A vigorous cold front will move over the area today bringing mountain snows and gusty winds to the northern valley twitpic.com/cc31yy
— NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) March 17, 2013
From the National Weather Service Grand Junction office:
A vigorous cold front will move over the area today bringing mountain snows and gusty winds to the northern valleys. A winter weather advisory has been issued for the northern and central mountains for snow accumulations of 3 to 8 inches through 6pm this evening. Aside from the snow, gusty winds in the mountains will reach up to 50 mph which will create areas of blowing snow dropping visibilities to less than 1/4 mile at times. Gusty winds are also expected over the northern valleys and the Uinta basin so a wind advisory has been issued from noon through 7pm for west winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts upwards of 45 mph. Once this system moves through tonight, ridging will build in for Monday and Tuesday until the next system brings another round of rain and snow Wednesday and Thursday.