HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 636 AM MST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 645 AM MST THU DEC 31 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 AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATER THIS MORNING...AND
CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...RAMPART RANGE AND HIGH VALLEYS LATER
THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THERE BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS...WITH OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW
PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL
BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER WEST
FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AFTER 11 AM THIS
MORNING.
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS
AND THE RAMPART RANGE AFTER 5 PM THIS EVENING.
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