WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 242 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11
AM MST THIS MORNING.
WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH TO 65 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MUCH OF THE MORNING. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES RESTRICTED TO LESS
THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLICK.
IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 20
BELOW.
THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY...HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER
...HIGHWAY C-470 ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND U.S.
HIGHWAY 287 FROM FORT COLLINS TO THE WYOMING BORDER WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING SNOW 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: 1120 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1110 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
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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-
1110 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND GRADUALLY
SPREAD DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND INCREASE TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT
20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO
TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO IN AREAS
ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET...AND ALSO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE
PLANNING ON BEING OUTDOORS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LIFE THREATENING COLD TEMPERATURES.
THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER 2
INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL PERSIST
INTO THURSDAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL.  ASIDE FROM THAT
...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY THROUGHOUT THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SNOW CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE HIGH COUNTRY FRIDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE PLAINS REMAINING GENERALLY
DRY.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH MOST OF
THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN LOCALES ABOVE TIMBERLINE.  THE WINDS MAY
WORK DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT
TO THE FOOTHILLS FROM TIME TO TIME.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE...RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL
LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER
REPORTS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH WILL BE APPRECIATED IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS.
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WIND CHILL WARNING
Issue Date: 431 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 900 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009

...COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO...
NORTHERN COLORADO IS HAVING THE COLDEST MORNING SO FAR THIS YEAR.
TEMPERATURES OF 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ARE COMMON...WITH EVEN COLDER
TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS. IT IS COLD ENOUGH THAT EVEN A GENTLE
BREEZE PRODUCES DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...SO A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA. STRONG
WINDS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS WILL CREATE EVEN MORE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING ON BERTHOUD AND LOVELAND
PASSES WERE AROUND MINUS 50.
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WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...
GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
431 AM MST WED DEC 9 2009
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES
TO CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND
FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ABOVE TIMBERLINE IN THE FRONT RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE
FROM 30 BELOW ZERO NEAR TIMBERLINE TO 50 BELOW ZERO ON THE PEAKS.
AT THESE TEMPERATURES FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 5 TO
10 MINUTES. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BUT TEMPERATURES
WILL BE WARMING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IN A
SHORT TIME IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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