WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 519 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009

...SNOW AND COLD WILL RETURN TO NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...
.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
A STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GATHER STRENGTH ACROSS NEVADA AND WILL
BE MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT. THE STORM IS
MOVING A BIT SLOWER THAN EXPECTED...SO THE SNOW ARRIVAL HAS BEEN
DELAYED A FEW HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS THE
PLAINS LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS
WILL BE INCREASING ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS STORM LATER ON
WEDNESDAY AND GET STRONGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS
TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FROM THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO INTO KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.
HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE TO THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS STORM
COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM.
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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-
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
519 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW
  COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1108 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS...FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...AND REST OF THE EASTERN
PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THIS WINTER'S LATEST SNOW STORM IS UPON US.  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY NOON TODAY...WITH SNOW OVER THE
FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING.
OVER THE PLAINS FURTHER EAST SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE URBAN
CORRIDOR...AND 3 TO 6 OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE DIVIDE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER STORM MOVING ONTO THE GREAT PLAINS WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE
SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.  THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ENDING THURSDAY NEAR THE EASTERN
BORDER.  AS THE SNOW DECREASES...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A FORT MORGAN TO LIMON LINE.  TRAVEL
ON THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO POOR
VISIBILITIES...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. IT WILL REMAIN COLD
CHRISTMAS DAY BUT WITH LIGHTER WINDS...THEN A LITTLE WARMING IS
EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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