HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1001 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 1015 PM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. TWO TO FOUR
FEET OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS...WITH SLIGHTLY LESS ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. ONE
TO THREE FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH
MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. OVER THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE HIGHLY VARIABLE...BUT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET AMOUNTS
SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WHERE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAY TUESDAY.
LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THIS AREA WITH AVALANCHES AND ROAD CLOSURES LIKELY.
THE WET MOUNTAINS AND TELLER COUNTY LOOK TO SEE BETWEEN 5 TO 10
INCHES OF SNOWFALL. CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY...ALONG
WITH WESTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES WHILE CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS WILL SEE
ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS
LATE TUESDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP WIND CHILL READINGS
BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH
WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS DROPPING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO OVER
THE PLAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM
WEDNESDAY INTO SUNDAY...THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR AND
GENERALLY LIMITED TO THE HIGHER PEAKS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
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