Tuesday, October 27, 2009

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this news:

This is what I awoke to via text this morning.

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. CHAIN LAWS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES FOR SEMI-TRAILERS AND BUSES... AND ROADS CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY... TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

More Information
... EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM FOR NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS WEDNESDAY AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO--NORTHERN NEW MEXICO BORDER AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN SWING NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THURSDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS... FOOTHILLS... URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.



ohhhhh, GREAT! Looks like it's going to be me riding the bus for the next several days.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

oh good luck with that!!!