Originally Posted by NWS
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PRECIPITATION IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW AROUND 6
PM MDT.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 24 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS ON AND EAST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH ROAD CONDITIONS DETERIORATING
SIGNIFICANTLY MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD DAMAGE TREES AND
POSSIBLE SOME STRUCTURES WITH IT`S EXCESSIVE WEIGHT. SNOW
REMOVAL WILL BE DIFFICULT
guess i'll be at a basin wednesday/thursday
