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PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO

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03/17/10 15:36	.SNOW RETURNS TO THE MTNS BEGINNING THUR NIGHT. .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH BRITISH COLUMBIA TONIGHT & WILL DIVE INTO THE CNTL ROCKIES THUR NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP OVER NE UT AND NW CO THUR EVENING.& THEN SO. OF INTERSTATE 70 BY FRI MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LWR TO 6000 FEET FRI MORNING FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN & CNTL VALLEYS. A COLD UNSTABLE NO. FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL IN THE CO MTNS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.FAVORING THE MTNS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ELKHEAD & PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE & ELK MOUNTAINS/CNTL MTN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.COLUMBINE.TOPONAS.ASPEN.VAIL. SNOWMASS.BUFORD.TRAPPERS LAKE 327 PM MDT WED MAR 17 2010 .WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THUR TO 6 AM MDT SATURDAY. THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING.THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRI NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION.8 TO 18 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON NORTH-FACING SLOPES. * WINDS.GUSTY NW WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THUR EVENING WILL SHIFT TO NE ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS.ROADWAYS WILL BECOME ICY & SNOWPACKED THURSDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW OVER HIGH EXPOSED TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS & BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.	No map
03/13/10 14:36	This is your reminder from your friends at Pitkin Alert to set your clocks one hour forward tonight before you go to bed. This is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.	No map
03/12/10 10:37	Please see email for the press release in reference to Estevez Hearing.	No map
03/11/10 15:56	The accident at Lazy Glen DV is cleared traffic is returned to normal. Please drive safely.	No map
03/11/10 15:12	Open: I-70 1 lane each direction, 14-foot width restriction, Glenwood Cyn, call 511 or go to cotrip.org	No map

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