HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1103 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1115 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO INTO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHWARD OUT OF
CANADA INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATER TONIGHT. MAINLY LIGHT SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
BE WEAKER THAN PREDICTED EARLIER. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY AND
TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MOUNTAINS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AND
ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING
COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND ALAMOSA...WITH SEE ONLY LIGHT
SNOW...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30
MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PLAINS...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. COMBINED WITH THE FRESH SNOWFALL...THESE
WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER.
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTH LATER TONIGHT
AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BLOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS...WIND CHILLS WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND 0 TO 15 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ON THURSDAY...BETWEEN A TRACE AND 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED
ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30
MPH ARE FORECAST OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS THURSDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...MAINLY ON THURSDAY.
WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT.
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