WSWGJT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
358 PM MDT TUE MAR 25 2014
COZ009-010-012-018-019-260600-
/O.NEW.KGJT.WS.A.0009.140326T0000Z-140328T1500Z/
GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...
CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...OURAY...TELLURIDE...
LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
358 PM MDT TUE MAR 25 2014
..WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD EARLY WEDNESDAY
EVENING...THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: AROUND A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE.
* SNOW LEVEL: INITIALLY AROUND 9000 FEET...THEN LOWERING INTO THE
NEARBY VALLEYS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST
AND DIMINISHING BEHIND THE FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* VISIBILITY: AT TIMES BELOW 1/2 MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW
PACKED. BLOWING SNOW WILL GREATLY LOWER VISIBILITY AT TIMES.
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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