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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
1042 AM MDT MON OCT 28 2013
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GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- FLATTOPS-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...
MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...
SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
1042 AM MDT MON OCT 28 2013
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL START LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY MID-MORNING TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
REACHING 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL
WEAKEN AFTER NOON ON TUESDAY.
* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A 1/4 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE PACKED ROADS ARE ANTICIPATED. GUSTY
WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW
ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS SEEING THE STRONGEST
WINDS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR ALL
MOUNTAIN PASSES IN THE WATCH AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND/OR BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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