WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 309 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 600 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009

...UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR THE WESTERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...
.ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP OCCASIONAL
SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE UPPER JET WHICH WAS ACROSS SOUTHWEST COLORADO THIS MORNING
WAS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
ALLOW MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS IN THE SAN JUAN AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS TO
DECREASE THIS EVENING.
TRAVELERS OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH ICY ROADWAYS...OCCASIONAL BLOWING SNOW...
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
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WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...
OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS
309 PM MST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR BLOWING SNOW...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.
* WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY ABOVE
  10000 FEET ELEVATION. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
  PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 610 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 545 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009

..WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT WESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
GUSTY WINDS...LIGHT SNOW...AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST
ACROSS MOST MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SNOW WILL END BY THURSDAY...BUT PATCHY ICE FOG IS POSSIBLE IN VALLEYS
AND BASINS RESTRICTING VISIBILITY.
CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW RETURNS FOR THE WEEKEND. SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BUT YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO
REPORT ANY STRONG WIND GUSTS OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION.
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