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Denver, Colorado is one of the cities affected in a multi-state winter storm watch in effect as up to 2 feet may fall in Wyoming and Colorado! Here is the official NWS Watch from the Cheyenne NWS Forecast office, then the Winter Storm Watch from the Denver forecast office.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...18 TO 24 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
SNOWY RANGE...WITH 15 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE
RANGE BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE. OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS...SUCH
AS CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FINALLY
IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE FROM SIDNEY TO KIMBALL...5 TO 8 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD PRODUCE NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES FOR COMMUTERS ON INTERSTATES 25 AND 80 IN SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
* IMPACTS...SHOULD THE FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MATERIALIZE AS
FORECAST...TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED ALONG
INTERSTATES 25 AND 80 FROM SIDNEY TO ARLINGTON. ROADS WOULD
BECOME VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS WHERE SNOWFALL IS HEAVIEST.
HUNTERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE
WINTRY CONDITIONS AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF
VENTURING OUT TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Denver, CO Watch Below:
...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...RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TUESDAY EVENING
AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREES...RESULTING
IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED
ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD IMPACT
COMMERCIAL POWER OR TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
