Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2008, 11:58 AM MST for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 25, 2008, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2008, 11:58 AM MST (18:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2008, 6:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2008, 12:04 PM MST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Archuleta County, CO, Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 6 Nw Mack, CO | 24 HR SNOWFALL |
| Dec 25, 11:13 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 6 Ssw Silverton, CO | WSW WINDS 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 21 INCHES ON MOLAS PASS. PASS IS CLOSED DUE TO SLIDES AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 25, 11:13 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 9 Sw Silverton, CO | WSW WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 26 INCHES ON COAL BANK PASS. PASS NOW CLOSED DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SLIDES. |
| Dec 26, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 8 | Pagosa Springs, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KGJT 241858 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1158 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...NEXT MAJOR WINTER STORM ARRIVES CHRISTMAS EVE... .THE NEXT STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES IN FOR CHRISTMAS. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THIS EVENING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT AND AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT ARRIVES CHRISTMAS NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL INTO THEMOUNTAINS IS NEEDED...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN... THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-250300- /O.NEW.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0100Z-081226T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 1158 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET MAY REACH 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ009-012-250300- /O.NEW.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081226T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 1158 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES OR EXPOSED AREAS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL REACH 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-250300- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 1158 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS NEXT STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-250300- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 1158 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ001-002-005>008-011-014-020-UTZ022-024-027-029-250300- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.A.0026.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...CRAIG...HAYDEN... MEEKER...STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GRAND JUNCTION... FRUITA...PALISADE...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA... GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE...CARBONDALE...CEDAREDGE...DELTA... HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON...GATEWAY...NUCLA... BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT...VERNAL...JENSEN...BALLARD... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 1158 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE VALLEYS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SPREAD NORTH BY CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...THEN SNOW INCREASES AND BECOMES HEAVY AT TIMES CHRISTMAS NIGHT. MANY VALLEYS WILL RECEIVE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR OR ABOVE 6000 FEET...INCLUDING STEAMBOAT SPRINGS IN NORTHWEST COLORADO AND BLANDING IN SOUTHEAST UTAH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KGJT 242157 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...NEXT MAJOR WINTER STORM ARRIVES CHRISTMAS EVE... .THE NEXT STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES IN FOR CHRISTMAS. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THIS EVENING...AND THEN SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT AND AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT ARRIVES CHRISTMAS NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS IS NEEDED...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN... THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-250600- /O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0100Z-081226T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY REACH 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ009-012-250600- /O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081226T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES OR EXPOSED AREAS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL REACH 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ UTZ022-029-250600- /O.UPG.KGJT.WS.A.0026.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081226T1300Z/ SOUTHEAST UTAH-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...ALTHOUGH LOWER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM MONUMENT VALLEY TO BLUFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ001-UTZ024-250600- /O.UPG.KGJT.WS.A.0026.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1300Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...VERNAL...JENSEN... BALLARD 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-UTZ027-250600- /O.UPG.KGJT.WS.A.0026.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1900Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY... THOMPSON SPRINGS 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-250600- /O.UPG.KGJT.WS.A.0026.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-250600- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS NEXT STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-250600- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 257 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$
000 WWUS45 KGJT 250621 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...NEXT MAJOR WINTER STORM SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY... .THE NEXT STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES IN FOR CHRISTMAS. THE SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO ...AND THEN WILL SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT AND AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT ARRIVES CHRISTMAS NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS IS NEEDED...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY REACH 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS CHRISTMAS AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ009-012-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES OR EXPOSED AREAS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL REACH 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS NEXT STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ UTZ022-029-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T0700Z-081226T1300Z/ SOUTHEAST UTAH-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY... ALTHOUGH LOWER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM MONUMENT VALLEY TO BLUFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ001-UTZ024-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1300Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...VERNAL...JENSEN... BALLARD 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-UTZ027-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1900Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY... THOMPSON SPRINGS 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-251430- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 1121 PM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON ON CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS45 KGJT 251357 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY... .SNOW HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO OVERNIGHT AND WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS IS NECESSARY...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND A SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY REACH 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ009-012-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS DAY STORM WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES OR EXPOSED AREAS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. STORM TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL REACH 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA STARTING TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY...CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ UTZ022-029-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ SOUTHEAST UTAH-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ALTHOUGH LOWER ELEVATIONS... SUCH AS BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT...WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM MONUMENT VALLEY TO BLUFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ001-UTZ024-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...VERNAL...JENSEN... BALLARD 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-UTZ027-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1900Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY... THOMPSON SPRINGS 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-252200- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081225T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 657 AM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT ...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TGJT
000 WWUS45 KGJT 252117 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO... .SNOW AND WIND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM INTENSIFIES OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS IS NECESSARY...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND A SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRINGS HEAVY SNOW AND WIND TONIGHT AND CONTINUING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES...STORM TOTALS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY REACH 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ009-012-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.081226T0100Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES...STORM TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL REACH 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES OR EXPOSED AREAS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ UTZ022-029-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ SOUTHEAST UTAH-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOWER ELEVATIONS... SUCH AS BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT...WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM MONUMENT VALLEY TO BLUFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ001-UTZ024-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...VERNAL...JENSEN... BALLARD 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. SNOW INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-UTZ027-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY... THOMPSON SPRINGS 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-260530- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 217 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT ...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS45 KGJT 260104 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO... .SNOWFALL AND WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM INTENSIFIES OVER THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGLY CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS IS NECESSARY...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND A SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-260915- /O.EXP.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT AFTER THE BLIZZARD WARNING EXPIRING. THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND TONIGHT AND CONTINUING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW FOR THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 24 INCHES...STORM TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY REACH 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ009-012-260915- /O.EXP.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE BLIZZARD WARNING EXPIRES. THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA. SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES...STORM TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 INCHES. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL REACH 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES OR EXPOSED AREAS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-260915- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-260915- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ UTZ022-029-260915- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ SOUTHEAST UTAH-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOWER ELEVATIONS... SUCH AS BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT...WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM MONUMENT VALLEY TO BLUFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ001-UTZ024-260915- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...VERNAL...JENSEN... BALLARD 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST FRIDAY. SNOW INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT... ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-UTZ027-260915- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY... THOMPSON SPRINGS 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-260915- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 604 PM MST THU DEC 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT ...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CUOCO
000 WWUS45 KGJT 260916 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM IMPACTING EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO... .SNOWFALL AND WIND SPEEDS INCREASED OVERNIGHT AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM INTENSIFIED OVER THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONGLY CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS IS NECESSARY...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND A SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-261730- /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. WINDS WILL ABATE THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOW SHIFTS TO THE WEST...THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS COULD EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ009-012-261730- /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND CONTINUOUS INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE. WINDS WILL ABATE THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOW SHIFTS TO THE WEST...THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-261730- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS CHRISTMAS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-261730- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ UTZ022-029-261300- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ SOUTHEAST UTAH-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOWER ELEVATIONS ...SUCH AS BLUFF AND MEXICAN HAT...WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES FROM MONUMENT VALLEY TO BLUFF. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ001-UTZ024-261300- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...VERNAL...JENSEN... BALLARD 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ006-007-011-020-UTZ027-261730- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY... THOMPSON SPRINGS 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-261730- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 216 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TGJT
