HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 653 PM MST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 700 PM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE
THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW SPREADING INTO THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ACROSS THE TELLER...EL PASO...AND
FREMONT COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...LIGHT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO UP TO 2 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES AS WELL AS
THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER
COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO AND
PUEBLO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO...TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO UP TO 2 INCHES BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. A FEW FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WITH A LITTLE LESS OVER THE LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES...WITH AROUND A
FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF LAKE COUNTY. THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS MAY SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES. AT THIS TIME IT
LOOKS LIKE THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL SEE
ANYWHERE FROM A TRACE TO UP TO 3 INCHES.
THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS COULD SEE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.
|
|
|
