HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 632 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 645 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BREEZY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS
34 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST
PLAINS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL
READINGS TO DROP AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. THIS CAN
CAUSE DANGEROUS FROST BITE WITH EXPOSED SKIN FREEZING WITHIN 30
MINUTES OR LESS.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES AS WELL AS THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ON THE WEST
FACING SLOPES. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF POOR
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER
MONARCH...FREMONT...AND WOLF CREEK PASSES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE
HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FRIDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...WITH MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.
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