Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2016, 3:49 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 30, 2016, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 33 hr. 9 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
- Jan 29, 2016, 3:49 AM MST (10:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2016, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 8:44 AM MST
- In force
- 33 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 10:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 4 Ene Nederland, CO | |
| Jan 30, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.4 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | |
| Jan 30, 10:28 PM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Antero Reservoir, CO | |
| Jan 30, 10:45 PM MST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 N Conifer, CO | |
| Jan 31, 6:42 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 4 E Fort Collins, CO | |
| Jan 31, 7:12 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 N Longmont, CO | |
| Jan 31, 8:29 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Fairplay, CO | |
| Jan 31, 8:35 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Wsw Fort Collins, CO | |
| Jan 31, 8:35 AM MST | SNOW 7.2 | 1 Se Breckenridge, CO | 7.2 INCHES STORM TOTAL, 3.8 INCHES SINCE 10 PM LAST EVENING |
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, 10.8 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
- 3229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
348 WWUS45 KBOU 291049 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 349 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A MOIST PACIFIC JET WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RABBIT EARS PASS AND THE GORE RANGE WILL GET SNOW FIRST AND THEN THE STORM WILL SPREAD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. INCREASING WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS. COZ031-291900- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 349 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...IT WILL THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. 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. && $$ COZ034-291900- /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 349 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...IT WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ033-291900- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 349 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
8 follow-up statements
446 WWUS45 KBOU 291853 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1153 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A MOIST PACIFIC JET WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RABBIT EARS PASS AND THE GORE RANGE WILL GET SNOW FIRST AND THEN THE STORM WILL SPREAD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. INCREASING WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS. COZ031-300300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 1153 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...IT WILL THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ033-300300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 1153 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ034-300300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 1153 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...IT WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY... DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
982 WWUS45 KBOU 292250 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 350 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A MOIST PACIFIC JET WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RABBIT EARS PASS AND THE GORE RANGE WILL GET SNOW FIRST AND THEN THE STORM WILL SPREAD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. INCREASING WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS. COZ034-300700- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ 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...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 350 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...IT WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY... DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. 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. && $$ COZ033-300700- /O.UPG.KBOU.WS.A.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS 350 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-300700- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 350 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...IT WILL THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. 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. && $$
389 WWUS45 KBOU 300359 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 859 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .A MOIST PACIFIC JET WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RABBIT EARS PASS AND THE GORE RANGE WILL GET SNOW FIRST AND THEN THE STORM WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES AFTER DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. INCREASING WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS. COZ033-301300- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 859 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TOWARDS DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-301300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T0700Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 859 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TOWARDS MIDNIGHT...AND THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. 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. && $$ COZ034-301300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE... EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE... EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS... MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK 859 PM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DECREASING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...MAKING IT HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
218 WWUS45 KBOU 301148 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 448 AM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A MOIST PACIFIC JET WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW OVER NORTHERN COLORADO WILL SPREAD SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO DROP SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW MAY FORM BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS. COZ034-302300- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T2200Z-160131T1300Z/ 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...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 448 AM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING... THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 60 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ031-302300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 448 AM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ033-302300- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.160130T1300Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 448 AM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST ALONG THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. 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. && $$
132 WWUS45 KBOU 302214 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...TWO BOUTS OF WINTER WEATHER WITH HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL... .A STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD OVER THE PLAINS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW MOVES SOUTHWARD BETWEEN NOW AND THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THIS PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW. ON THE PLAINS...SOME SNOW OR SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS AS SNOWFALL RATES MAY BRIEFLY TOUCH ONE INCH PER HOUR OR MORE. THE RATHER SHORT DURATION OF SNOWFALL ON THE PLAINS SHOULD LIMIT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO JUST A COUPLE INCHES IN MOST SPOTS. ROUND TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN TRACK FROM NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TOWARD SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING ONTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY MAY NOT BE HIGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME...THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THAT WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ034-310615- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1300Z/ 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...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 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT. THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS STORM FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER 8 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 60 MPH TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH THE STORM ARRIVING SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ033-310615- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1300Z/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER 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 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT. THE NEXT PIECE OF THIS STORM FROM LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER 8 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 60 MPH TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH THE STORM ARRIVING SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ031-310615- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 60 MPH TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH ANOTHER STORM ARRIVING SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035>037-310615- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ038>047-049-310615- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ048-050-051-310615- /O.NEW.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T1200Z-160202T1900Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 314 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
