URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

[CaptinCrunch]

...WINTRY WEATHER WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY OF EASTERN UTAH
AND WESTERN COLORADO...
.A STRONG AND UNSEASONABLY COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING OCCASIONAL
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN
COLORADO TODAY. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL FLUCTUATE DURING THE DAY AND
RANGE BETWEEN 8000 TO 9000 FEET. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE
EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET...WITH SPOTTY ACCUMULATIONS BELOW 9000
FEET. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN...SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND FREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE BLACK ICE ON PAVEMENTS...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW
FOR EXTRA TRAVELING TIME.


...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6:00 PM MDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY TODAY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN
COLORADO AND THE MOUNTAINS IN NORTHEAST UTAH...INCLUDING THE WEST ELK
AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...AND
THE EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS.

OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY AND BRING
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE
8500 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH UPWARD TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE AT
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. WHILE SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR BELOW 8500 FEET
TODAY...LITTLE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO A RELATIVELY WARM
GROUND TEMPERATURE.

[CaptinCrunch]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1026 AM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.



...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 5 AM MDT WEDNESDAY...

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE MEDICINE BOW...
SIERRA MADRE AND SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING
RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT,
THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

[CaptinCrunch]

UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER AT LEAST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND RAIN SHOWERS ON THE PLAINS. AREAS
IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MAY SEE ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEFORE SKIES BEGIN CLEARING
OVERNIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRAMATIC DOWN TURN
IN TEMPERATURES AND THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT
OF THE AREA BY EARLY THURSDAY...OPENING THE WAY TO SEVERAL DAYS OF
DRY AND SEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT
SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

[CaptinCrunch]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1040 AM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004

WYZ063-066-221056-
LARAMIE RANGE WY-SNOWY RANGE WY-
1040 AM MDT TUE SEP 21 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST WYOMING
MOUNTAINS.

DAY ONE TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. A STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE LARAMIE AND SNOWY RANGES WITH
5 TO 10 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY THIS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND VISIBILITIES POOR DUE TO THE SNOW AND
WIDESPREAD FOG. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.