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...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TODAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE BY THE EVENING.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...DECREASING BY THE EVENING
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 5 TO 10 INCHES EXCEPT 7 TO 13
INCHES OVER NORTHERN PARK AND WESTERN CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES.
* VISIBILITY...SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1/2 INCH PER HOUR MAY
INCREASE TO AN INCH PER HOUR UNDER STRONGER SHOWERS. THIS WILL
LIMIT VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...ROADS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BE SLUSHY.
TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES WITH WINTER DRIVING
CONDITIONS.

...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH
TONIGHT...
.A STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT
TIMES...TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY.
THE SNOW WILL THEN DECREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH
MORE SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
HOURS.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK
THURSDAY. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE...BUT MORE SNOW
SHOWERS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.
* VISIBILITY...SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR THROUGH
DAYBREAK THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL BE SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED. TRAVEL
WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

...SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON...
A STORM SYSTEM NOW OVER NORTHWEST COLORADO WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW IS WIDESPREAD OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OVER THE BOULDER AND
DENVER AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHTER SNOW FURTHER NORTH AND
EAST. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
HEAVIEST SNOW. SINCE THE SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...EXPECT ROAD SURFACES TO BECOME MORE ICY AND SNOWPACKED
RESULTING IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
DECREASING AGAIN BY EARLY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.
* VISIBILITY...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT
TIMES IN SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED IN THE HEAVIER
BANDS OF SNOW.

...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS LATER TODAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST
WYOMING THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG CANADIAN COLD FRONT
ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO RACE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE LATE THIS MORNING. THESE TWO WEATHER
MAKERS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM MDT
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 6 AM MDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES WITH SNOW BANDS THROUGH TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS MAY RANGE FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES BY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST
AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER...AND ON HIGHER EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT
RANGE MOUNTAINS.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
HIGHER GUSTS ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND PASSES MAY ALSO PRODUCE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAY WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND
SNOWPACKED. IF TRAVELING INTO THE ADVISORY AREA...BE PREPARED
FOR SLOW AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADEQUATE SNOW TIRES
OR TIRE CHAINS MAY BE REQUIRED ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES
TONIGHT.