WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 340 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON.
* THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF
COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS...
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.
* A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY THIS
AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8
INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS
INCLUDING PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS.
* WINDS WILL BE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM
THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. .
* EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.
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