Alert archive / Colorado / Wind Chill Warnings in 2016
Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this wind chill warning at Dec 16, 2016, 5:57 PM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 17, 2016, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. 39 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 16, 2016, 5:57 PM MST (00:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2016, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 5:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 W Northglenn, CO | |
| Dec 17, 5:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Nnw Federal Heights, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 21 N New Raymer, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 4 W Milton Reservoir, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Thornton, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:10 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 2 Nw Strasburg, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:11 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 5 Ne Northglenn, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:30 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Crook, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 5 Wnw Lindon, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:30 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Hugo, CO | |
| Dec 17, 6:55 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 S Sterling, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.6 | 6 Ne Nunn, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.7 | Holyoke, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sse Woodlin School, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Karval, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Wnw Hardin, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Firestone, CO | |
| Dec 17, 7:45 AM MST | SNOW 4 | E Brighton, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Fort Morgan, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Genoa, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Elizabeth, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Firestone, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Evans, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | Woodrow, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 E Aurora, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 7 S Aurora, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Westminster, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Englewood, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:06 AM MST | SNOW 2.9 | 7 Sw Thurman, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:06 AM MST | SNOW 4.4 | Northglenn, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 5.8 | 2 Ne Thornton, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ene Broomfield, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:36 AM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 Se Frederick, CO | |
| Dec 17, 8:39 AM MST | SNOW 4.9 | Westminster, CO | |
| Dec 17, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Ese Centennial, CO | |
| Dec 17, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 4 Nw Elizabeth, CO | |
| Dec 17, 10:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nne Greeley, CO | |
| Dec 17, 11:23 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | Simla, CO | |
| Dec 17, 11:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 N Strasburg, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
399 WWUS45 KBOU 170057 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 557 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS COLORADO. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE HIGH PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY RESULT IN VERY SLOW TRAFFIC AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE TONIGHT...WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL RATES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ042-044>046-048>051-170900- /O.NEW.KBOU.WC.W.0001.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.161217T0700Z-161217T1200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIGGSDALE, GROVER, PAWNEE BUTTES, RAYMER, STONEHAM, BRUSH, FORT MORGAN, GOODRICH, WIGGINS, BENNETT, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, LEADER, AGATE, HUGO, LIMON, MATHESON, CROOK, MERINO, STERLING, PEETZ, AKRON, COPE, LAST CHANCE, OTIS, JULESBURG, OVID, SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HAXTUN, AND HOLYOKE 557 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY...A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL TAKES ITS PLACE AND BE IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON MST SATURDAY ON THE EASTERN PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON MST SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES FOR THE ADVISORY WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 5 AM UNTIL NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ031-170900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES, GORE PASS, AND RABBIT EARS PASS 557 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES....HEAVIEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ033-034-170900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMERON PASS, LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, RABBIT EARS RANGE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, WILLOW CREEK PASS, BERTHOUD PASS, BRECKENRIDGE, EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE, EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE, EISENHOWER TUNNEL, INDIAN PEAKS, KENOSHA MOUNTAINS, MOUNT EVANS, WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS, AND WINTER PARK 557 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER PASSES AND RIDGES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE HIGHLY POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY... .WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ038-040-041-043-170900- /O.EXB.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COLLINS, HEREFORD, LOVELAND, NUNN, AURORA, BRIGHTON, CITY OF DENVER, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, LITTLETON, PARKER, CASTLE ROCK, ELBERT, FONDIS, KIOWA, LARKSPUR, EATON, FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, AND ROGGEN 557 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON MST SATURDAY FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON MST SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
