HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 547 AM MST FRI JAN 01 2010
Expiration: 1100 AM MST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG WEST WINDS WILL BLOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND EAST
SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE THIS MORNING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED ABOVE TIMBERLINE...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE
FOOTHILLS. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN
AREAS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN AND US 285 IN
SOUTH PARK. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL ALSO BE
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 INCHES OR LESS.
ON THE PLAINS THERE WILL BE VARYING AMOUNTS OF CLOUD COVER WITH
HIGHS RANGING FROM AROUND 30 AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER TO THE LOWER
40S ON THE WEST SIDE OF DENVER. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING THE COOLER
AIR TO THE EASTERN PLAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AS THE
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO. THERE WILL
BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS AS WELL.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FOR SUNDAY WITH SNOW DIMINISHING IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY.
COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF SNOW MAY RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS
AND NORTHEAST PLAINS BY MIDWEEK AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES IN THE
CENTRAL PLAINS REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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