HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 606 AM MST SAT NOV 28 2009
Expiration: 615 AM MST SUN NOV 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND
FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS BY TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW
EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS...WITH ANYWHERE FROM A DUSTING
TO AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SNOW WILL BE ONGOING SUNDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER THE
EASTERN SAN JUANS AND CULEBRA RANGE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS. LOCATIONS IN THE EASTERN SAN JUANS CAN EXPECT TO SEE 4
TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SNOW COMES
TO AN END. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE
DE CRISTO RANGES WILL SEE UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WHILE THE LEE
SLOPES...ADJACENT PLAINS INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND
PALMER DIVIDE WILL SEE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH. SNOW
WILL COME TO AN END BY SUNDAY EVENING.
A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.
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