HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 715 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 715 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW INTO
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW SPREADING
INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD
ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF KIOWA COUNTY
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL
EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON TRAVEL
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW...POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS
AT TIMES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE NOTED OVER LARGE SECTIONS OF
SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. NUMEROUS WINTER
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATER THURSDAY EVENING OF AROUND 10
INCHES SHOULD BE NOTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...THE PIKES PEAK/TELLER COUNTY
REGION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. LOCALLY HEAVIER
SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS. AT THIS
TIME...LOCATIONS NOT MENTIONED ABOVE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF
EXPERIENCING SNOW AMOUNTS GENERALLY UNDER 6 INCHES...HOWEVER SOME
OF THE LATEST COMPUTER SIMULATIONS SUGGEST THAT LOCALLY HEAVIER
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME-FRAME...ESPECIALLY OVER
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS.
IN ADDITION...COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE PROJECTED TO RETURN TO THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY FROM WEDNESDAY INTO CHRISTMAS. FINALLY...GUSTY
WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY
FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF
THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF
THIS STORM SYSTEM AS IT MOVES ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY AND
THEN INTO KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK COULD
MEAN MORE OR LESS SNOWFALL FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. IF YOU HAVE
TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR PLANS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST FROM
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS BY LATE TONIGHT.
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