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...SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY...
.COLD NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS
OF NORTHERN COLORADO TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BE SHOWERY...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND THEN BREAKS WITH LITTLE SNOWFALL.
HIGHWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLUSHY DURING THE PERIODS OF HEAVIER
SNOW.
AUTOMATED SNOWFALL SENSORS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL OVERNIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WITH VARYING
INTENSITY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCH TOTALS BY THIS EVENING.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE IN
THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
* IMPACTS...HIGH ELEVATIONS ROADS INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS AND
CAMERON PASS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING THE
HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.

...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLORADO...
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE INTO
COLORADO TODAY AND THEN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS ONTO THE PLAINS THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND OVER THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR AND EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
OVERNIGHT... BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON
WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO HAVE MORE IMPACT ON ROAD CONDITIONS. BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...MANY UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME
SNOWPACKED AND ICY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE PLAINS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST
VISIBILITIES EXPECTED OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL GIVE
WAY TO A STEADY AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW
AND STRONGER WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH EAST OF I-25 BY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES
WILL FALL AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE DUE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND A SLOW AFTERNOON
COMMUTE. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BE ICY THIS MORNING DUE
TO THE FREEZING DRIZZLE.