Before you read on may I say to you all, play safely and know your local backcountry condtions:
http://avalanche.state.co.us/
The latest weather report from NOAA.
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Subject: winter storm warning today/tonight - storm watch Fri/Sat
Looks like they are saying 8"-18" tonight -- If things come together tomorrow another 10"-20". 1.5-3 feet total!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
519 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006
...A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PLAGUE NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY CONTINUING WELL INTO THE WEEKEND...
.ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE FROM ARIZONA INTO NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO TODAY...THEN SLOW DOWN AND STRENGTHEN ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AS IT MOVES INTO KANSAS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON
IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...AND SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS BY EVENING.
THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS FIRST PART OF THE STORM LASTING
THROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE A PROLONGED EVENT LASTING THROUGH MUCH
OF THE WEEKEND WITH A POTENTIAL BREAK IN THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL RETURNS ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH
WINDS. THIS COULD PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN PLAINS. DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE EVENTUAL TRACK
OF THE STORM AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
OCCUR...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO
AND THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
ALL PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. HIGHWAYS WILL BE ICY AND
SNOW PACKED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE
URGED TO COMPLETE TRAVEL BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR POSTPONE TRAVEL UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED.
THE STORM MAY ALSO DELAY OR PREVENT AIR TRAVEL TO AND FROM DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AIR TRAVELERS SHOULD CHECK WITH THEIR AIRLINES
FOR DELAYED OR CANCELED FLIGHTS.
COZ038>041-282030-
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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...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
519 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
MST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE
BY LATE TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOWFALL AGAIN...ALONG
WITH STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DURING THAT PERIOD COULD TOTAL 10 TO 20
INCHES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES CONCERNING THE HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL OVER THE WEEKEND
http://avalanche.state.co.us/
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