HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 647 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MID
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND PIKES PEAK REGION THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH AND LIFT NORTH AND EAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN
MOSQUITO RANGES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
TALLYING BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE MID
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE PIKES PEAK
REGION. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM A TRACE TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TWO
TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS...WITH SLIGHTLY LESS OVER THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. ONE
TO THREE FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN SAWATCH
MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES...WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW
EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF LAKE COUNTY. STRONG WINDS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND TELLER COUNTY
MAY SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH THE BULK OF THE
ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. 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 BY TUESDAY EVENING.
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
LIKELY TODAY.
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