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| Partly Cloudy |
Snow Showers Likely |
Snow Showers Likely |
Chance Rain/Snow |
Chance Rain/Snow |
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55°F/12°C
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46°F/7°C
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56°F/13°C
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53°F/11°C
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59°F/15°C
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28°F/-2°C
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28°F/-2°C
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33°F/0°C
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32°F/0°C
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34°F/1°C
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0%
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51%
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54%
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61%
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15%
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| SHORT TERM |
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER MONDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE AREA. MODELS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT
IN THE HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM WITH SIMILAR TIMING OF THE FRONT AND
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. USED A BLEND OF THE WRF/NAM AND GFS FOR THIS
FORECAST PACKAGE.
AN UPPER RIDGE PROVIDING DRY AND WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL QUICKLY
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHEAST
UTAH AND FAR NORTHWEST COLORADO AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY. THE FRONT
WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON REACHING THE FOUR CORNERS MONDAY EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE
TO INDICATE DRY LOW LEVELS IN STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WITH PRECIPITATION RIGHT ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. IN
ADDITION TO STRONG LOW LEVEL FORCING ALONG THE FRONT GOOD UPPER LEVEL
JET SUPPORT IS PROGGED OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. THE MID LEVEL LOW
CENTER IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS VICINITY TUESDAY
MORNING WITH MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. SNOW
LEVELS WILL FALL TO HIGHER VALLEY FLOORS MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH FORECAST AMOUNTS ARE ADVISORY LEVEL...THIS IS A
LATE SEASON STORM AND WARRANTS A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. FOLLOWING
SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER SOME WINTER HIGHLITES FOR THE EASTERN
UINTA MOUNTAINS AND SOME OF THE HIGH PLATEAUS. PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL AND UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN LIKELY TO PICK UP ACCUMULATING
SNOWS AS WELL BUT HARD TELLING HOW MUCH WILL ACCUMULATE TAKING IN
ACCOUNT WARM GROUND AND MELTING.
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