496 WWUS45 KBOU 310419 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 919 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...ONE BOUT OF WINTER WEATHER ENDS LATE TONIGHT WITH A STRONGER STORM POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .A STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO TONIGHT. BANDS OF SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER THE PLAINS AS WELL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW. ON THE PLAINS...SOME SNOW OR SLUSH MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS AS SNOWFALL RATES MAY BRIEFLY REACH ONE INCH PER HOUR OR MORE. THE RATHER SHORT DURATION OF SNOWFALL ON THE PLAINS SHOULD LIMIT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO JUST A COUPLE INCHES IN MOST SPOTS. ROUND TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TOWARDS SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY EVENING ONTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY MAY NOT BE HIGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME...THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THAT WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033-034-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ 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...WINTER PARK 919 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT. THE NEXT STORM FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER 8 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH THE STORM ARRIVING SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ031-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1300Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 919 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH ANOTHER STORM ARRIVING SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY OVER PASSES. 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. && $$ COZ035>037-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 919 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ038>047-049-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS 919 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ048-050-051-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T1200Z-160202T1900Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 919 PM MST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
501 WWUS45 KBOU 310936 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 236 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...MOUNTAIN SNOW TO COME TO A BRIEF ENDING AROUND MID MORNING... ...STRONG STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .A STRONG AND MOIST PACIFIC JET STREAM AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH MID MORNING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND NEAR WHITEOUTS IN PLACES. ROUND TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVIER SNOW TOTALS OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...AND THEN TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TOWARDS SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING ONTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY MAY NOT BE HIGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME...THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THAT WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033-034-311800- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ 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...WINTER PARK 236 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS MORNING. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 MORE INCHES THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE NEXT STORM FROM THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER 8 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPE OF THE FRONT RANGE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH TONIGHT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH THE STORM ARRIVING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND NEAR WHITEOUTS IN PLACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH TODAY...BUT DETERIORATE AGAIN TONIGHT. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ031-311600- /O.EXT.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1600Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 236 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL UP TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. * WIND/VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WITH ANOTHER STORM ARRIVING TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND NEAR WHITEOUTS IN PLACES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COZ035>037-311800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 236 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ038>047-049-311800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS 236 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ048-050-051-311800- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T1200Z-160202T1900Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 236 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
749 WWUS45 KBOU 311544 WSWBOU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 844 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...STRONG STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...AND THEN TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TOWARDS SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING ONTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY MAY NOT BE HIGH AT ANY GIVEN TIME...THE LONG DURATION OF THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THAT WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM I-25 WESTWARD. COZ033-034-312345- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ 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...WINTER PARK 844 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW...HEAVIEST ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A HALF MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER FALLING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL...WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ031-311645- /O.CAN.KBOU.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160131T1600Z/ WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS... RABBIT EARS PASS 844 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ COZ035>037-312345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0300Z-160202T1900Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND... RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 844 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. VISIBILITY OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT. THE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ038>047-049-312345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T0700Z-160202T1900Z/ 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE... OTIS 844 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ COZ048-050-051-312345- /O.CON.KBOU.WS.A.0002.160201T1200Z-160202T1900Z/ LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 844 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FINALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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 Jan 29, 3:23 AM MST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:23 AM MST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 323 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 323 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 TODAY...