HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1109 AM MST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SPREAD LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
FOR SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL
BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN 3 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR
ALONG OR WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS ON TAP FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS YET ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
THE REGION. BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WEST FACING SLOPES AND AREAS
ABOVE TIMBERLINE COULD RECEIVE UPWARDS OF A HALF FOOT OF SNOW...WITH
LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON EAST FACING SLOPES. GUSTY WEST
WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON MANY OF THE HIGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES. ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD STEADILY IMPROVE BY
THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM EXITING THE STATE.
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAY SEE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW THIS
WEEKEND AS YET ANOTHER SOMEWHAT WEAKER STORM SYSTEM FROM CANADA
BRUSHES THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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