HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 637 AM MST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 645 AM MST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY...AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER...WEST FACING SLOPES COULD SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS...PRIMARILY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. UP TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME WEST FACING SLOPES
IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS MAY SEE SOME
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH...WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AFTER 10 AM
THIS MORNING.
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AFTER 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
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