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To: Ken Adams who wrote (185452)	10/28/2009 10:27:28 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Too late. Front Range braces for snow as forecast calls for big storm By Tom McGhee and Victoria Barbatelli The Denver Post Posted: 10/28/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT Updated: 10/28/2009 05:53:20 AM MDT Weather observers could be measuring snowfall in feet in parts of Colorado over the next two days, with as much as 18 inches expected in parts of metro Denver. The alarming early-season forecast placed local governments and airlines at Denver International Airport on notice. City vehicles were fitted with plows Tuesday in advance of the storm, and some airlines offered limited fee waivers to travelers worried about possible flight cancellations. In the foothills, up to 24 inches of snow is possible. Higher elevations could get 3 feet. "We'll be working around the clock if it occurs the way it has been predicted," said Charlie Blosten, public services director of the city of Littleton. "We'll be out there whether Colorado Weather it snows or not to hit the ground running; we've got workers showing up before midnight to get crews ready to move to the streets. We'll be as ready as you can get before Mother Nature really tells us she's in charge." If road conditions are as bad as predicted, Denver will deploy all 68 of its heavy plows, said Ann Williams, spokeswoman for Denver Public Works. "The plows are being mounted this afternoon," she said Tuesday. "Right now we have to monitor conditions; when the snow starts to accumulate, we will start plowing." The Colorado Department of Transportation has about 75 trucks mounted with plows ready to remove snow in the Denver area, said spokeswoman Stacey Stegman. "We will see how the storm progresses," she said. More CDOT crews will work the Interstate 70 mountain corridor. Snow crews were expected to show up at work at midnight Tuesday in Aurora, said Lynn Center, Aurora capital projects manager for street services. By midafternoon Tuesday, Aurora's plows were ready, sand trucks loaded and chemical trucks filled. "We will run however long it takes until the snow is gone," Center said. At Denver International Airport, crews started preparing hundreds of pieces of equipment Tuesday afternoon, said DIA spokesman Chuck Cannon. "We do what we do for any sizable storm. We get all of our equipment ready, and then we stand by and wait and see what happens," Cannon said. United, Southwest and Frontier airlines will grant travel waivers to allow passengers to change their flights to avoid bad weather without paying fees. There are limitations on the waivers, and people should check the airlines' websites for more information. Xcel Energy had crews on standby, Xcel spokesman Mark Stutz said. "A lot will depend on the type of snow we get. What always kills us is that wet, heavy snow that sits on trees and pulls the branches down" onto power lines, he said. A winter storm warning in October isn't out of the ordinary, said Kyle Fredin, a National Weather Service meteorologist. "It's pretty normal when you start getting snowfalls into October and early December, then it dries out December through February, then ramps up really fast with the snowiest month of the year, March. It's just Colorado climatology," Fredin said. While local drivers may not muster much enthusiasm for the snow, skiers across the country are abuzz with news of Colorado's first significant snow, said Amy Kemp, a spokeswoman for Vail Resorts. "Skiers and snowboarders are excited and tweeting about the first big snowstorm in Colorado," she said.

To: Ken Adams who wrote (185452)	10/28/2009 12:00:20 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 225578

I see Smithee just sent you the forecast...When looking at the LA area for SmoothSail, I saw yours....ICK! Isn't 18 inches early for the season? Get those groceries now, and bundle up!

To: Ken Adams who wrote (185452)	10/28/2009 12:28:01 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

Rush just said Denver is expecting up to 18" today and tomorrow. I guess our little storm from over the last few days is already there. The forecast for around here has (whew) changed dramatically. It sounds like we dodged another bullet. Stay warm Ken! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Western Washington 211 FXUS66 KSEW 281035 AFDSEW AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 330 AM PDT WED OCT 28 2009 .SYNOPSIS...DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH INCREASING RAIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN U.S. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY CLIP THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT AS THE NAM...GFS AND EURO HAVE NOW ALL BACKED OFF ON OUR NEXT INCOMING SYSTEM. AS A RESULT HAD TO ADJUST POPS AND QPF THROUGH MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM PACKAGE. WHILE HEAVIER PRECIP IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO CAUSE CONCERNS FOR RIVER FLOODING. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WESTERN WA AS WE WILL WANT TO SEE THE NEW 12Z MODEL SOLUTIONS FOR CONSISTENCY. DESPITE THIS SYSTEM SLOWING DOWN WE SHOULD STILL SEE A LITTLE RAIN HERE TONIGHT AND THU AS THE WARM FRONT APPROACHES/PASSES THROUGH. WESTERLY 850 MB FLOW AT 30KT WILL ENHANCE OROGRAPHIC LIFT WITH UP TO ONE INCH PRECIP IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A FEW TENTHS POSSIBLE IN THE LOWLANDS. THE COLD FRONT WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SLATED FOR THU NIGHT...HAS BEEN DELAYED NEARLY 24 HR AS THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS PARKED OVER THE PAC NW. THIS LEAVES THE HEAVIEST BATCH OF PRECIP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN B.C. WITH WESTERN WA REMAINING IN THE WARM SECTOR. LATEST MODEL PROGS NOW SHOW THE FRONT SHIFTING SE AND INTO WESTERN WA FRI NIGHT INTO EARLY SAT...WITH MAYBE ONLY 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS...NOT ENOUGH TO RAISE MUCH CONCERN FOR RIVER FLOODING. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXIT SUN MORNING BUT WITH ONSHORE FLOW WILL STILL SEE A THREAT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS...MAYBE A CONVERGENCE ZONE IN THE AFTERNOON OVER SNOHOMISH/KING CO. 33 .LONG TERM...CHANGES IN THE FORECAST EXTEND INTO THE LONG TERM PERIOD AS WELL. WHAT WAS LOOKING LIKE A WET PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK IS NOW MUCH DRIER WITH THE NEW GUIDANCE. THE JET STREAM WAS AIMED RIGHT AT WA BUT HAS NOW SHIFTED FARTHER NORTH AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY CLIP THE AREA MON NIGHT INTO TUE AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE ZONAL...BUT WILL HOLD POPS DOWN TO JUST CHANCE CATEGORY FOR NOW. THE RIDGE MAY REBUILD OVER THE PAC NW IN THE FAR EXTENDED AS A DEEP UPPER LOW DEVELOPS OFFSHORE ALONG 140W. IF THIS PANS OUT WILL NEED TO DECREASE POPS THROUGH MID WEEK AS WELL. 33 .HYDROLOGY...BASED ON THE 00Z MODEL SOLUTIONS...THE FLOODING CONCERN HAS DECREASED ACROSS WESTERN WA AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM HAS SLOWED DOWN. HOWEVER...WE WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW AS WE WILL WANT TO SEE THE NEW 12Z RUN FOR CONSISTENCY. PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS WERE SHOWING HEAVY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ON THU/THU NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE OLYMPICS AND NORTH CASCADES...BUT THE NEW MODEL RUNS HAVE BACKED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AS THIS SYSTEM STALLS OVER CENTRAL/SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. WILL STILL SEE RAIN SPREAD INLAND ON THU AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES IN...BUT AMOUNTS ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT...UP TO ONE INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING HEAVIER TOTALS FRI NIGHT...BUT STILL ONLY ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH PERHAPS ONLY MINOR RISES ON THE RIVERS. SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE LONG TERM FORECAST PERIOD. NO FLOOD CONCERN ON THE GREEN RIVER. 33 atmos.washington.edu