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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
455 AM MST SUN DEC 23 2012

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
455 AM MST SUN DEC 23 2012
...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED CHRISTMAS EVE 
INTO CHRISTMAS DAY...
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ONTO THE WEST COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON MONDAY AND 
CHRISTMAS EVE...AND THEN ONTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS BY CHRISTMAS 
MORNING.  THIS WILL LIKELY BRING A WHITE CHRISTMAS TO NORTHEAST AND 
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND ALSO SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS.  SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY 
AFTERNOON.  ON THE PLAINS...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE 
MONDAY AFTERNOON OR IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH THE MAJORITY OF 
THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. 
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH SOME 
CLEARING BY AFTERNOON.
AT THIS TIME...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 
INCHES ON THE PLAINS...2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER 
DIVIDE...AND 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. 
ARCTIC AIR SPILLING SOUTH FROM CANADA WILL ALSO USHER IN MUCH COLDER 
TEMPERATURES.  HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL ONLY BE NEAR 
20 DEGREES ON THE PLAINS...WITH TEENS IN THE MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT 
LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR ZERO OR BELOW AS SKIES 
CLEAR. 
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS COLORADO...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS 
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOWPACKED OR ICY ROADS. MONITOR THE 
LATEST FORECASTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS 
DEVELOPING STORM. 
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