{"id":3385,"date":"2011-01-30T16:17:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T23:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2011-01-31T07:12:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T14:12:38","slug":"thornton-set-to-get-a-taste-of-the-arctic-winter-weather-advisory-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/thornton-set-to-get-a-taste-of-the-arctic-winter-weather-advisory-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornton set to get a taste of the Arctic; Winter Weather Advisory issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weather warning map for northeastern Colorado.\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_qM6V6-HRzM0\/TUXwj_oFjPI\/AAAAAAAAESI\/XgnPFPfk8LU\/s288\/2011-01-30-Warnings.jpg\" alt=\"A Winter Weather Advisory will go into effect at 6:00am on Monday as snow and bitter cold arrive. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Winter Weather Advisory will go into effect at 6:00am on Monday as snow and bitter cold arrive. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A major winter storm is set to impact nearly two thirds of the nation starting tomorrow including Thornton and the rest of northeastern Colorado.\u00a0 The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area warning of blowing snow and dangerous cold.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>For all the latest, follow us on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thorntonweather\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and join us on <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThorntonWeather\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/winter-briefing.php\">Winter Weather Briefing page<\/a> is your one-stop shop for the storm<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The service is warning of total snow accumulations of 3 to 7 inches for the event from tomorrow morning through Tuesday.\u00a0 Snow is expected to start lightly on Monday morning then increase in intensity in the afternoon and continue overnight into Tuesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arctic cold will be a prominent feature of this system sending the mercury plummeting into areas that present a very real danger to people and property.\u00a0 Monday will see temperatures at about 26 degrees at 6:00am but then decreasing continually throughout the day and overnight when it will drop below zero.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s afternoon commute and the Tuesday morning commute are likely to be rough ones so you will want to plan accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/weather-warnings.php\"><strong><em>Click here for the latest watches and warnings for Thornton<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s high temperature will struggle to even get above zero and overnight temperatures on Tuesday could drop all the way to 15 degrees below zero.\u00a0 Wednesday will warm only slightly with highs of around 10 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Breezy conditions will serve to generate wind chills to as far as 30 degrees below zero.\u00a0 These types of temperatures can bring on hypothermia and frost bite very quickly and residents need to be prepared for the harsh conditions.\u00a0Scroll down for links to our Winter Weather Preparedness series to learn more about how to protect yourself and your family.<\/p>\n<p>We will be closely monitoring this system as this type of cold usually has a pretty significant impact.\u00a0 You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/forecast.php\">get the latest Thornton forecast here<\/a> and be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/\">check our main page<\/a> for any updates.\u00a0 We also will be updating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/tony-hake\" target=\"_blank\">the Denver Weather Examiner<\/a> regularly with the latest outlooks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winter Weather Education Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Intro<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/education\/governor-ritter-proclaims-winter-weather-preparedness-week-in-colorado\/\">Winter Weather Preparedness Week<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Part 1<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/winter-travel-safety-ensure-you-and-your-vehicle-are-ready\/\">Winter travel safety<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Part 2<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/winter-weather-what-does-that-weather-warning-mean\/\">Watches\u2026warnings\u2026and advisories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Part 3<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/high-winds-a-major-threat-in-colorado-during-the-winter-2\/\">High winds<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Part 4<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/education\/life-threatening-winter-weather-wind-chill-frostbite-and-hypothermia-2\/\">Wind chill temperatures and hypothermia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Part 5<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/avalanche-safety-be-prepared-or-die-2\/\">Avalanche safety<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Review<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/winter-weather-preparedness-week-recap-2\/\">Winter Weather Preparedness Week review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major winter storm is set to impact nearly two thirds of the nation starting tomorrow including Thornton and the rest of northeastern Colorado.\u00a0 The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area warning of blowing snow and dangerous cold. For all the latest, follow us on Twitter and join us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/thornton-set-to-get-a-taste-of-the-arctic-winter-weather-advisory-issued\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thornton set to get a taste of the Arctic; Winter Weather Advisory issued<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[210,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3392,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions\/3392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}