MUCH COOLER WEATHER MOVING IN FOR MIDWEEK...
A DEVELOPING LATE SPRING STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TUESDAY...SWINGING ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE UINTA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN PUSH ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST TEMPERATURES COULD DROP 10 TO AS MUCH AS 20 DEGREES BEHIND THIS FRONT...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE AT HIGH VALLEY LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING.
MOISTURE REMAINS LIMITED...ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. IN ADDITION...THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTHWARD...COULD SEE SOME WET SNOW WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO OR NORTHEAST UTAH LATER THIS WEEK SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THIS STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.