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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT TUESDAY.
* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM MDT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ABOVE 8500 FEET.
BETWEEN 7500 TO 8500 FEET INCLUDING GUNNISON...EXPECT 1 TO 2
INCHES OF HEAVY WET SLUSH.
* SNOW LEVEL...LOWERING TO NEAR 7500 FEET BY MIDNIGHT.
* WINDS...GUSTY EAST WINDS OF 20 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN
DIMINISHING AFTER 9 PM.
* VISIBILITY...BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FOG.
* IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADS OVER THE MOUNTAIN SUMMITS WITH SLUSH
IN THE VALLEYS WILL MAKE TRAVELING A CHALLENGE AT TIMES. SUDDEN
CHANGES IN THE ROAD CONDITIONS CAN OCCUR WITHIN SHORT DISTANCES.
ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME IF TRAVELING IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.

...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.

...SNOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION...
.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK
SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE OUT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM...BUT WILL SLOWLY
WIND DOWN AS THE LOW PASSES THROUGH. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END
ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO
BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. EVEN THOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL BE
DECREASING...MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST UTAH WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOW PACKED.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SUNDAY...
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT...BEFORE ENDING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL RANGING FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON NORTH FACING SLOPES.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
OVER 25 MPH.
* VISIBILITY...DROPPING TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING FOG.
* IMPACTS...TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ICY AND SNOW PACKED
ROADS AND LOCAL DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO1138 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2009...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREATHROUGH SATURDAY MORNING....A SPRING STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTCOLORADO WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE WRAPPINGAROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO THE CENTRALMOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THEHEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. TRAVELOVER MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.COZ017-181200-/O.CON.KGJT.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-090418T1200Z/UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK1138 PM MDT FRI APR 17 2009...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDTSATURDAY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDTSATURDAY.THIS ADVISORY IS MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THEUNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU...ESPECIALLY RIDGWAY TO DALLAS DIVIDE. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. BY SATURDAYMORNING...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AREEXPECTED.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.$$