{"id":12501,"date":"2008-04-09T10:45:39","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T17:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/04\/09\/all-my-bags-are-packed-its-ready-to-snow.html"},"modified":"2014-11-16T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T21:55:30","slug":"all_my_bags_are_packed_it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/09\/all_my_bags_are_packed_it.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;All my bags are packed, it&#8217;s ready to snow &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wait, that&#8217;s not how the song goes. Though that&#8217;s how the weather seems to be going preparatory to our flying to New York tonight (around Midnight).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>URGENT &#8211; WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br \/> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO<br \/> 515 AM MDT WED APR 9 2008<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;SPRING STORM HEADING TOWARDS COLORADO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY&#8230;AND THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE PLAINS&#8230;RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON TURNING TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING.<\/p>\n<p>THERE CONTINUES TO BE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM&#8230;AND ANY DEVIATION WILL RESULT IN WIDELY VARIED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.<\/p>\n<p>A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH<br \/> THURSDAY AFTERNOON.<\/p>\n<p>RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY EVENING. UP TO 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait, that&#8217;s not how the song goes. Though that&#8217;s how the weather seems to be going preparatory to our flying to New York tonight (around Midnight). 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