This is Some Serious Winter Weather / Blizzard Warning

This is the most recent weather forecast for the Steamboat, Colorado area. This is shaping up for a great snow year in the Rockies...

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
958 PM MST FRI NOV 11 2011

...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
BRINGING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS WHICH WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN COLORADO
VALLEYS.

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ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...BUFORD...
TRAPPERS LAKE
958 PM MST FRI NOV 11 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SATURDAY
MORNING...SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR MORE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SUNDAY.

* VISIBILITY...FREQUENTLY LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE OR LESS
IN BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO 24 INCHES ON EXPOSED WEST
FACING RIDGES. DRIFTS FROM 3 TO 4 FEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS
ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.