE MEDICINE BOW AND FRONT RANGES. ACCOMPANYING THE SNOWFALL WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEST FACING SLOPES AND PASSES PASSES...WILL BE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS. WIND PROGS INDICATE 50-60KT RIDGE TOP FLOW DURING THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER THE INSTABILITY OF THE MTN TOP LAYER SHOULD PREVENT A REPEAT OF THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS THAT PRODUCED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHICH NEARLY PARALYZED MUCH OF THE HIGH COUNTRY. THAT SAID...WINDS WILL CERTAINLY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS PASSES. ONCE AGAIN...PERIOD OF MOST CONCERN WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING WHEN WINDS PEAK WITH PASSING JET STREAM. 6-HOUR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY EXPECTED IN THE 2-6 INCH RANGE WITH 2-3 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES FOR A TIME SATURDAY NIGHT ON WEST-NORTHWEST SLOPES. IT COULD GET QUITE NASTY FOR MOTORISTS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS OVERNIGHT. HIGH COUNTRY SNOWFALL AND WINDS APPEAR TO EASE SOME ON SUNDAY...ONLY TO POSSIBLY RE-INTENSIFY SUNDAY NIGHT AND/OR MONDAY MORNING AS MODELS INDICATE AN INCREASE IN LIFT...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WITH A PASSING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. AT THIS TIME NO WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS NEXT SYSTEM...DUE LARGELY TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN MODEL TIMING. AS FOR THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT NOT ALL THAT MUCH WIND. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEYS REMAIN QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF THE MILD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. WITH SNOW RATIOS AS LOW AS 8-1 MAY...SNOW TOTALS IN THE VALLEYS WOULD LIKELY REMAIN BELOW WARNING THRESHOLD. MAY END UP ISSUING A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CLOSER TO THE EVENT. AS NOTED BY SHORT TERM FORECASTER...THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR MOUNTAIN ZONES 31..33 AND 34. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE PARK AND GORE RANGERS...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW REASONS FOR THE WARNING. IT'S POSSIBLE THIS WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED SHOULD THE SUNDAY NIGHT/MORNING SNOW MAKER TURN OUT TO BE STRONGER THAN IS NOW INDICATED. LOWER ELEVATIONS LOOK TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WARMEST TEMPERATURES IN OVER A WEEK FORECASTED FOR SATURDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH RESPECT TO HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND. SOME INDICATE HIGHS ON THE PLAINS SATURDAY IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S...WHILE OTHERS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. ON SUNDAY...A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SHOULD DROP TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES WITH UPSLOPE FLOW AND WITH CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS AROUND. COULD SEE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY RANGING FROM THE TEENS NEAR THE NORTHEAST BORDER TO THE UPPER 20S ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER ONE MODEL DOESN/T EVEN SHOW THE COLD FRONT REACHING THE FOOTHILLS...SO HIGHS IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR COULD END UP BEING SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER. WITH SO MUCH SNOW AROUND...I/M LEANING TOWARDS THE COOLER GUIDANCE NUMBERS. NEXT WEEK...MODELS DRY THINGS OUT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST BRINGING WITH IT A DRIER AND WARMER AIRMASS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL TODAY. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY INCREASE TONIGHT BUT REMAIN UNDER 20 KNOTS. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ031-033-034. && SHORT TERM...MEIER LONG TERM....BAKER AVIATION...MEIER
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 5:36 AM MST, 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 536 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 COZ030>051-081245- 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- 536 AM MST FRI FEB 7 2014 ...HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES...THOUGH LOCALLY FAVORED SLOPES COULD SEE UP TO 8 INCHES BY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MOUNTAIN ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP MOIST PACIFIC AIR INTO NORTHERN COLORADO THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE RESULT WILL BE PERIODS OF SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW ON THE HIGHER PASSES AND WEST FACING SLOPES FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES ON THE VALLEY FLOORS AND AROUND TWO FEET IN THE PARK AND GORE RANGES. HIGH COUNTRY MOTORISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND...WITH MANY MOUNTAIN PASSES POSSIBLY REQUIRING TIRE CHAINS OR ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES. ROAD CLOSURES MAY ALSO OCCUR. SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD DECREASE SOME ON SUNDAY...ONLY TO POSSIBLY INCREASE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...DRY AND MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE PLAINS SHOULD BE MINIMAL. DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MEIER/BAKER
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Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 4:00 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Grand, Jackson, Summit | 52 hr |
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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.