WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 513 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL START MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL
INTENSITY INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL START AROUND 5000 FEET MONDAY
MORNING...RISING TO 5500 TO 6000 FEET MONDAY EVENING BEFORE
FALLING RAPIDLY TO 4000 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...12 TO 24
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET... 2 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND PEAK
BY MONDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE FORECAST
MONDAY...INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS DURING TIMES OF HEAVY SNOWFALL.
* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED
DURING THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL
BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY
DUE TO DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION BY MONDAY
NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
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