Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 436 AM MDT WED OCT 2 2013 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-022245- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...CRAIG...HAYDEN... MEEKER...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA... PALISADE...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...GLENWOOD SPRINGS... EAGLE...CARBONDALE...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS... CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...CRESTED BUTTE... TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...GUNNISON... CIMARRON...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ... DOVE CREEK...MANCOS...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT... MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...VERNAL...JENSEN...BALLARD...FORT DUCHESNE... RANDLETT...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS... MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 436 AM MDT WED OCT 2 2013
...ANOTHER ROUND OF EARLY SEASON WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... A DEVELOPING PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY...AND THEN TRACK SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PACIFIC MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND IS EXPECTED TO TO SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL DROP TEMPERATURES A GOOD 20 DEGREES ON FRIDAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 40S AND 50S. AS THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DROPPING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST COLORADO...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HEAVY EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO BRISK NORTH WINDS ON FRIDAY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PASSES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 40 OVER RABBIT EARS PASS. ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY LATE THIS WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS SUDDEN CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MOUNTAIN SNOW. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM."
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 436 AM MDT WED OCT 2 2013 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-022245- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...CRAIG...HAYDEN... MEEKER...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA... PALISADE...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...GLENWOOD SPRINGS... EAGLE...CARBONDALE...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS... CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...CRESTED BUTTE... TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...GUNNISON... CIMARRON...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ... DOVE CREEK...MANCOS...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT... MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...VERNAL...JENSEN...BALLARD...FORT DUCHESNE... RANDLETT...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS... MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 436 AM MDT WED OCT 2 2013
...ANOTHER ROUND OF EARLY SEASON WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... A DEVELOPING PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY...AND THEN TRACK SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WYOMING THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PACIFIC MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND IS EXPECTED TO TO SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL DROP TEMPERATURES A GOOD 20 DEGREES ON FRIDAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 40S AND 50S. AS THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE DROPPING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST COLORADO...WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HEAVY EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL GIVE WAY TO BRISK NORTH WINDS ON FRIDAY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PASSES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 40 OVER RABBIT EARS PASS. ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY LATE THIS WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS SUDDEN CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MOUNTAIN SNOW. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM."
