WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 306 PM MST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOWSHOWERS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.
* DISTURBANCES MAY POSSIBLY CREATE 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE MAIN
SYSTEM MOVES OVER AREA.
* WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING WITH GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME HIGHER
ELEVATIONS SEEING AMOUNTS OVER 16 INCHES ESPECIALLY
SOUTHWESTERN FACING MOUNTAINS.
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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