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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

January 29, 20169 counties in Colorado

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 30, 10:00 PM MSTSNOW 24 Ene Nederland, CO
Jan 30, 10:00 PM MSTSNOW 3.41 Se Breckenridge, CO
Jan 30, 10:28 PM MSTSNOW 0.5Antero Reservoir, CO
Jan 30, 10:45 PM MSTSNOW 4.23 N Conifer, CO
Jan 31, 6:42 AM MSTSNOW 14 E Fort Collins, CO
Jan 31, 7:12 AM MSTSNOW 0.52 N Longmont, CO
Jan 31, 8:29 AM MSTSNOW 2Fairplay, CO
Jan 31, 8:35 AM MSTSNOW 1.51 Wsw Fort Collins, CO
Jan 31, 8:35 AM MSTSNOW 7.21 Se Breckenridge, CO7.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

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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-
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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.

&&

$$
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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 
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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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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.