Winter Storm over Steamboat Springs - looking good for opening day…

Snow coming to the Rockies

The snow tires are on, we’re stocked up with Smartwool socks and we still have time to wax our skis and boards before the mountain opens.

A potent winter storm is gathering strength with Steamboat in her sights and we’re licking our chops in anticipation…

Woot! Woot!

Issued by The National Weather Service
Grand Junction, CO
8:59 pm MST, Thu., Nov. 12, 2009

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY.

SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES… APPROACHING ONE FOOT IN FOOTHILL AREAS… ARE LIKELY BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

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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… WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER VALLEYS OF WESTERN COLORADO AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN UTAH…

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVE BROUGHT WINDY CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS EVENING. THE FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING OVER NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO THIS AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE IN ITS WAKE WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO ALL BUT THE LOWEST VALLEY BOTTOMS BY TOMORROW MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING LIKELY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION… A SECOND SYSTEM WILL DIG INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AND POSSIBLY KEEP SNOW FALLING OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WITH ONLY A SHORT BREAK LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.