HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1114 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF COLORADO
THROUGH THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE PLAINS THROUGH
TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STRONG WINTER STORM
MOVES FROM NEW MEXICO INTO THE PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO BY EARLY EVENING...RESULTING IN STRONGER WINDS
AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF SOMEWHAT HEAVIER SNOWFALL. BLOWING SNOW WILL
BECOME MORE OF PROBLEM AS THE WINDS INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
EAST OF A LINE FROM FORT COLLINS TO KIOWA WHERE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN
30 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN
MOST AREAS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 10 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN A BAND FROM FORT COLLINS TO LIMON AND ALSO IN
THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER. THE MOUNTAIN PARKS WILL HAVE
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WITH SMALLER ACCUMULATIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL WEAKEN ACROSS THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY WHILE
TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE
FAR EASTERN PLAINS...BUT DIMINISH ELSEWHERE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
AS ANOTHER SYSTEM BRUSHES THE REGION. AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW MAY REDEVELOP OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. AS A
RESULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THROUGH FRIDAY.
IN THE MOUNTAINS... SOME LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH MINIMAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLDER THAN NORMAL
THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH SOME MODERATION IS EXPECTED
AFTER SATURDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WEEKEND AS AN
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. KEEPS WEATHER SYSTEMS
AWAY FROM COLORADO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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