6 follow-up statements
289 WWUS45 KBOU 170404 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 904 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS... .THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS COLORADO. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE HIGH PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS MAY RESULT IN VERY SLOW TRAFFIC AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE TONIGHT...WITH LIGHTER SNOWFALL RATES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. COZ031-171215- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 904 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES....HEAVIEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ033-034-171215- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 904 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER PASSES AND RIDGES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE HIGHLY POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY... .WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ042-044>046-048>051-171215- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.161217T0700Z-161217T1200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- 904 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON MST SATURDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES FOR THE ADVISORY WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 5 AM UNTIL NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ038-040-041-043-171215- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.161217T0404Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- 904 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS 19 TO 15 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ035-036-039-171215- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.161217T0404Z-161217T1500Z/ 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- 904 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT...DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO CREATE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
578 WWUS45 KBOU 170821 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DENVER AREA ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNRISE. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA EAST TOWARDS AKRON AND LIMON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON IN THESE AREAS. THIS WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED ROADS WHICH MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPASSABLE DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL. IN THESE AREAS TRAVEL SHOULD BE DELAYED IF POSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE CLOSURES AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR DIAL 511 FROM WITHIN COLORADO. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM THE NORTH AND WEST LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...BUT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. COZ040-041-171630- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AURORA, BRIGHTON, CITY OF DENVER, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, LITTLETON, PARKER, CASTLE ROCK, ELBERT, FONDIS, KIOWA, AND LARKSPUR 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON MST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA AND AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. ONLY MINOR DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ045-171630- /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1200Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENNETT, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, AND LEADER 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON MST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES FOR THE ADVISORY WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 5 AM UNTIL NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ036-039-171500- /O.UPG.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAILEY, CENTRAL CITY, EVERGREEN, GEORGETOWN, IDAHO SPRINGS, WESTCREEK, ARVADA, BOULDER, GOLDEN, LAKEWOOD, AND LONGMONT 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM INTERSTATE 70 SOUTHWARD. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ046-049-171630- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AGATE, HUGO, LIMON, MATHESON, AKRON, COPE, LAST CHANCE, AND OTIS 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON MST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM EAST OF DENVER AND AKRON INTO THE LIMON AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES FOR THE ADVISORY WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 5 AM UNTIL NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND NOTE THAT CONDITIONS ARE WORSE IN THE DENVER AREA AND IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF DENVER. