WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 307 PM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING ABOVE 5500 FEET...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ABOVE 5500 FEET.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL START MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL
INTENSITY INCREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL START AROUND 6000 FEET MONDAY
MORNING...FALLING TO NEAR 4000 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET...12 TO 24
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET...
3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST FOR THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY WHERE AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 3 INCHES.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY AND PEAK
BY MONDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 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 5500 FEET WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE 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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