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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.

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER STORM ON THE HORIZON...
.A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE THIS EVENING. ONCE
THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA...SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT.
ONCE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE CURRENT STORM...ANOTHER SYSTEM
WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST BRINGING MORE SNOWFALL TO
COLORADO AND UTAH. CURRENT THINKING BRINGS SNOWFALL TO NORTHERN
AREAS OF COLORADO AND UTAH AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE
SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO DIFFERENTIATE THE TWO STORMS AND
DISCUSS ANY SPECIFICS RELEVANT TO THE NEXT SYSTEM.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES.
* WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ABOVE
THE TIMBERLINE IMPACTING MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* VISIBILITY...BELOW 1 MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED AND
ICY ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.

...ANOTHER STORM IMPACTS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO LATER
THIS WEEKEND...
.A DISTURBANCE IN NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT KEEPING SNOW PRESENT IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND
WESTERN COLORADO ON SATURDAY FOR MOSTLY DRY WEATHER...WHILE THE
NEXT PACIFIC STORM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN. THIS STORM
WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOW BY SUNDAY...WITH RAIN AND
SNOW IN MANY VALLEYS...AS IT MOVES ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT TAPER OFF TO
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
WILL BE COMMON. EXCEPT BETWEEN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND CLARK WHERE
UPWARDS OF 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...LIGHT WINDS.
* VISIBILITY...RANGING BETWEEN 1 AND 3 MILES...DEPENDING ON SNOW
INTENSITY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE ICY AND SNOW PACKED ALONG HIGHWAY 13 AND
40.