HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 628 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THIS MORNING IS THE COLDEST SO FAR THIS YEAR ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN
COLORADO. IT IS COLD ENOUGH THAT EVEN A GENTLE BREEZE WILL PUSH WIND
CHILLS INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW RANGE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THE DENVER AREA UNTIL 9 AM WHERE THERE IS ENOUGH WIND
TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL COOLING. MEANWHILE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND GRADUALLY SPREAD DOWN INTO THE
FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO IN AREAS ABOVE 10
THOUSAND FEET...AND ALSO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE PLANNING ON
BEING OUTDOORS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
LIFE THREATENING COLD TEMPERATURES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ON THURSDAY...
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW OVER
THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO
25 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. PEAK WIND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ALONG EXPOSED EASTERN
SLOPES.
BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE WIND WILL START TO DECREASE IN THE
MOUNTAINS. A CHANCE OF SNOW MAY RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS BY THE
WEEKEND. DRY WEATHER AND A SLOW WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED BY THE END
OF THE WEEK ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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