6 am
WWAs were issued as expected for 3-6″ below 7,000′ and 6-12″ above 8,500′. These are what I refer to as “Blanket Advisories” they cover a lot of areas (because a lot of areas will get similar amounts of snow). The devil is in the details because different pieces of the storm and a different storm (for the Central and Northern Mountains) will create these totals. I don’t think it is a great way for the forecaster to handle it.
COZ007-008-021>023-060000-
/O.NEW.KGJT.WW.Y.0001.190106T1300Z-190107T0700Z/
DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR-CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-
FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-
SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLLBRAN, DE BEQUE, NEW CASTLE, MESA,
PARACHUTE, RIFLE, SILT, EAGLE, EDWARDS, GLENWOOD SPRINGS,
CARBONDALE, BASALT, CORTEZ, DOVE CREEK, MANCOS, DURANGO,
BAYFIELD, IGNACIO, AND PAGOSA SPRINGS
341 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2019
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MST SUNDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WHERE...DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR, CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER
BASIN, FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER, ANIMAS RIVER BASIN
AND SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN.
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST SUNDAY NIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. EXPECT SNOWY,
ICY, AND OVERALL SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
COZ003-009-010-012-013-017>019-UTZ025-028-060000-
/O.NEW.KGJT.WW.Y.0001.190106T0700Z-190107T0700Z/
ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS-
UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RIO BLANCO, ASPEN, VAIL, SNOWMASS,
CRESTED BUTTE, TAYLOR PARK, MARBLE, BUFORD, TRAPPERS LAKE,
RIDGWAY, GLADE PARK, TELLURIDE, OURAY, LAKE CITY, SILVERTON,
RICO, HESPERUS, AND MONTICELLO
341 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2019
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MST SUNDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST UTAH AND
NORTHWEST, SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MST SUNDAY NIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY OVER
MOUNTAIN PASSES. EXPECT SLICK, ICY, AND SNOWY ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. EXPECT SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
The GFS threw its hat in the ring overnight finally. Which I was pleased to see, but the HiRes WRF model will be the preferred model to decipher the snow forecast for this storm.
I plan to have at least 2 additional updates today so stay tuned. Timing has not changed.
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