HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 635 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL BE ENDING THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO...HOWEVER NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN
1 MILE AT TIMES...AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS ROAD SURFACES WILL KEEP
THEM SLICK AND ICY. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN COLD...WITH
HIGHS ONLY IN THE 20S ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS...WIND
CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 15 BELOW TO 10 ABOVE ZERO ACROSS THE
PLAINS...WITH 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW
ZERO TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS OVERNIGHT. IF YOU MUST BE
OUTSIDE...DRESS WARMLY TO PREVENT FROST BITE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE
EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS TODAY.
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