Snowy Thanksgiving for SE Colorado-Drive with Caution

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
250 PM MST WED NOV 25 2015


NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 
6300 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR - 250 PM MST WED NOV 25 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 8 AM MST FRIDAY...

* LOCATION...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND EASTERN COLORADO
  PLAINS.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP OVER THE
  AREA TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF
  FREEZING DRIZZLE OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE
  TONIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO
  SOUTH THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATION...A THIN LAYER OF ICE UP TO A TENTH OF
  AN INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. SNOW
  AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH
  LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS TO SIX INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 25.

* IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS
  HOLIDAY TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE.

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.