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING...WEAR CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR SKIN...INCLUDING YOUR FACE. THE WIND CHILL WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ031-171630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES, GORE PASS, AND RABBIT EARS PASS 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES....HEAVIEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ033-034-171630- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMERON PASS, LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, RABBIT EARS RANGE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, WILLOW CREEK PASS, BERTHOUD PASS, BRECKENRIDGE, EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE, EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE, EISENHOWER TUNNEL, INDIAN PEAKS, KENOSHA MOUNTAINS, MOUNT EVANS, WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS, AND WINTER PARK 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER PASSES AND RIDGES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES MAY FALL BELOW A FEW HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE HIGHLY POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY... .WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ042-044-048-050-051-171630- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIGGSDALE, GROVER, PAWNEE BUTTES, RAYMER, STONEHAM, BRUSH, FORT MORGAN, GOODRICH, WIGGINS, CROOK, MERINO, STERLING, PEETZ, JULESBURG, OVID, SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HAXTUN, AND HOLYOKE 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON MST TODAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES FOR THE ADVISORY WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM 5 AM UNTIL NOON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ037-171500- /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAIRPLAY, HARTSEL, LAKE GEORGE, AND SOUTH PARK 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS. VISIBILITY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ038-043-171630- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.161217T1200Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COLLINS, HEREFORD, LOVELAND, NUNN, EATON, FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, AND ROGGEN 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN SNOW. ONLY MINOR DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ COZ035-171500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTES PARK, GLENDEVEY, NEDERLAND, AND RED FEATHER LAKES 121 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS WITH ONLY MINOR DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. 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
202 WWUS45 KBOU 171302 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ONTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .HEAVY SNOW HAS SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS EAST OF DENVER THIS MORNING WITH DECREASING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE DENVER AREA. AREAS AROUND LIMON WILL SEE DECREASING SNOW BY MID MORNING. ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED EARLY THIS MORNING MAKING FOR SLOW TRAVEL. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING...SO IT MAY BE WISE TO DELAY TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY EAST OF DENVER. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE CLOSURES AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR DIAL 511 FROM WITHIN COLORADO. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM THE NORTH AND WEST THIS MORNING...BUT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. COZ038-043-171900- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COLLINS, HEREFORD, LOVELAND, NUNN, EATON, FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, AND ROGGEN 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ035-171415- /O.CAN.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTES PARK, GLENDEVEY, NEDERLAND, AND RED FEATHER LAKES 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW FLURRIES ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE COLD TODAY. $$ COZ045-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENNETT, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, AND LEADER 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ040-041-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AURORA, BRIGHTON, CITY OF DENVER, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, LITTLETON, PARKER, CASTLE ROCK, ELBERT, FONDIS, KIOWA, AND LARKSPUR 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IN AREAS SOUTH OF DENVER WITH LIGHTER SNOW FURTHER NORTH. STORM TOTALS WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE MINOR DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ046-049-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AGATE, HUGO, LIMON, MATHESON, AKRON, COPE, LAST CHANCE, AND OTIS 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING...WEAR CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR SKIN...INCLUDING YOUR FACE. THE WIND CHILL WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ031-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES, GORE PASS, AND RABBIT EARS PASS 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES....HEAVIEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ033-034-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMERON PASS, LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, RABBIT EARS RANGE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, WILLOW CREEK PASS, BERTHOUD PASS, BRECKENRIDGE, EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE, EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE, EISENHOWER TUNNEL, INDIAN PEAKS, KENOSHA MOUNTAINS, MOUNT EVANS, WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS, AND WINTER PARK 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY... WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ036-039-171500- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAILEY, CENTRAL CITY, EVERGREEN, GEORGETOWN, IDAHO SPRINGS, WESTCREEK, ARVADA, BOULDER, GOLDEN, LAKEWOOD, AND LONGMONT 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DECREASE SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ042-044-048-050-051-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIGGSDALE, GROVER, PAWNEE BUTTES, RAYMER, STONEHAM, BRUSH, FORT MORGAN, GOODRICH, WIGGINS, CROOK, MERINO, STERLING, PEETZ, JULESBURG, OVID, SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HAXTUN, AND HOLYOKE 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ047-171900- /O.EXA.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORDER, KARVAL, KUTCH, AND PUNKIN CENTER 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. ONLY MINOR DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING...WEAR CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR SKIN...INCLUDING YOUR FACE. && $$ COZ037-171500- /O.CON.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAIRPLAY, HARTSEL, LAKE GEORGE, AND SOUTH PARK 602 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT WINDS. VISIBILITY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
