HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 619 AM MST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 630 AM MST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW HAS SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING PRODUCING LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL
IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY BE LESS
THAN AN INCH THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH A LULL EXPECTED BY
MIDMORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF THE RAMPART RANGE...AND
ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE WILL SEE SNOWFALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE
DAY...AND WILL LIKELY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY LATE THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
50...ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND
THE RATON RIDGE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO RANGE WILL BE 4 TO 6 INCHES BY TOMORROW MORNING...WITH 2
TO 4 NICHES EXPECTED ALONG THE ADJACENT PLAINS INCLUDING WALSENBURG
AND TRINIDAD. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT. LESS THAN AN INCH
OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS BY TOMORROW
MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW INCHES WILL OCCUR OVR THE
SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THURSDAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL BE TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES
FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE BELOW ZERO OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS.
SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY OVER THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND OVER PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY.
THEN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...INCREASED MOISTURE OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...ALONG WITH FAVORABLE WIND
FLOW...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO WHERE THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK...AND HOW
MUCH SNOW IT WILL BRING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE RAMPART RANGE...PALMER DIVIDE...SANGRE DE CRISTO
AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE RATON RIDGE AND ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT.
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