HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 353 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 545 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
..WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT WESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT BRUNT OF THE WINTER STORM HAS ENDED...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT
GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS MOST MOUNTAIN RANGES
AND IN SOME VALLEYS AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS FROM STEAMBOAT SPRINGS TO
THE SAN JUANS.
PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
TRAVEL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO WILL REMAIN
HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT
SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO...
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE SAWATCH AND SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS.
SNOW WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT ANOTHER CHANCE
OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WIND GUSTS OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.
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