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— NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) April 18, 2013
From the National Weather Service Grand Junction office:
We’ll get off to a cold start to the day with snow showers lingering along the continental divide throughout the day. The arctic airmass left in the wake of yesterday’s storm will keeps highs well below normal this afternoon, despite plenty of sunshine for much of the region. Overnight lows are expected to dip below freezing again tonight threatening tender vegetation and budding fruit trees. Temperatures will begin to warm Friday reaching near normal values this weekend. However…a pair of spring storms will impact the area Friday afternoon through Saturday night and another Sunday afternoon through Monday night bringing additional snow to the Colorado mountains…especially in the north.
Lingering snow showers and cloud cover will gradually decrease through the morning, though the mountains will cont twitpic.com/ck6a19
— NWS Pueblo (@NWSPueblo) April 18, 2013
From the National Weather Service Pueblo office:
Lingering snow showers and cloud cover will gradually decrease through the morning, though the mountains will continue to see isolated to scattered snow showers throughout the day. Additional accumulations of an inch or two will be possible over the mountains. Gusty north winds will continue across the area this morning, though will gradually decrease through the afternoon. Temperatures today will remain well below normal, topping out in the 30s and 40s across the lower elevations with 20s and 30s across the mountains.
Today’s outlook: Still very cold! Windy with some blowing snow on the eastern plains. Scattered snow showers mountains. #COwx
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) April 18, 2013
Cold air spreading was across eastern Utah and western Colorado tonight. Low temperatures in the teens and 20s acr twitpic.com/ck4yse
— NWS Grand Junction (@NWSGJT) April 18, 2013
From the National Weather Service Grand Junction office:
Cold air spreading was across eastern Utah and western Colorado tonight. Low temperatures in the teens and 20s across the valleys tonight prompted a freeze warning for the Grand Valley, the Delta, Montrose and North Fork areas, and the lower valleys of southeast Utah including Moab. The heaviest snow from the most recent storm has shifted to the east, but scattered light snow will continue near the Continental Divide until morning.