A moist westerly flow with embedded disturbances resulted in areas of heavy snow in the higher elevations of southeast Utah.
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The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
A moist westerly flow with embedded disturbances resulted in areas of heavy snow in the higher elevations of southeast Utah.
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 Nov 13, 5:01 PM MST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
501 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 501 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
PROMINENT WINTER STORM ARRVING IN LARGE CHUNKS WITH THE FIRST
SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS WRN COLORADO THIS EVENING. WARM ADVECTIVE
SNOW KEPT SURFACE TEMPS BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OVER THE COLD DOME HAS SATURATED THE
AIR MASS AND GENERATE SNOWFALL TODAY. ALONG THE I70 CORRIDOR...THIS
HAS LEAD TO SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE ROUTE EAST OF DEBEQUE CANYON.
WATER VAPOR SHOWS COLD CORE CENTER PROGRESSING ACROSS NRN NEVADA
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT. THIS WAVE PRODUCES MID
LEVEL INSTABILITY IN A SATURATED AIR MASS REGIME...SO EXPECT MORE
SNOWFALL LASTING THE NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING LATE.
FRIDAY MORNING LOOKS RELATIVELY QUIET WITH MINIMAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. THIS DOES NOT LAST LONG AS THE NEXT PROGRESSIVE
MOIST SHORT WAVE WEST OF SRN CALIFORNIA STREAMS ACROSS THE SRN
HALF. SNOW SPINS UP VERY FAST OVER THE SRN MOUNTAINS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 700 MB EXCEEDS
4 G/KG...WHICH BRINGS HEAVY SNOW TO THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...AND
MOUNTAIN PEAKS TO SOUTHEAST UTAH. MODELS AND MOS GUIDANCE SUGGEST
THE COLD AIR MASS OVER NW COLORADO WILL ERODE WITH TEMPS RISING TO
AROUND 40F. THE SNOW MAY TEMPORARILY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT RAIN AT
MEEKER...CRAIG...AND STEAMBOAT SPRINGS.
THE SRN SHORT WAVE NEARLY PHASES WITH A NRN STREAM SHORT WAVE ON
FRIDAY NIGHT...THEREFORE SNOW EXPANDS NORTHWARD AND AFFECTS THE
NRN DIVIDE MOUNTAINS. MODIFIED ARCTIC FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NRN
COLORADO BORDER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. INCREASING GRADIENT FLOW IN
ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE WILL ONLY INCREASE OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL
RATES. THIS PROLONGED EVENT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A ROBUST WINTER
STORM.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 501 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
THE THIRD WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE REGION FROM
THE NORTH SATURDAY MORNING AND MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY AND
OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD BE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
USING CURRENT MODELS THE FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE YAMPA AND WHITE
RIVER BASINS DURING SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN SHIFT SOUTH TO THE
COLORADO RIVER BASIN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO LATE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION THEN SHIFTS FARTHER
SOUTH INTO THE SAN MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND OVER NIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END SUNDAY
MORNING OVER SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHEASTERN UT SUNDAY
MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH WITH A 10 TO 15
DEGREE REDUCTION IN MAX TEMPS FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY OVER THE NORTH
AND CENTRAL PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AND 8 TO 12 DEGREE DECREASE
OVER THE SOUTH. EXPECT SOME OF THE COLDEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE CWA.
AFTER THE FRONT EXITS NORTHWESTERLY DRY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL RECOVER SLOWLY ALTHOUGH SHOULD
STAY BELOW NORMAL. LITTLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 501 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN COLORADO
THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
EASTERN UTAH THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT THE MOUNTAINS TO BE
FREQUENTLY OBSCURED WITH IFR CIGS AND VSBYS EXPECTED IN AND NEAR
AREAS OF SNOW.
&&
.GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CO...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
COZ004-005-009-010-012-013.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ007-014.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ018-019.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
COZ017.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY FOR COZ003.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY FOR COZ008.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ002.
UT...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
UTZ028.
&&
SHORT TERM...PF
LONG TERM...AS
AVIATION...JDCHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 811 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 UPDATED WORDING FOR WEATHER HAZARDS COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-141515- 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- 811 AM MST THU NOV 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. A QUICK INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT STARTING AT NOON TODAY FOR THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO...AS WELL AS THE UPPER AND CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASINS AND I-70 INCLUDING AREAS FROM GLENWOOD SPRINGS AND EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTER THE WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE PASSES THROUGH TODAY...ANOTHER IMPULSE WILL BRING MORE PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS VERY ACTIVE PERIOD CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AS WAVES OF ENERGY WORK ON MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC CAUSING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY OR SATURDAY DUE TO THESE MULTIPLE WEATHER DISTURBANCES PASSING THROUGH. AFTER SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AS COOL TEMPERATURES REMAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
742 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 ENE MARBLE 39.08N 107.15W
11/13/2014 E10.0 INCH GUNNISON CO SNOTEL
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM THURSDAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER GJT1401589
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
744 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 NW GOTHIC 39.02N 107.05W
11/13/2014 E12.0 INCH GUNNISON CO SNOTEL
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM THURSDAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER GJT1401590
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
745 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 ESE MOUNT CRESTED BUT 38.90N 106.95W
11/13/2014 E14.0 INCH GUNNISON CO SNOTEL
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM THURSDAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER GJT1401591
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
746 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY SNOW 8 NW TINCUP 38.82N 106.58W
11/13/2014 E8.0 INCH GUNNISON CO SNOTEL
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM THURSDAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER GJT1401592
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
747 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 SSW MONARCH PASS 38.48N 106.33W
11/13/2014 E14.0 INCH GUNNISON CO SNOTEL
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM THURSDAY
&&
EVENT NUMBER GJT1401593
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
801 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM SNOW SILT 39.55N 107.65W
11/13/2014 E4.0 INCH GARFIELD CO PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER GJT1401594
JDCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches were measured across the area.. Locally higher amounts included 14 inches at the La Sal Mountain upper SNOTEL site. The snow level was above the 9000 foot elevation until midday on the 15th when it began to lower.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Utah in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, November 2014
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