HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 351 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 400 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR 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 OF 8 TO 12
INCHES 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
OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE OVER MOST SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY...THOUGH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING OF UP TO 10 INCHES
ARE FORECAST OVER THE PIKES PEAK/TELLER COUNTY REGION...THE WET
MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER PEAKS OF
THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. AREAS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KIOWA COUNTY WILL SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
AROUND 8 INCHES. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING COLORADO
SPRINGS AND PUEBLO...WILL SEE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER AND ALONG THE RATON MESA.
STRONG NORTH WINDS WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING
INTO THURSDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH VERY COLD WIND CHILLS PERSISTING
THROUGH THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TONIGHT.
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