..SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
.THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL DIG DOWN THE WEST COAST THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MOUNTAIN SNOWS ARE CURRENTLY TIMED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO FRIDAY MORNING THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER INTO MOST VALLEYS FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS STORM AND SNOW LEVELS. BUT THE DEEPEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO
..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* SNOW LEVEL...INITIALLY 7000 TO 8000 FEET THEN LOWERING FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVER HIGH
EXPOSED TERRAIN...BECOMING NORTH ON SATURDAY.
* VISIBILITY...RESTRICTED IN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS COULD BECOME SLICK...ICY...AND
SNOWPACKED ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND/OR BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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