Winter Weather Warnings / Watches / Advisories
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
342 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...MORE LATE SEASON SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...

.COLD NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS LATER
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE...BUT MORE PERSISTENT AND WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY. THE
SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT...AND THEN SLOWLY
RISE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. ENOUGH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON HIGHER
PASSES INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS AND CAMERON PASS FOR SOME SLUSH
OR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS.

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WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS
342 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE PERSISTENT AND WIDESPREAD BY
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE IN
  THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...HIGH ELEVATIONS ROADS INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS AND
  CAMERON PASS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED DURING THE
  HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.

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.

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