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Posted on: December 19, 2011

[ARCHIVED] ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

..ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY A POSSIBILITY ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO...

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS A COLD FRONT INTO NORTHEAST UTAH AND NORTHWEST COLORADO LATE IN THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF UTAH AND COLORADO BY THURSDAY MORNING.

THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION. EARLY PROJECTIONS INDICATE THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING 4 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO THE WESTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN COLORADO VALLEYS WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS EASTERN UTAH.

WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARRIVING...ANY SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED. PEOPLE PLANNING ON TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS. VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GJT FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND FORECASTS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO.

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