Winter Storm Watch · Weather · Gunnison County · 9h ago
Western Slope · Colorado
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Slippery travel will continue over mountain passes through mid morning, but warming temperatures will mitigate impacts.
Slippery travel will continue through the overnight hours, but snow showers have weakened and become less numerous.
* WHAT...Snow Above 9000 feet. Additional snow accumulations up to 3 inches. * WHERE...Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys. * WHEN...Until 6 AM MDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous.
At 408 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles south of Palisade, or 20 miles southeast of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Cedaredge, Mesa, Skyway, and Whitewater. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 50 in Colorado between mile markers 41 and 58. Colorado 65 between mile markers 12 and 19, and between mile markers 22 and 57. Colorado 141 between mile markers 152 and 154.
At 330 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles northeast of Fruita, or 19 miles north of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Garfield County.
* WHAT...Snow expected Above 9000 feet. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 8 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE...Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys. * WHEN...Until 6 AM MDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous.
* WHAT...Snow expected above 9000 feet. Total snow accumulations between 6 and 12 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE...Flat Tops, Southwest San Juan Mountains, Grand and Battlement Mesas, and West Elk and Sawatch Mountains. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
* WHAT...Snow expected above 9000 feet. Total snow accumulations between 6 and 12 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE...Flat Tops, Southwest San Juan Mountains, Grand and Battlement Mesas, and West Elk and Sawatch Mountains. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT Sunday Night. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
* WHAT...Snow expected above 9000 feet. Total snow accumulations between 6 and 12 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE...Flat Tops, Southwest San Juan Mountains, Grand and Battlement Mesas, and West Elk and Sawatch Mountains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to midnight MDT Sunday Night. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
Temperatures are warming after sunrise ending the freezing temperatures this morning. Will allow the warning to expire on schedule at 8 AM.
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures expected. * WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin, Lower Yampa River Basin, Animas River Basin, Four Corners/Upper Dolores River, San Juan River Basin, Central Colorado River Basin, and Debeque to Silt Corridor. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.