An embedded disturbance in a northwest flow aloft produced significant snowfall in the central mountains of western Colorado adjacent to the continental divide.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
An embedded disturbance in a northwest flow aloft produced significant snowfall in the central mountains of western Colorado adjacent to the continental divide.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 28, 10:21 AM MST, 39 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 341 AM MST THU FEB 28 2013 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011045- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- 341 AM MST THU FEB 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW ON THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOWFALL WILL BE THIS EVENING...WITH OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...MOSTLY ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPE. TRAVELING WILL BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS WITH AREAS OF SNOWPACKED ROAD SURFACES AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONGER STORM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE FOR THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW APPEARS TO TARGET THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER STORM WILL APPROACH WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST UTAH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. CUOCO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts of 5 to 11 inches were measured across the area. This snowfall event continued into the first day of March 2013.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 518826.