THE ADVISORY IS FOR WELD COUNTY ONLY! A HARSH RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER WITH SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK... .A DEEP AND VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND REACH COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM IS A BIT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST...SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE DELAY IN SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE IN THE DAY. THE ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS WELL BELOW ZERO AT TIMES THIS WEEK. COZ043-032200- /O.NEW.KBOU.WW.Y.0029.131204T0100Z-131205T0100Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN 452 AM MST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND/VISIBILITY...BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:26:36 +0000
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