Short Term Forecast - North Douglas County Below 6000 (Colorado)

Updated: Thu, 18-Mar-2010 4:27pm MDT
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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...
BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER
634 PM MDT THU MAR 18 2010

.NOW...
NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE THIS
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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Winter Storm Warning - North Douglas County Below 6000 (Colorado)

Updated: Thu, 18-Mar-2010 4:27pm MDT
HEAVY SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR MUCH OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...

.A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL SWING SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN
COLORADO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM...A COLD
FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR THIS EVENING.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
EVENING...AND THEN SPREAD QUICKLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TURN TO WIDESPREAD SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS WHERE SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR
CAN BE EXPECTED.

GENERALLY LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS OF COLORADO. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS OVER THE PLAINS ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR ANY OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HARSH
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

COZ038>041-190500-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0002.100319T0600Z-100320T0600Z/
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-
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
1255 PM MDT THU MAR 18 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE FIRST EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND TURN TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY OR SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING
RUSH...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOW INTENSITY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF I-25. NORTHEAST
WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME MINOR BLOWING
OR DRIFTING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...EVEN MAJOR INTERSTATES...MAY
BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER
SNOWFALL. MANY SECONDARY ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WILL BE
SNOW AND ICE COVERED...ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO
FALL THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS STORM. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO
BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS.



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