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...PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 8500 FEET THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
.A STEADY STREAM OF PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL ALLOW SNOW TO CONTINUE
OVER THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY.
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE PRIMARILY CONFINED TO ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 8500 FEET WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAIN
SUMMITS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 9000
FEET. BELOW 9000 FEET...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHTER AND IN
THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE.
THE AIR MASS TURNS UNSTABLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN A MIXTURE
OF RAIN...SNOW AND GRAUPEL...DEPENDING ON ELEVATION. THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE SUDDEN OUTBURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS OR GRAUPEL THAT
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AND CAUSE PAVEMENTS TO
BECOME EXTREMELY SLICK WITH A MIXTURE OF WATER AND ICE. MOUNTAIN
TRAVEL WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED.
SEE WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR STORM UPDATES.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY...
* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY EVENING
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...ABOVE 9000 FEET...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES ON
WEST FACING SLOPES.
* SNOW LEVEL...LOWERING TO 7500 FEET BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...BUT
RISING TO 8500 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
MPH...BECOMING WESTERLY BY MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON ON
THURSDAY LOCAL STRONG GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
* VISIBILITY...MOSTLY 3 TO 5 MILES IN LIGHT SNOW...BUT SUDDEN
BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL LOWER
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 MILES.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW PACKED ROADS ABOVE 8500 FEET LATE TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND GRAUPEL ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON CAN MAKE HIGHWAYS EXTREMELY SLICK AND ICY.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO1157 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACTTHE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY....SNOW CONTINUED OVER EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WEDNESDAYMORNING AS A STRONG WINTER-LIKE STORM SLOWLY MOVED EASTWARD OVERTHE FOUR CORNERS REGION. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOWFALLTHROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WHICH WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY. THE LOWERELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS MAY SEE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN...AT TIMES...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO A POSITIONOVER EASTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY MORNING. DESPITE THIS...WRAPAROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW INTO THURSDAY.COZ008-020-290000-/O.CON.KGJT.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091029T0000Z/CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE...CARBONDALE...GATEWAY...NUCLA1157 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THISEVENING...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THISEVENING.PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAYBRINGING TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITHLOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...ORFREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FORSLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILEDRIVING.$$