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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT
TODAY...
* TIMING...THE BEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID
MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE ELKHEAD MOUNTAINS...PARK RANGE
AND FLATTOPS ABOVE 9000 FEET...INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS.
* SNOW LEVEL...LOWERING TO NEAR 8000 FEET BY DAYBREAK.
* WINDS...WEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH AT RIDGE TOP.
* VISIBILITY...OCCASIONALLY 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
FOG.
* IMPACTS...EXPECT SLUSHY TO SNOW PACKED ROADS ABOVE 9000 FEET.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO1157 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACTTHE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY....SNOW CONTINUED OVER EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WEDNESDAYMORNING AS A STRONG WINTER-LIKE STORM SLOWLY MOVED EASTWARD OVERTHE FOUR CORNERS REGION. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOWFALLTHROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WHICH WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY. THE LOWERELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS MAY SEE SNOW MIX WITH RAIN...AT TIMES...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO A POSITIONOVER EASTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY MORNING. DESPITE THIS...WRAPAROUND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW INTO THURSDAY.COZ008-020-290000-/O.CON.KGJT.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091029T0000Z/CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE...CARBONDALE...GATEWAY...NUCLA1157 AM MDT WED OCT 28 2009...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THISEVENING...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THISEVENING.PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAYBRINGING TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITHLOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...ORFREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FORSLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILEDRIVING.$$