Craig Daily Press / Weather

County,: Avalanche Watch issued March 08 at 5:18PM PDT by NWS; Effective: 5:18 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2013; Expires: 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9, 2013; THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.
...AVALANCHE WATCH EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING MOUNTAIN
ZONES...FRONT RANGE, VAIL AND SUMMIT COUNTY, SAWATCH, ASPEN,
GUNNISON, GRAND MESA AND SANGRE DE CRISTO...
...AVALANCHE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS...
A POTENT WINTER STORM IS APPROACHING COLORADO THIS EVENING. A PERIOD
OF HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO START AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD 8 TO 16 INCH STORM ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FRESH STORM
AND WIND SLABS WILL STRESS THE EXISTING SNOWPACK...WHICH COULD
RESULT IN NATURAL AND HUMAN TRIGGERED SLIDES BECOMING LIKELY ON
SATURDAY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER UPDATES. IF FORECAST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BECOME IMMINENT...THEN THE WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A
WARNING.
FOR ADDITIONAL AVALANCHE INFORMATION...SEE THE COLORADO AVALANCHE
INFORMATION CENTER`S WEB SITE AT WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE
SNOOK; See more at NOAA

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