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FPUS75 KGJT 262006
NOWGJT
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
105 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...BLANDING...
BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...CEDAREDGE...DELTA...
HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...CORTEZ...DOVE CREEK...
MANCOS...CRAIG...HAYDEN...MEEKER...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...
MARBLE...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO...GATEWAY...NUCLA...
GLENWOOD SPRINGS...EAGLE...CARBONDALE...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA...
PALISADE...GUNNISON...CIMARRON...MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...MOAB...
CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS...MONTICELLO AND VICINITY...OURAY...
TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY...RANGELY...
DINOSAUR...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...
RIO BLANCO...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...SKYWAY...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...VERNAL...JENSEN...BALLARD
105 PM MST FRI DEC 26 2008
.NOW...
...WINTER STORM UPDATE AT 100 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER 26TH...
SNOWFALL AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST EASTERN
UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING...IN THE WAKE OF A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT.  SNOW SHOWERS AND
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN MANY LOWER ELEVATION AREAS.
WESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS:  WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW
BLIZZARD CRITERIA IN MOST AREAS.  HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL CAN STILL BE EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE CONTINUED IN SOME AREAS.
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ABOVE
THE 10000 FOOT LEVEL.
NORTHWEST COLORADO VALLEYS:  OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL AND AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.  VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST TODAY...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO.
WEST CENTRAL COLORADO VALLEYS: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG
THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR EAST OF RIFLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING
...WHERE SOME BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL PERSIST.
EXTREME SOUTHWEST COLORADO VALLEYS:  OCCASIONAL SNOW AND AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN
JUAN MOUNTAINS.  ADDITIONALLY...VERY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL PERSIST TODAY.
EASTERN UTAH:  PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE EASTERN UINTAS...EASTERN TAVAPUTS...LA
SALS...AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.  OCCASIONAL
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...THOUGH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS.
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PRINGLE