09 October, 2005

Ugh

You know, I've been living in this area for over 4 years. And by that time, you'd expect me to get used to this kind of thing.
...POTENT WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT
RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...

.A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN UTAH INTO
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO BY TONIGHT. THE STORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO
NEARLY STALL ON MONDAY BEFORE EXITING THE REGION BY TUESDAY.

RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS AND THEN BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ON THE PLAINS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY AND THEN BEGIN CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS THE FRONT
RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

APPROPRIATE MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN BY ALL PEOPLE LIVING IN THE
WARNING AREAS AS THIS WILL BE THE SEASONS FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW
STORM.

THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
ON TREES...RESULTING IN BROKEN LIMBS AND WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED
POWER OUTAGES.

DRIVERS IN THE WARNING AREAS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY WILL
LIKELY ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS.

COZ038>041-100000-
/X.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0001.051010T0600Z-051011T0000Z/
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-
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
Yup. Snow. And it's barely October.

Le sigh. Time to pull back out the heavy comforters and winter coats. It's going to be one of those winters.

Again.

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