WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 450 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST
THURSDAY.
* LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
FREMONT...SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH
THURSDAY. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW THIS MORNING...SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY
VARIABLE...RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND
ACROSS WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ACROSS
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY.
* WIND...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IMPACT...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...RESULTING
IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST IMPACT TO TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE
ACROSS WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
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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