159 WWUS45 KBOU 171515 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ONTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS GENERALLY ENDED ON THE PLAINS ON NORTHEAST COLORADO ROUGHLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE LIGHT TO IN SOME AREAS MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUES WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL STILL OCCURRING ACROSS ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA SHOULD DIMINISH BY AROUND 10 AM MST. IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...ONLY ARES OF LIGHT SNOWFALL CONTINUES AND THEREFORE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL. ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING MAKING FOR SLOW TRAVEL. DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING.. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY UP INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY... CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE CLOSURES AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR DIAL 511 FROM WITHIN COLORADO. FINALLY....VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING. COZ045-171900- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENNETT, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, AND LEADER 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. *IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ040-041-171900- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AURORA, BRIGHTON, CITY OF DENVER, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, LITTLETON, PARKER, CASTLE ROCK, ELBERT, FONDIS, KIOWA, AND LARKSPUR 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ036-039-171615- /O.EXP.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAILEY, CENTRAL CITY, EVERGREEN, GEORGETOWN, IDAHO SPRINGS, WESTCREEK, ARVADA, BOULDER, GOLDEN, LAKEWOOD, AND LONGMONT 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... SNOWFALL WAS ON THE DECLINE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINIMAL...GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ046-049-171900- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AGATE, HUGO, LIMON, MATHESON, AKRON, COPE, LAST CHANCE, AND OTIS 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING...WEAR CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR SKIN...INCLUDING YOUR FACE. THE WIND CHILL WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ047-171900- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORDER, KARVAL, KUTCH, AND PUNKIN CENTER 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRED AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING...WEAR CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR SKIN...INCLUDING YOUR FACE. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ COZ037-171615- /O.EXP.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-161217T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAIRPLAY, HARTSEL, LAKE GEORGE, AND SOUTH PARK 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... * SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE THIS MORNING...WEAR CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR SKIN...INCLUDING YOUR FACE. THE WIND CHILL WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ031-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES, GORE PASS, AND RABBIT EARS PASS 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES....HEAVIEST ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ033-034-171800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMERON PASS, LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, RABBIT EARS RANGE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, WILLOW CREEK PASS, BERTHOUD PASS, BRECKENRIDGE, EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE, EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE, EISENHOWER TUNNEL, INDIAN PEAKS, KENOSHA MOUNTAINS, MOUNT EVANS, WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS, AND WINTER PARK 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY... WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COZ042-044-048-050-051-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIGGSDALE, GROVER, PAWNEE BUTTES, RAYMER, STONEHAM, BRUSH, FORT MORGAN, GOODRICH, WIGGINS, CROOK, MERINO, STERLING, PEETZ, JULESBURG, OVID, SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HAXTUN, AND HOLYOKE 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ038-043-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COLLINS, HEREFORD, LOVELAND, NUNN, EATON, FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, AND ROGGEN 815 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
