WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY issued for the high country of the San Juans in #laplataco this afternoon through tomorrow

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
335 AM MDT TUE OCT 15 2013

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NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...
SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
335 AM MDT TUE OCT 15 2013

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MDT WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL START AT 3PM BECOMING HEAVIER AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND BEYOND.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 9000 FEET DROPPING TO MOUNTAIN BASES AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SAN JUANS WILL SEE NORTHERLY WINDS
AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS WILL SEE SOUTHERLY WINDS
AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT CAUSING DRIVING
DIFFICULTIES ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES ALONG US 550.
EXPECT SNOW AND ICE PACKED ROADS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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