Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO
159 FLUS45 KGJT 241146 HWOGJT Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 446 AM MST Sun Nov 24 2024 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-251415- Lower Yampa River Basin-Central Yampa River Basin- Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus-Elkhead and Park Mountains- Upper Yampa River Basin-Grand Valley-Debeque to Silt Corridor- Central Colorado River Basin-Grand and Battlement Mesas- Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys- Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin- West Elk and Sawatch Mountains-Flat Tops-Upper Gunnison River Valley- Uncompahgre Plateau and Dallas Divide-Northwest San Juan Mountains- Southwest San Juan Mountains-Paradox Valley/Lower Dolores River- Four Corners/Upper Dolores River-Animas River Basin- San Juan River Basin-Southeast Utah-Eastern Uinta Mountains- Eastern Uinta Basin-Tavaputs Plateau-Arches/Grand Flat- La Sal and Abajo Mountains-Canyonlands/Natural Bridges- 446 AM MST Sun Nov 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Colorado, southwest Colorado, west central Colorado, east central Utah, northeast Utah and southeast Utah. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Winter Weather Advisories remain in effect for the eastern Uintas, northern mountains, Flat Tops and now the central mountains as 5 to 10 inches of snow is expected for those areas. Elsewhere, look for times of sun and clouds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A strong atmospheric river sets up over the area Tuesday and persists through Thanksgiving Day bringing significant snowfall to the mountains of eastern Utah and western Colorado. A few feet of snow is expected through this period with some of the favored higher terrain possibly seeing more than that. Travel is discouraged over mountain passes from Tuesday through Thursday due to snowfall amounts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight, however spotters are encouraged to report snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. $$