000 WWUS45 KGJT 261128 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO TODAY... .THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM WHICH BEGAN EARLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH TODAY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM...BUT WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STORM WILL PASS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS EVENING WITH SNOW DECREASING OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TODAY. STRONGLY CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS IS NECESSARY...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND A SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ001-UTZ022-024-029-261230- /O.CAN.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1300Z/ LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA BASIN- CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...BLANDING...BLUFF... MEXICAN HAT...VERNAL...JENSEN...BALLARD 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ COZ006-UTZ027-261230- /O.CAN.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ GRAND VALLEY-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...PALISADE... MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ COZ018-019-261930- /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE CONTINUOUS AND HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING MAKING MOUNTAIN PASSES IMPASSABLE. WINDS WILL ABATE THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOW SHIFTS TO THE WEST...THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS COULD EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ009-012-261930- /O.CON.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.081226T1900Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL REMAIN CONTINUOUS AND HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING MAKING MOUNTAIN PASSES IMPASSABLE. WINDS WILL ABATE THIS AFTERNOON AS FLOW SHIFTS TO THE WEST...THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-261930- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-261930- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ007-011-020-261900- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA... CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ002-005-008-014-261930- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 428 AM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...OCCASIONALLY ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ TGJT
000 WWUS45 KGJT 261904 WSWGJT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO TODAY... .THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM WHICH BEGAN EARLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH TODAY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM...BUT WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND PASSES. THE STORM WILL PASS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW DECREASING OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TODAY. STRONGLY CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS IS NECESSARY...CARRY A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES BLANKETS...HIGH CALORIE NON PERISHABLE FOOD...AND A SHOVEL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTERSTORM/WINTERSTORMS.PDF ONCE AGAIN...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND DIAL 511 FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. COZ018-019-270100- /O.CAN.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST WINDS AND DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED TERRAIN. SNOW WILL BE CONTINUOUS AND HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 36 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH FACING SLOPES ABOVE 9000 FEET MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 4 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS COULD EXCEED 6 TO 8 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ009-012-270100- /O.CAN.KGJT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ /O.EXT.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST WINDS AND DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND EXPOSED TERRAIN. SNOW WILL BE CONTINUOUS AND HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH FACING SLOPES AROUND 10000 FEET AND PARTS OF THE GRAND MESA WILL RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 3 FEET OF NEW SNOW. SOME SNOW DRIFTS WILL EXCEED 6 FEET. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ014-262015- /O.CAN.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNNISON...CIMARRON 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS NOT DEVELOPED OVER THE GUNNISON VALLEY AS EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOWFALL OF A FEW INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ011-020-262015- /O.CAN.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081226T1900Z/ CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS... MONTROSE...GATEWAY...NUCLA 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS NOT DEVELOPED OVER THE GUNNISON VALLEY AS EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOWFALL OF A FEW INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ007-270100- /O.EXT.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COZ003-004-010-013-017-UTZ023-025-028-270100- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-FLATTOPS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...RIDGWAY... GLADE PARK...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ021>023-270100- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...MANCOS... DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS CHRISTMAS STORM...WITH SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ COZ002-005-008-270100- /O.CON.KGJT.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-081227T0100Z/ CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE... CARBONDALE 1204 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...OCCASIONALLY ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF NEW SNOW RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 24, 4:35 AM MST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 4:35 AM MST, 7 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
435 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
ANY LINGERING SHOWERS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING. HAVE EXPECTED FOG TO FORM THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS.
HOWEVER SO FAR SEE NO EVIDENCE OF IT AND AFRAID THAT THE HIGH CLOUDS
APPROACHING THE AREA MAY SUPPRESS ITS FORMATION. WILL GO AHEAD AND
KEEP PATCHY FOG IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW AS DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS
CONTINUE TO DECREASE. HAVE GENERALLY WENT BELOW GUIDANCE TODAY AS IT
WILL BE HARD TO RECOVER FROM THIS MORNINGS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES.
PRECIPITATION-WISE...TODAY WILL BE RATHER QUIET AS WE LOOK FOREWORD
TO THE NEXT WINTER STORM WHICH WILL COME IN A TWO PRONGED ATTACK. ONE
SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ONSHORE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON
AND ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. THIS WAVE WEAKENS AS A
STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS
SECOND TROUGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE HEAVIEST SNOW.
