HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 656 AM MST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE
AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THIS
MORNING. TRAVEL OVER MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK PASSES COULD BE
DIFFICULT AT TIMES UNTIL NOON. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS
AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 18 TO 34
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER
TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...FRIDAY
THROUGH MONDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY...AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.
GENERALLY LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE
HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY SPREADING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY...AS THE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS.
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