378 WWUS45 KBOU 171633 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 933 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM MOVING ONTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING ALONG WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... .AS OF MID-MORNING SNOWFALL HAD ENDED IN MOST AREAS ON THE PLAINS ROUGHLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUES...HOWEVER SNOWFALL SHOULD END IN THIS AREA AS WELL BY AROUND MIDDAY. IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL AT LEAST THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY UNDER 2 INCHES. CLEARING SKIES WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG COOLING OVERNIGHT AND THE POSSIBILITY SETTING SOME NEW RECORD LOWS TONIGHT. ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING MAKING FOR SLOW TRAVEL. DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY UP INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY...CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE CLOSURES AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR DIAL 511 FROM WITHIN COLORADO. FINALLY....VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ON THE PLAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. COZ031-033-034-171745- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/ 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, AND WINTER PARK 933 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING. POCKETS OF LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND MIDDAY MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING MAKING FOR SLOW TRAVEL. DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY UP INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY...CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE CLOSURES AT WWW.COTRIP.ORG OR DIAL 511 FROM WITHIN COLORADO. $$ COZ042-044>046-048>051-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIGGSDALE, GROVER, PAWNEE BUTTES, RAYMER, STONEHAM, BRUSH, FORT MORGAN, GOODRICH, WIGGINS, BENNETT, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, LEADER, AGATE, HUGO, LIMON, MATHESON, CROOK, MERINO, STERLING, PEETZ, AKRON, COPE, LAST CHANCE, OTIS, JULESBURG, OVID, SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HAXTUN, AND HOLYOKE 933 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ COZ038-040-041-043-047-171900- /O.CON.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COLLINS, HEREFORD, LOVELAND, NUNN, AURORA, BRIGHTON, CITY OF DENVER, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, LITTLETON, PARKER, CASTLE ROCK, ELBERT, FONDIS, KIOWA, LARKSPUR, EATON, FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, ROGGEN, FORDER, KARVAL, KUTCH, AND PUNKIN CENTER 933 AM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WITH POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA CONDITIONS WITH EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS THIS MORNING...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ BAKER
286 WWUS45 KBOU 171907 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1207 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 COZ042-044>046-048>051-172015- /O.EXP.KBOU.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY- PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRIGGSDALE, GROVER, PAWNEE BUTTES, RAYMER, STONEHAM, BRUSH, FORT MORGAN, GOODRICH, WIGGINS, BENNETT, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, LEADER, AGATE, HUGO, LIMON, MATHESON, CROOK, MERINO, STERLING, PEETZ, AKRON, COPE, LAST CHANCE, OTIS, JULESBURG, OVID, SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HAXTUN, AND HOLYOKE 1207 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED... SLIGHT WARMING AND LIGHTER WINDS HAVE REDUCED THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 15 BELOW ZERO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ COZ038-040-041-043-047-172015- /O.EXP.KBOU.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161217T1900Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT COLLINS, HEREFORD, LOVELAND, NUNN, AURORA, BRIGHTON, CITY OF DENVER, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, LITTLETON, PARKER, CASTLE ROCK, ELBERT, FONDIS, KIOWA, LARKSPUR, EATON, FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, ROGGEN, FORDER, KARVAL, KUTCH, AND PUNKIN CENTER 1207 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SLIGHT WARMING AND LIGHTER WINDS HAVE REDUCED THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 15 BELOW ZERO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ BAKER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Dec 16, 4:30 PM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 4:30 PM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 430 PM MST Fri Dec 16 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday) Issued at 425 PM MST Fri Dec 16 2016 A complex weather system will produce a variety of weather over the next 12-24 hours. A warm and increasingly moist southwest flow aloft in advance of an upper trough and low intensifying over Utah will track east across Colorado overnight. This system has been generating quite a bit of upright convection complete with lightning and periods of intense precip across nrn utah sern Idaho this afternoon. Over Colorado the moist and unstable flow has been producing bands of moderate precip over the western valleys and the northern/central mountain areas. West/southwest winds along the Continental Divide have also been gusty this afternoon with gusts in the 30-40 mph range. On the plains...an arctic airmass has covered the area with temperatures in the teens and 20s...but no precip yet. That will come later when the forcing upstream over Utah passes over the region overnight. In the high country... should see a rather rapid increase in snowfall coverage and intensity with increasing QG ascent and mid-level instability. This evening could see snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour in the high country and as the main storm front and associated convection moves through the area...could see local snowfall rates approaching 3 inches per hour. Rates of this magnitude are likely to last for not more than a few hours. Right now this enhanced high country snowfall will occur sometime between 10 pm-3 am MST. Travel in the high country will likely be most impacted during this period. At lower elevations...light snowfall overnight may appear in bands and under the stronger south-to-northeast oriented bands...could see snowfall rates of 1-2 inches hour. Difficult to pin down where these bands will set up. Some