...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM
MST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING POSSIBLE
WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 12
INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ONLY A BRIEF DECREASE IN INTENSITY EARLY
SATURDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE
SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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