HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 639 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 645 AM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING
THROUGH TUESDAY. TWO TO FOUR FEET OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 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 BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...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 LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE
DAY TUESDAY. LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THIS AREA WITH AVALANCHES AND ROAD CLOSURES LIKELY.
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND TELLER COUNTY LOOK TO
SEE BETWEEN 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH THE BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY...ALONG WITH WESTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8
INCHES WHILE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE
SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A TRACE TO UP TO 4
INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS LATE TUESDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP WIND CHILL READINGS
BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH
WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS DROPPING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO OVER
THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
.DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM
WEDNESDAY INTO SUNDAY...THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR AND
GENERALLY LIMITED TO THE HIGHER PEAKS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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