Colorado Eastern Slope. Heavy Snow Feb 21-22. 8-16 Inches Possible

From NWS

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/winter_wx.shtml

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
226 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL
MONDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF NE COLORADO...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE...COOLER AIR
AS WELL AS INCREASED UPSLOPE FLOW FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS STARTING FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY
AND RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE STORMS
DEVELOPMENT.

...
226 PM MST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE BUT WILL QUICKLY TURN OVER TO SNOW BY
SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA AND
PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND
WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
FOR THE PLAINS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE FOOTHILLS AND
NEAR THE PALMER DIVIDE.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS ON THE PLAINS OF 10 TO 15 WITH
GUSTING UP TO 25 WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES DURING THE
HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY STARTING
SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PERSISTENT SNOW OVER THE
WEEKEND WILL KEEP TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...