URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 300 PM MDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...ANOTHER EARLY WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A FAST-MOVING PACIFIC STORM WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY COLD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND BRING ENOUGH MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLATEAUS OF NORTHWEST COLORADO. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PACK GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS PRIOR TO THE FRONT... SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE OVER THE COLORADO NORTHWEST PLATEAU. COZ003>005-013-030500- /O.UPG.KGJT.WS.A.0010.131003T2100Z-131005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGJT.WS.W.0016.131003T2100Z-131005T0000Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-FLATTOPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE 300 PM MDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECT THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. THE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA CAN EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * SNOW LEVEL...DROPPING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...WITH ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 40 OVER RABBIT EARS PASS AND HIGHWAY 139 OVER DOUGLAS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:09:20 +0000
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