“Hazardous WINTER driving conditions” – In late April !
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO… APR 26 2014
WINTER STORM WARNING N EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY…
HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS STARTING THIS EVENING…WHILE RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON THE PLAINS MAINLY LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. RAIN MAY CHANGE TO SNOW ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR ON THE PLAINS WITH HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO ON SUNDAY.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES…GORE PASS…
RABBIT EARS PASS…CAMERON PASS… LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS…RABBIT EARS RANGE… ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK…WILLOW CREEK PASS… BERTHOUD PASS…BRECKENRIDGE… EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE… EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE… EISENHOWER TUNNEL… INDIAN PEAKS… KENOSHA MOUNTAINS… MOUNT EVANS…
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS…WINTER PARK
* TIMING…RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID EVENING AND BECOME HEAVIER AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE STATE. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…7 TO 14 INCHES.
* WIND/VISIBILITY…WEST TO NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE BY SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND/OR BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH THE ONSET OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link