..CHRISTMAS DAY STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS...WITH SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS...
.SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A LULL IN WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THEN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING A PACIFIC STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THURSDAY...WHILE THE VALLEYS SHOULD SEE SNOWFALL EARLY IN THE MORNING...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY. AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES LATE THURSDAY...SNOWFALL SHOULD CONTINUE AT ALL ELEVATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FRIDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH FOR CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GREATLY IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL OVER ALL THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND ALONG INTERSTATE 70. VAIL...
MONARCH...RABBIT EARS AND DOUGLAS PASSES MAY BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY ON CHRISTMAS DAY...FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.