HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 601 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF COLORADO
THROUGH THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...AND REST OF THE EASTERN
PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A STRONG
WINTER STORM MOVES FROM NEW MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES.
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 INTERSTATE 25 WHERE WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN MOST AREAS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES BY
LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH
THE DAY ON THURSDAY WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS. SNOW
SHOWERS SHOULD HAVE ENDED ON THE PLAINS EXCEPT FOR OVER THE FAR
EASTERN PLAINS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS MORNING DUE TO THE COLD AND BREEZY WEATHER. IN THE
MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE CONTINUING WITH SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATION. COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH SOME MODERATION IS
EXPECTED AFTER SATURDAY. DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL OVER THE
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. KEEPS
WEATHER SYSTEMS AWAY FROM COLORADO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
REPORTS OF SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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