FOLLOWING THE BLIZZARD – UP-TO-THE-MINUTE UPDATES ON THE MARCH BLIZZARD OF 2009

A Winter Weather Advisory will be in outcome until 6:00am
Friday. Light sleet will go upon to tumble overnight.

Examiner.com will be tracking Denver's Mar Blizzard of 2009 with all a ultimate conditions as well as information. Refresh this page for a ultimate as it becomes available.

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10:00pm – Coverage ends for a day

Examiner.com'sup-to-the-minute coverageof a snowstorm has finished for a day. Please revisit a Denver Weather Examiner's home page for any serve updates.

9:10pm – Winter Weather Advisory extended

The National Weather Service has lengthened a Winter Weather Advisory by 6:00am Friday for Denver as well as a northern Front Range. Light sleet will go upon to tumble with accumulations in all rebate than dual inches. Winds will means a little flapping in open areas as well as roads will be intensely sharp overnight as temperatures dump in to a low teenagers with breeze chills down to zero.
Some areas south as well as easterly of a Denver metro area do sojourn underneath a Blizzard Warning. Areas along I-25 from Monument Hill to a New Mexico extent as well as most areas easterly have been affected.
Travel stays unequivocally dangerous as well as CDOT as well as a Colorado State Patrol ask everybody to extent their transport as most as possible.

6:45pm – Latest news

Light sleet will go upon opposite a Front Range in a entrance hours as well as there will be a little flapping due to a concomitant wind. The Winter Weather Advisory stays in outcome until 9:00pm. Extreme cold temperatures over night will means frozen of a roadways as well as transport will go upon to be difficult. CDOT as well as a Colorado State Patrol have been asking people to equivocate pushing if they can.
The Red Cross has sealed most of a preserve as they were no longer needed.
I-70 by Wheat Ridge is right away open again.
Denver Public Works voiced which NO residential streets will be plowed. This is in suitability with their process which mandates twelve inches of sleet or some-more prior to they plow residential areas.
The City of Thornton WILL be plowing residential streets , carrying rated it a ‘Class 3’ charge with 9 inches of sleet or more. City plows will combine upon arterials whilst on-call contractors work upon residential streets.

5:13pm – New sleet total

Aurora – 5.5 inches
Castle Rock – 7.4 inches
Cherry Creek Reservoir – 9.1 inches
Denver – 7.6 inches
Federal Heights – 7 inches
Fort Collins – 7 inches
Genesee – 16.5 inches
Greeley – twelve inches
Nederland – 12.3 inches
Thornton – 9.2 inches
Westminster – 15.3 inches

4:55pm – Blizzard Warning canceled, Winter Weather Advisory in effect

As conditions progressively improve, a National Weather Service has canceled a Blizzard Warning as well as released a Winter Weather Advisory in a place. This reflects a light rebate in layer rates as well as wind. Snow as well as floating however will go upon to means transport formidable as well as it is endorsed residents equivocate transport if possible.

4:35pm – Weather update

We have been commencement to see a little tapering off as a charge moves to a east. Areas of light sleet during 1/4 to 1/2 in. per hour rates will go upon by during slightest 6:00pm. The thermometer has forsaken to a teenagers as well as we go upon to see dangerous breeze chill temperatures. Most approaching would design a National Weather Service dump a Blizzard Warning shortly for a notice of a little obtuse severity.

4:15pm – More closures, some-more shelters

Many businesses, supervision offices as well as tutorial institutions have been sealed for today. Be certain to call brazen prior to we go anywhere (which we shouldn't leave a residence anyway!).
US 287 north of Ted's Place has reopened.
Broomfield has non-stop an puncture shelter. It is located during a Broomfield Community Center during 280 Lamar Street.
Eastbound I-70 from Airpark Road is right away open.
The Colorado National Guard is patrolling a highways aiding motorists.
Southbound I-25 is sealed from Pueblo to Walsenburg.
Westbound I-70 by Wheat Ridge continues to be closed. Avoid this area entirely!
CDOT recommends avoiding US-36 entirely.

2:37pm – Disaster stipulation issued, DIA update

Governor Bill Ritter has released a mess stipulation due to a blizzard. Click here for details.
Denver International Airport continues to try to go upon a storm. Click here for a story.

1:57pm – Road closure update

I-70 eastward in in in between Tower Road as well as a Kansas extent is CLOSED due to countless accidents.
Chain restrictions in place upon I-25 over Monument Hill.
I-70 by a city of Wheat Ridge is CLOSED. Wheat Ridge officials contend a main highway will open as well as tighten once in a while to concede time to transparent vehicles from a roadway.

