SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 130 PM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO EARLY NEXT WEEK...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...
* TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE
SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BRING THE HEAVIEST SNOW.
* STORM 1...SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...THE FIRST SYSTEM
REACHES NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO SATURDAY EVENING
AND SWEEPS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN UINTA
MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN
COLORADO.
* STORM 2...MONDAY AND TUESDAY...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR AREAS ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH.
* STORM 2 POTENTIAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS:
2 TO 3 FEET SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...GRAND MESA...WEST
ELK...ELK...AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS.
1 TO 2 FEET FOR ANIMAS AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN...INCLUDING
DURANGO AND PAGOSA SPRINGS.
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...6 INCHES OR MORE...FOR
GRAND AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST UTAH...INCLUDING BLANDING
AND MONTICELLO AND ALONG INTERSTATE 70 EAST OF CRESCENT JUNCTION...
OR INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 191.
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...6 INCHES OR MORE...ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING FRUITA...RIFLE...GLENWOOD
SPRINGS.
SNOW WILL INCREASE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
* FOR MOUNTAIN AREAS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY WITH
STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER THE PASSES AND RIDGES.
* SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE STORM TRACK AND INTENSITY OF STORM 2
STILL EXISTS. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THIS STORM WILL HAVE
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.
* FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON THESE STORMS MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 545 AM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRESENT EARLY THIS MORNING...
INCREASING THE RISK OF EXPOSURE STRESS IF PROPER COLD WEATHER
ATTIRE IS NOT USED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY AND COULD AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...
AND OVER RABBIT EARS AND VAIL PASSES.
A MUCH STRONGER STORM THEN ARRIVES ON MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM BRINGS THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS ALONG WITH THE
HIGHER VALLEYS. PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND
JUNCTION WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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