… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET… * TIMING… SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY RAPIDLY THIS MORNING… ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH FACING SLOPES OF THE MOGOLLON RIM AND THE KAIBAB PLATEAU. SOME RAIN MAY FALL BELOW 5000 FEET IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS… BUT FALLING SNOW LEVELS WILL BRING SNOW TO NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS BY SUNRISE. THE PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL BE FROM ABOUT 5AM MST UNTIL 10AM MST… WITH SNOW BECOMING SHOWERY FROM LATE MORNING UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. A SECOND PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* GENERAL EVENT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… 2 TO 8 INCHES. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL FALL ABOVE 6000 FEET.