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WWUS85 KGJT 182221
SPSGJT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
321 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
COZ007>010-013-182245-
CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN CO-FLAT TOPS CO-
GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS CO-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR CO-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS CO-
321 PM MST WED FEB 18 2026
..SNOW SQUALL
HAZARDS...A SNOW SQUALL ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH WHICH
CAN RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE.
LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...AT 320 PM MST, A SNOW SQUALL WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW CASTLE TO NEAR SILT TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
RIFLE AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS SQUALL WILL BE NEAR...
NEW CASTLE AROUND 325 PM MST.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS AROUND 330 PM MST.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN COLORADO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 122.
COLORADO 82 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.
SAFETY INFO...
USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS SQUALL.
RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS MAY LEAD TO
ACCIDENTS.
A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURE MAY CAUSE BLACK ICE TO FORM ON ROADWAYS.
BLACK ICE IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AND ROADWAYS MAY APPEAR ONLY
WET. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES, OVERPASSES
AND AROUND CURVES. ALLOW PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AND AVOID
BRAKING SUDDENLY.
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
LAT...LON 3973 10730 3955 10723 3936 10731 3937 10766
3948 10762 3963 10769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 257DEG 31KT 3962 10762 3950 10758 3940 10762
BGB
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