WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 946 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM MST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS
ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON SATURDAY.
* ACCUMULATION AND WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
BECOME COMMON ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO FRIDAY
MORNING...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THERE
IS ALSO A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
EVENING...BUT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN
INCH.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO BECOME WIDESPREAD
EAST OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO LIMON BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. AS
A CONSEQUENCE DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE THROUGH THE
DAY WITH BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. VERY
COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL
ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND MAKE BEING OUTDOORS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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BAKER
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