2/12/23 Sunday 4:25 pm

I stopped to watch the Superbowl at a top-secret DWG weather outpost east of Omaha.

Snow will build tomorrow morning and continue through the day and evening Monday. Snow will diminish and may come to a lull on Tuesday morning as the second storm moves in on Tuesday. For this 1st storm, I expect widespread amounts in the 2-6 inch category with the potential for higher amounts at Wolf Creek, Purgatory, and some locations above 7,000 feet in the southern portions of the forecast area.

I will do another update late Monday afternoon. I still expect to be in Durango by early Tuesday afternoon.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued from 5 am Monday ending 2 am Tuesday morning. I expect a Winter Storm Warning to be issued for the second storm.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO  
209 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2023  
  
COZ019-131100-  
/O.NEW.KGJT.WW.Y.0011.230213T1200Z-230214T0900Z/  
/O.NEW.KGJT.WS.A.0002.230214T1200Z-230216T0000Z/  
SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SILVERTON, RICO, AND HESPERUS  
209 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2023  
  
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 2 AM MST TUESDAY...  
  
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALY AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
  
* WHERE...SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.  
  
* WHEN..FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 2 AM MST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO COULD RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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