Author Topic: Thinking about Colorado...  (Read 3099 times)

Barrettscv

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Re: Thinking about Colorado...
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2006, 11:31:30 am »
More good news;

CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TO PONAS...SKYWAY...AS PEN...
VAIL...SNOWMASS...C RESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUF ORD...
TRAPPERS LAKE...OURAY...TELL URIDE...LAKE CITY...MANILA...
DUTCH JOHN
501 AM MST MON NOV 13 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWES T WINDS FROM 15 TO 25
MPH...WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECI ALLY OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES BY TUESDAY
EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG WEST AND
NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.