Winter Weather Advisory from National Wx Service

Downtown Lamar

350 PM MST TUE JAN 20 2015

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATION…EL PASO…FREMONT…CUSTER…PUEBLO…CROWLEY…OTERO…KIOWA…
BENT…AND PROWERS COUNTIES…INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS…
PUEBLO…WESTCLIFFE…CANON CITY…LA JUNTA…LAS ANIMAS AND
LAMAR.

* CAUSE AND TIMING…A DISTURBANCE FROM WYOMING WILL MERGE WITH
MOISTURE FROM CALIFORNIA PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL OVER THE
AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION…3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.

* WIND…NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACT…TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW…LOW
VISIBILITIES AND ICY OR SNOW COVERED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY…BE AWARE OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS TUESDAY EVENING…SNOW WILL SPREAD TO THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS TONIGHT.  ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY
FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE…SPANISH PEAKS
REGION…AND AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. SNOW AND ICE ON ROADWAYS
COULD LEAD TO A HAZARDOUS COMMUTE WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL BE OVER
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS…AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN
COLORADO BORDER. A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF SEVERAL INCHES IS POSSIBLE.