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS WYOMING AROUND 12Z THIS MORNING. AS IT DOES...A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY. NAM12/RAP13 SPATIAL CROSS-SECTIONS SHOW A BRIEF MOUNTAIN WAVE THIS MORNING. STRONGEST PERIOD APPEAR TO BE THROUGH 14Z THEN THE STRONGER WINDS RETREAT TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER FOOTHILLS. SANGSTER OUTPUT FM THE HRRR/RAP13 MDLS THIS MORNING SUGGEST WATCH/WARNING CRITERIA BRIEFLY. NCAR MESA LAB HAD A GUST TO 55 MPH IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH THE GJT-DEN GRADIENT INCREASING TO 9.6 MB AT 09Z. WL KEEP GUSTS TO 60-65 MPH RANGE IN THE GRIDS FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS. DRY AND MILD ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY. THERE COULD BE SOME BRIEF CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH...THEN WEAK TO MODERATE QG DESCENT KICKS IN FOR THE AFTN. HIGHS TODAY AROUND 60 WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL. FOR TONIGHT...PACIFIC MOISTURE INCREASES IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z. HAVE OPTED TO UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONE 31 TO A WARNING. BEST SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE THERE...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE WEST SLOPES OF ZONE 33 AFTER 09Z. MILD IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT...WITH GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS STILL IN THE FORECAST. STRONGEST WINDS TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER FOOTHILLS...IN THE 06-09Z WINDOW. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 323 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 FOR SATURDAY...WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE AREA AND PRODUCE OROGRAPHIC LIFT LEADING TO MOUNTAIN SNOW. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ADD TO THE LIFT OVER THE MOUNTAINS. EXPECT FALLING TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...IT WILL BE MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE JET WILL BE OVER COLORADO. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF WITH THE AMPLITUDE OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS COLORADO. THE GFS IS MUCH STRONGER THAN ECMWF...WHICH SHEARS THE WAVE APART. BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL BE SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE LIFT AHEAD OF THE WAVE AND UPSLOPE BEHIND THE FRONT. BIGGEST UNCERTAINTY IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ECMWF SHOWS SNOW CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT DUE TO THE JET WHILE THE GFS IS NEARLY DRY DUE TO SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE EXITING TROUGH. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THE MOUNTAINS BEING CLOSER TO THE JET...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LIKELY POPS. SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTH OVER CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL PRODUCE A SHORT WAVE RIDGE OVER COLORADO. STILL SOME MOISTURE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW ALOFT WHICH COULD PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. EXPECT MOST OF THE AREA TO BE DRY. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF KEEPS PRECIPITATION OVER THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE AND PART OF THE PLAINS...LIKELY DUE TO THE JET AND OVERRUNNING. THIS IS THE ONLY MODEL SHOWING THIS. WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST IN CASE IT PANS OUT. IF ANY SNOW OCCURS SUNDAY...IT SHOULD BE LIGHT. LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNER AT 12Z MONDAY. WINDS WILL START TO TURN TO AN EASTERLY COMPONENT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS. THIS COMBINED WITH A DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SHOULD START TO PRODUCE SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. DURING THE DAY MONDAY...THE SYSTEM REORGANIZES. A NEW UPPER LEVEL LOW FORMS OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AROUND 00Z TUESDAY AND THE SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. IF THIS SCENARIO PLAYS OUT...THE HEAVIEST SWATH OF SNOW WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND INTO KANSAS. WITH THIS BEING A STRONG SYSTEM...STILL SHOULD BE ENOUGH LIFT ALOFT AND UPSLOPE FLOW TO PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. MODELS GENERALLY SHOWING A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF QPF WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS BEING SOUTH. PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ARE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WITH GREAT THAN 10 INCHES IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS...LIKE THE PALMER DIVIDE. LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH SUCH AS ALONG THE CHEYENNE RIDGE. IF SNOW INTENSITY IS LIGHT...SNOW MAY BE SLOW TO ACCUMULATE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. ONE THING TO WATCH OUT FOR...SOME OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE SLOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM AND SLIGHTLY MORE NORTH...WHICH LEADS TO THE HEAVIER SWATH OF SNOW CATCHING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. SO OVERALL CONFIDENCE REMAINS A LITTLE LESS THAN AVERAGE. ON TUESDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE EXITING LOW. SNOW MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IF THIS SYSTEM SLOWS MORE THAN ADVERTISED. THIS NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PRODUCE DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND SHOULD PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW UNTIL DRIER AIR MOVES IN. THIS LOOKS TO OCCUR BY TUESDAY EVENING IF NOT SOONER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER COLORADO. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS ON HOW STRONG AND WHERE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL FORM OVER THE WESTERN STATES. WITH THE NORTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN COOL AND BELOW NORMAL. WILL HAVE LOW CHANCES FOR SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 323 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016 VFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. DRAINAGE WINDS...ENHANCED A BIT...AT KDEN AND KAPA THIS MORNING. GUSTY WLY WINDS 30-35KTS MAY PERSIST AT KBJC THIS MORNING UNTIL 14Z THEN WEAKEN AND BECOME MORE VARIABLE. SFC TROUGH SHIFTS EAST A BIT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT THE AIRPORTS THIS AFTN...COULD SEE WINDS GO NORTH/NORTHEAST BRIEFLY THIS AFTN IF LONGMONT ANTICYCLONE DEVELOPS. BACK TO DRAINAGE THIS EVENING...COULD AGAIN SEE OCNL WLY GUSTS TO 25 KTS AT KBJC AFTER 06Z TONIGHT. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR COZ034. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR COZ033. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ031. && SHORT TERM...COOPER LONG TERM...MEIER AVIATION...COOPER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 11:02 AM MST, 16 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1102 AM MST THU JAN 28 2016 COZ030>051-291815- 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- 1102 AM MST THU JAN 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS PASSES AND LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND BOULDER COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SPEEDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A DISTURBANCE IN STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY EVENING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THEN INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE PARK AND GORE RANGES NEAR RABBIT EARS PASS MAY REACH 10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS EAST OVER THE MOUNTAINS NEAR ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. MOUNTAINS FURTHER SOUTH NEAR THE I70 CORRIDOR WILL RECEIVE MUCH LESS...PERHAPS 3 TO 8 INCHES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS BY SATURDAY EVENING TO BRING AREAS OF SNOW OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONT COUPLED WITH A STRONG JET OVERHEAD COULD PRODUCE BANDED SNOWFALL OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP A QUICK INCH OR TWO UNDER ONE OF THESE BANDS. SUNDAY WILL BE COLDER WITH A CONTINUED SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THEN THE CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BUILD NORTH OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE NEXT SYSTEM PUSHING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO OR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...FROM THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS ONTO THE PLAINS... THERE IS NO STRONG CONSENSUS YET REGARDING THE TRACK AND POTENTIAL SNOW AMOUNTS. IF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING IT COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. IF IT TRACKS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...THEN THE FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. LATELY THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT OF MODELS TOWARD THE FURTHER NORTH SOLUTION...SO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ENTREKIN/KRIEDERMAN
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