HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 635 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 645 PM MST MON DEC 07 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A DUSTING TO UP TO 2 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.
PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE
LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. FOG COULD
BECOME LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND MONUMENT HILL WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY DROP
TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO
THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TWO TO
FOUR FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS...WITH SLIGHTLY LESS ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. ONE
TO THREE FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH
MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES...WITH AROUND A FOOT OF
SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING
LEADVILLE.
STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WHERE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING INTO
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA WITH AVALANCHES AND ROAD CLOSURES
LIKELY.
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...WET MOUNTAINS...AND TELLER COUNTY MAY SEE
BETWEEN 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS
TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS
WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A TRACE TO UP TO 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY
EVENING.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT.
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