FPUS75 KBOU 281406 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 706 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ034-036-037-281715- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/ CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 706 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...REACHING INTERSTATE 70 BY 10 AM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...BUT WILL BE UP TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR ON SOUTH FACING SLOPES AND ALONG US 285 IN PARK COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING. $$ GIMMESTAD FPUS75 KBOU 281603 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 903 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ033-034-036-037-281815- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN... GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK 903 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR...AS IT SPREADS INTO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH 11 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. $$ COOPER FPUS75 KBOU 281727 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1027 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ039>041-043-045-282000- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1027 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR THROUGH 1 PM. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. $$ COZ033>037-282000- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1027 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS IT SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH 1 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. $$ COOPER FPUS75 KBOU 281911 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1211 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ039>041-043-045-282115- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1211 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... SNOW SHOWERS...MIXED WITH RAIN NEAR BOULDER...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS...THROUGH 2 PM. LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED...BUT ROADWAYS COULD GET ICY IN SPOTS TOWARDS BOULDER. $$ COZ033>037-282115- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1211 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS IT SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH 2 PM. THE SNOW WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. $$ COOPER FPUS75 KBOU 282036 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 136 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ039>041-043-045-282215- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 136 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH 3 PM. SOME AREAS ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE METRO AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RAIN SHOWERS...BUT ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD SWITCH OVER TO SNOW BEFORE THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. SOME AREAS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE SOUTH METRO AREAS WILL SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW THROUGH 3 PM. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE TOWARD EVENING. $$ COZ033>037-282215- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 136 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF I-70 WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL FALL THROUGH 3 PM. I-70 HAS BEEN CLOSED WEST OF GEORGETOWN AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. $$ 046 FPUS75 KBOU 282239 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 339 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ039>041-043-045-290045- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- INCLUDING ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 339 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL COVER THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY WEST OF I-25. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 5 PM. EARLIER... SOME AREAS EXPERIENCED SOME LIGHT RAIN...WHICH MAY HAVE ALLOWED FOR SOME HIGHWAYS AND OVERPASSES TO BE ICY AND SLICK. $$ COZ033>037-290045- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 339 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COVER THE HIGH COUNTRY... MAINLY EAST OF THE DIVIDE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. I-70 HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM GEORGETOWN WEST TO THE TUNNEL AND OTHER ROADS ARE REPORTED BEING VERY TREACHEROUS. $$ 046 FPUS75 KBOU 290006 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 506 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ038>041-043-045-290215- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT... BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 506 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... ...SNOW BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND WILL BECOME HEAVY ACROSS MOST OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR THROUGH 7 PM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. ROADS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOWPACKED THIS EVENING WITH VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ COZ042-044-046>051-290215- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN... HOLYOKE 506 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... SNOW...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM FORT MORGAN TO LIMON...WILL SPREAD SLOWLY NORTH AND EVENTUALLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE FORT MORGAN AND LIMON AREAS WHERE SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. $$ COZ033>037-290215- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 506 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS SOUTH PARK...THROUGH 7 PM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW STRETCHING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS FROM LARIMER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS. $$ COZ030>032-290215- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 506 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD WESTWARD ACROSS JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT EXCEPT IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS LIKE GOULD AND FRASER WHERE SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ BARJENBRUCH FPUS75 KBOU 290203 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 703 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ038>041-043-045-290400- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT... BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 703 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS WEST OF I-25 THROUGH 9 PM...BUT DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW FARTHER EAST. BEFORE DECREASING...SNOWFALL RATES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED AND SLUSHY THIS EVENING WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. $$ COZ042-044-046>051-290400- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN... HOLYOKE 703 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... SNOW IN AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM STERLING TO FORT MORGAN TO BYERS WILL DECREASE THROUGH 9 PM. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS. AREAS OF FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN PLACES...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. MORE SNOW MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. $$ COZ033>037-290400- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 703 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH 7 PM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW STRETCHING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS FROM LARIMER COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS. $$ COZ030>032-290400- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 703 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD WESTWARD ACROSS JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT EXCEPT IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS LIKE GOULD AND FRASER WHERE SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ BARJENBRUCH FPUS75 KBOU 290401 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 901 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ038>041-043-045-290615- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT... BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 901 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE THROUGH 11 PM. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR IN AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE FOOTHILLS SHOULD AS BOULDER AND GOLDEN WHERE SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES IN THESE AREAS WILL BE BELOW 100 FEET. TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADWAYS WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 AND OTHER ROADS NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. $$ COZ042-044-046>051-290615- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN... HOLYOKE 901 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... BANDS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS...MAINLY WEST OF A LIMON TO FORT MORGAN LINE. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM PASSING BANDS OF SNOW. FURTHER EAST TOWARD THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDERS...SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW. TRAVEL IN AREAS EAST OF LIMON WILL BE ESPECIALLY TREACHEROUS DUE TO FREEZING PRECIPITATION. $$ COZ033>037-290615- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 901 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH 11 PM. SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE EXTREMELY HEAVY AT NEARLY 3 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY. TRAVEL IN THE HIGH COUNTRY EAST OF THE DIVIDE WILL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT...IN FACT PERIODIC CLOSURES OF I-70 EAST OF THE TUNNEL HAVE BEEN REPORTED. NEARLY TWO FEET OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BLACKHAWK AND OTHER AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH MORE ON THE WAY. $$ COZ030>032-290615- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 901 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD WESTWARD ACROSS JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT EXCEPT IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS LIKE GOULD AND FRASER WHERE SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ 046 FPUS75 KBOU 290615 NOWBOU SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1115 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ038>041-043-045-290830- 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-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 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...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT... BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER 1115 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THROUGH 1 AM THE MAIN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE FROM THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF DENVER ACROSS THE METRO AREA AND NORTHEAST TO GREELEY. THESE AREAS WILL HAVE SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH LIGHTER SNOW ELSEWHERE. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW IN WELD AND LARIMER COUNTIES. MANY ROADS WILL HAVE EITHER DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS...AND SOME AREA HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. $$ COZ042-044-046>051-290830- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...AGATE... HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN... HOLYOKE 1115 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EAST OF AKRON AND LIMON. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW IN WELD COUNTY WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. FURTHER EAST SNOW WILL BE LIGHTER BUT TRAVEL WILL STILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 76...PRODUCING DRIFTING SNOW IN SOME PLACES. $$ COZ033>037-290830- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 1115 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... VERY HEAVY SNOW ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH 1 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL STILL BE COMMON IN AREAS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER. MANY ROADS WILL STILL HAVE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SOME AREA HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO POOR CONDITIONS OR ACCIDENTS. $$ COZ030>032-290830- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING 1115 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 .NOW... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM...WITH ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS IN GRAND COUNTY. $$ GIMMESTAD