HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 313 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 645 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES BY TUESDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BENKELMAN
TO GOVE TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION BECOMES SNOW OVER THE
ENTIRE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE MODERATE
TO INTENSE AT TIMES WEDNESDAY WITH TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY OF EIGHT TO TEN INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA.
BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES LIKELY RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT
TIMES. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECAST AS TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE...BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT..
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