1:33pm – Weather update

The sleet is bad sufficient though it is a breeze which is indeed causing most of a problems. Gusts to 40 mph have been formulating whiteout conditions opposite a Front Range creation transport intensely hazardous. Temperatures have been in a top teenagers as well as dangerous breeze chills have been being seen nearby 0 degrees. Drifting up to 3 feet tall can be approaching with layer rates up to dual inches per hour. Areas west of I-25 will see rebate accumulation as well as wind. See a bottom of a page for a ultimate foresee sleet totals.

1:20pm – Shelters established, Employers urged to let employees go home

US-36 CLOSED both directions from Table Mesa to Hwy 121
Eastbound I-70 CLOSED in in in between Sheridan as well as Federal due to accidents
Colorado State Emergency Operations Center has been activated. Employers have been asked to cruise a phased recover of employees immediately.
Red Cross shelters have been opened:
- Weld County – Weld County Substation 4209 Weld County Road twenty-four ½ Longmont, Colo.
- Lone Tree – Lone Tree Recreation Center 10249 Ridgegate Circle Littleton, CO
- Golden – Golden High School 701 24th Street Golden, Colo.

1:13pm – Latest sleet totals

Arvada – eleven inches
Boulder – twelve inches
Greeley – 8 inches
Lafayette – 9 inches
Littleton – 5 inches
Longmont – 9 inches
Thornton – 8.2 inches

1:00pm – Roads dangerous, transport should be avoided

Take it from someone who only got off a roads, transport is intensely dangerous during this point. Wind gusts in additional of 35 mph have been causing whiteout conditions as well as prominence rebate than 1/8 of a mile. Please be careful.

11:45am – Denver Internal Airport struggling

We might be seeking during an complete airfield closure prior to a finish of a day. Both United Airlines as well as Frontier Airlines have been stating vital delays as well as hundreds of flights have been cancelled. United has started arising transport waivers as well as others have been certain to follow suit. Call your airline prior to we conduct to a airport.

11:30am – Latest closures

The Denver Zoo And Denver Museum of Nature as well as Science have been closing.
Adams County as well as Broomfield County courts will be shutting during noon.
Boulder city offices will be shutting during noon.
Many alternative businesses as well as supervision offices have been shutting early. Suffice it to say, call brazen prior to we go anywhere!

10:47am – Latest go upon report

Through noon assuage to complicated sleet will go upon opposite a Denver civic corridor. Snowfall rates can be approaching with a heavier sleet bands. Northeast winds have been starting to go upon to enlarge this sunrise with gusts up to 40mph expected. Significant flapping can be approaching as a day progresses as well as snowstorm conditions will set in. Travel is rarely discouraged.

10:40am – Highways closed

I-25 is right away CLOSED from Wellington only north of Ft Collins to a Wyoming extent due to inauspicious weather
US-287 is right away CLOSED from Ted's Place to a Wyoming border
US-6 Loveland Pass is right away CLOSED
I-70 westbound from Wadsworth right away has sequence laws in outcome as do most towering passes in in in between Denver andVail. Glenwood Canyon is right away open.
See CDOT's website for a latest.

10:20am – Travel discouraged, Flights during DIA cancelled

Road closures, energy outages as well as write outages have been utterly probable after currently as a charge unequivocally starts to flog in. The sleet alone would be bad sufficient though winds will enlarge via a day to illustrate adding to a hazards. Some areas around locale have been already stating visibilities rebate than ¼ of a mile.
200+ flights have been cancelled during DIA to illustrate far. From DIA’s website:

9:25am – First turn of sleet measurements:

Arvada – 4.5 inches
Boulder – 7 inches
Evergreen – 2 inches
Longmont – 4 inches
Lyons – 5 inches
Thornton – 3 inches
Windsor – 2.7 inches

9:10am – The latest:

Blizzard Warning stays in outcome by 6:00am Friday. Conditions will turn fraudulent via a day as well as transport will turn intensely difficult. If we don’t have to go anywhere, stay home! This is an intensely dangerous as well as dangerous storm.
DIA has voiced most moody cancellations which will go in to outcome from 11:00am forward. Check a airport’s site here for a latest.
Chain restrictions have been in outcome for most towering passes. Glenwood Canyon is sealed due to countless accidents. Click here for a ultimate highway closures as well as conditions upon CDOT’s website.
Many propagandize districts as well as businesses have sealed for a day. Click here for a ultimate list.

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