of the models show a thick band of moderate snowfall setting up just south of the Denver and extending northeast across ern Adams...ern Arapahoe...Elbert...srn Washington and nrn Lincoln Counties after midnight. A shift either north or south could mean a big difference in accumulations across a n area. Probably won't know where these bands set up until just before they begin showing up on radar. As for overnight temperatures...one word - cold! Sub-zero temperatures will prevail even with overcast skies. In addition...gusty northerly winds developing on the plains after midnight could produce pockets of blowing snow and dangerously cold wind chills in the 15 to 25 below zero range. For that reason...a Wind Chill Advisory has been issued for eastern portions of the CWA. Advisory runs from midnight to noon Saturday. Not to forget...a Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for the mtn zones 31...33 and 34. Warning for heavy snow and blowing snow runs until noon mst tomorrow. On Saturday...the upper trough passes over the Front Range area early in the morning providing additional lift for light snowfall during the morning hours. By afternoon...drying aloft and a shift to northwest flow aloft in the wake of the trough should cause a fairly rapid reduction in snowfall from northwest to southeast across the CWA. Should see very little warming tomorrow with near zero and single digit temperatures the rule. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday) Issued at 425 PM MST Fri Dec 16 2016 The upcoming week will feature a return to drier conditions along with a warming trend through the middle of next week. Behind Saturday's storm system, the flow aloft will become a drier, northwest flow. There will be occasional gusty winds in the mountains and exposed east slopes on Sunday and Monday. Temperatures will rise to near and slightly above seasonal normals on the plains for Tuesday and beyond. The next weak system in the flow aloft will move across the mountains late Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture looks limited so just chance pops for now and continued dry over the plains. The next major influx of moisture will move into the mountains late Thursday and Friday. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon) Issued at 425 PM MST Fri Dec 16 2016 IFR conditions late this afternoon at denver area airport still expected to deteriorate to ILS conditions with prevailing ceilings below 1000 ft and visibilities less than a half mile at times in light to moderate snowfall overnight. Snowfall is currently expected to develop in the Denver area between 7 and 9 PM MST this evening...with a peak in snowfall intensity sometime between 11 pm and 4 am MST as the upper trough/weather disturbance now over Utah passes over the I-25 corridor. Snowfall rates under 1 inch will be common overnight...it's possible we could see rates approaching 1.5 inches per hour under the heavier bands of snowfall extending northeast of the Front Range. Snowfall should steadily diminish during the morning hours with little additional accumulation expected at Denver area airports after 9 am MST. Airports should see VFR conditions and drier northerly winds by around 18z/Saturday. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Warning until 11 AM MST Saturday for COZ031-033-034. Wind Chill Advisory from midnight tonight to noon MST Saturday for COZ042-044>046-048>051. && SHORT TERM...Baker LONG TERM...Entrekin AVIATION...Baker
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 11:36 AM MST, 6 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1136 AM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 COZ030>051-171845- 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- 1136 AM MST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WINTRY WEATHER FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...WITH UP TO TWO FEET UP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ON UPPER WEST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ON THE PLAINS MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS WELL AS DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS WILL SEE LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS...WITH TOTALS ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE PLAINS WILL ALSO SEE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM AN INCH OR TWO IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER TO UPWARDS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE PLAINS TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE DAY. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT BELOW ZERO IN MOST AREAS WITH WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE WINTRY WEATHER WILL HAMPER TRAVEL AS MANY ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND BLOWING SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES PARTICULARLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AND UP AROUND THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BUT IT WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE MORNING. THERE WILL BE A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO 2 MORE INCHES OVER THE PLAINS AND UP TO 4 MORE INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE GREATER DENVER AREA COULD SEE UP TO ONE MORE INCH. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE PLAINS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WILL MODERATE BY MONDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOWFALL OR STRONG WINDS WILL BE APPRECIATED. BAKER/ENTREKIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 16, 2:38 PM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
238 PM MST FRI DEC 16 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0238 PM SNOW 1 SW ELDORA 39.94N 105.59W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH BOULDER CO MESONET
LAKE ELDORA SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 7 SSE CAMERON PASS 40.41N 105.82W
