HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1145 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON TUESDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST
TUESDAY...
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
THIS MORNING WILL TRACK EAST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT. A
STRONG FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK
THROUGH SOUTHEAST ARIZONA LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS FEATURE WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WIDESPREAD
VALLEY RAIN AND SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOW IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE
6000 FEET. THE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY DUE TO
DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION BY TUESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
DRIER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT CHANCE
OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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