CLOUDS AHEAD OF THE FIRST WAVE WILL QUICKLY MOVE OVER THE FORECAST
AREA THIS MORNING IN A MOIST WARM ADVECTION PATTERN...AND THICKEN BY
THE AFTERNOON. WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE
A MOIST OVER-RUNNING SITUATION WILL DEVELOP WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW
DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY THE SOUTHERN
MOUNTAINS WILL BE FAVORED WITH SNOW WIDESPREAD THERE BY THIS
EVENING...WITH SNOW WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE OTHER MOUNTAINS AND
THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO VALLEYS BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN
INCREASE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNRISE
CHRISTMAS MORNING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY
OVER HIGHER AND EXPOSED TERRAIN PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND AT TIMES LOCALLY WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.
THE WARM MOIST ADVECTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY
WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND
POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS. THIS SITUATION SIMILAR TO THE WIDESPREAD AND
LOCALLY HEAVY PREFRONTAL SNOW THAT FELL ON MONDAY. THE SURFACE FRONT
WILL REACH NORTHEAST UTAH DURING THE EVENING...THEN PROCEED TO THE
SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT...WITH THE FRONT STILL OVER THE SOUTH BY
SUNRISE FRIDAY.
HAVE UPGRADED ALL MOUNTAINS TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS AT THIS TIME...
ALONG WITH THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO VALLEYS IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA.
THESE NEW WARNINGS BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH FRIDAY. THEN HAVE EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR THE
OTHER VALLEY AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY AS WELL.
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SETS UP OVER THE FORECAST AREA IN THE WAKE
OF THE EXITING CHRISTMAS STORM. MOISTURE RETREATS NORTH...
FOCUSING ON THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS. EXPECT LIGHT QPF TO
REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE PERIOD...FOCUSED MAINLY ON THE
PARK AND GORE RANGES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...ALTHOUGH BRIEF BURSTS
OF HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS SHRTWVS PASS TO OUR
NORTH AND CLIP THE FORECAST AREA. OVERALL...CONDITIONS APPEAR TO BE
DRYING OUT AS WE APPROACH THE NEW YEAR. DO EXPECT FAIRLY STRONG
VALLEY INVERSIONS TO DEVELOP...WHICH MAY RESULT IN TEMPS REMAINING
WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE VALLEYS THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SLOW
WARMING TREND ANTICIPATED FOR THE MOUNTAINS.
&&
.AVIATION...
AREAS OF VALLEY FOG WILL IMPACT AVIATION ACTIVITIES THIS MORNING WITH
LOCAL IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH ABOUT 16 UTC.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
CONDITIONS START TO DETERIORATE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TONIGHT AS ANOTHER POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO ALL OF EASTERN UTAH AND
WESTERN COLORADO STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY.
EXPECT IFR CONDITIONS TO BECOME PREVALENT OVER ALL MOUNTAIN
AIRPORTS...WITH PERIOD OF MVFR AND BRIEF VFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER
THE VALLEYS. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE
FRIDAY.
&&
.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.CO...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS...ZONES 18/19.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
THE SOUTHWEST VALLEYS FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...ZONES 3/4/9/10/12/13/17/21/22/23.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VALLEYS...INCLUDING ZONES
1/2/5/6/7/8/11/14/20.
.UT...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS...THE
EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND THE TAVAPUTS PLATEAU FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ZONES 23/25/28.
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALL OF THE VALLEYS OF EASTERN UTAH
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...ZONES 22/24/27/29.
SHORT TERM.....EH
LONG TERM......JDC
AVIATION.......JDCHazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:11 AM MST, 6 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 511 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-251300- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 511 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 ...NUMEROUS WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY AND INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE VALLEYS AREAS THIS MORNING. THEN THE CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH. SNOW WILL INCREASE BY THIS EVENING... INITIALLY OVER THE SOUTH...AND THEN BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...AS WELL AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... THROUGH FRIDAY. ADVERSE CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AT TIMES BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVER HIGHER AND EXPOSED TERRAIN. VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SNOW BECOMING FAVORED OVER THE NORTH. WINDS AND SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...THOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS. EH
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.