12/16/2016 E5.4 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
LAKE IRENE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 9 ENE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 40.54N 106.68W
12/16/2016 E14.4 INCH JACKSON CO MESONET
TOWER SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 1 NNW BERTHOUD PASS 39.80N 105.78W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
BERTHOUD SUMMIT SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 5 W BERTHOUD FALLS 39.76N 105.91W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
JONES PASS SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 11 S RABBIT EARS PASS 40.23N 106.60W
12/16/2016 E2.7 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
BUFFALO PARK SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 1 WNW LOVELAND PASS 39.67N 105.90W
12/16/2016 E2.7 INCH CLEAR CREEK CO MESONET
LOVELAND BASIN SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 3 WNW ALMA 39.30N 106.11W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH PARK CO MESONET
BUCKSKIN JOE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 3 SW MEEKER PARK 40.21N 105.57W
12/16/2016 E5.4 INCH BOULDER CO MESONET
COPELAND LAKE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 9 E GLENDEVEY 40.81N 105.77W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH LARIMER CO MESONET
DEADMAN HILL SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 1 NW CLIMAX 39.38N 106.20W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH SUMMIT CO MESONET
FREMONT PASS SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 5 WSW GUANELLA PASS 39.57N 105.80W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH CLEAR CREEK CO MESONET
JACKWHACKER GULCH SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 1 NNW CAMERON PASS 40.53N 105.89W
12/16/2016 E2.7 INCH LARIMER CO MESONET
JOE WRIGHT SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 3 SW WARD 40.04N 105.54W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH BOULDER CO MESONET
NIWOT SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 8 SSE CAMERON PASS 40.40N 105.85W
12/16/2016 E4.5 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
PHANTOM VALLEY SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 9 SE WESTON PASS 39.03N 106.08W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH PARK CO MESONET
ROUGH AND TUMBLE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 5 WSW GRAND LAKE 40.23N 105.92W
12/16/2016 E4.5 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
STILLWATER CREEK SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 6 NW SILVERTHORNE 39.72N 106.16W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH SUMMIT CO MESONET
SUMMIT RANCH SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 3 S BRAINARD LAKE 40.03N 105.58W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH BOULDER CO MESONET
UNIVERSITY CAMP SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 8 SSE RAND 40.35N 106.09W
12/16/2016 E8.1 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
WILLOW CREEK PASS SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 NNW LONGS PEAK 40.31N 105.64W
12/16/2016 E6.3 INCH LARIMER CO MESONET
BEAR LAKE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 NNE RABBIT EARS PASS 40.39N 106.60W
12/16/2016 E8.1 INCH JACKSON CO MESONET
COLUMBINE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 5 SSW BLUE RIVER 39.36N 106.06W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH SUMMIT CO MESONET
HOOSIER PASS SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 9 SE CAMERON PASS 40.43N 105.73W
12/16/2016 E3.6 INCH LARIMER CO MESONET
WILLOW PARK SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 1 SSE LOVELAND PASS 39.65N 105.87W
12/16/2016 E3.6 INCH SUMMIT CO MESONET
GRIZZLY PEAK SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 10 NNE SILVERTHORNE 39.80N 106.03W
12/16/2016 E1.8 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
MIDDLE FORK CAMP SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 1 W COPPER MOUNTAIN 39.49N 106.17W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH SUMMIT CO MESONET
COPPER MOUNTAIN SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 SE MOUNT ZIRKEL 40.79N 106.60W
12/16/2016 E9.0 INCH JACKSON CO MESONET
ZIRKEL SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 5 SSW GLENDEVEY 40.71N 106.01W
12/16/2016 E2.7 INCH JACKSON CO MESONET
RAWAH SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 9 SSE GOULD 40.40N 105.96W
12/16/2016 E8.1 INCH JACKSON CO MESONET
NEVER SUMMER SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 9 SSE SPICER 40.35N 106.38W
12/16/2016 E8.1 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
ARAPAHO RIDGE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 4 S LONGS PEAK 40.20N 105.60W
12/16/2016 E3.6 INCH BOULDER CO MESONET
WILD BASIN SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 W GREEN MOUNTAIN RESE 39.86N 106.42W
12/16/2016 E9.0 INCH SUMMIT CO MESONET
ELLIOT RIDGE SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 6 E CAMERON PASS 40.51N 105.77W
12/16/2016 E2.7 INCH LARIMER CO MESONET
LONG DRAW RESERVOIR SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 7 NW RED FEATHER LAKES 40.89N 105.66W
12/16/2016 E0.9 INCH LARIMER CO MESONET
BLACK MOUNTAIN SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 6 W ARAPAHOE PEAK 40.04N 105.75W
12/16/2016 E2.7 INCH GRAND CO MESONET
HIGH LONESOME SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
0238 PM SNOW 3 NNE MOUNT AUDUBON 40.14N 105.59W
12/16/2016 E3.6 INCH BOULDER CO MESONET
SAWTOOTH SNOTEL
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM 12/15/2016 AND 2 PM 12/16/2016
ESTIMATED USING A 9.0 TO 1 SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIO
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 9:04 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 9 more | 11 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.