AND SO IT BEGINS !
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
501 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011
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ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN-
CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-
EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER-
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-
UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-
501 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM AFFECTS THE AREA...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND AREAS SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 70.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THEN A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WILL BE HIGH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 9000 FEET IN THE SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH
HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN