HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1106 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS...FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR...AND REST OF THE EASTERN
PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THIS WINTER`S LATEST SNOW STORM IS UPON US. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY NOON TODAY...WITH SNOW OVER THE
FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING.
OVER THE PLAINS FURTHER EAST SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE URBAN
CORRIDOR...AND 3 TO 6 OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE DIVIDE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER STORM MOVING ONTO THE GREAT PLAINS WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE
SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ENDING THURSDAY NEAR THE EASTERN
BORDER. AS THE SNOW DECREASES...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE. AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A FORT MORGAN TO LIMON LINE. TRAVEL
ON THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO POOR
VISIBILITIES...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. IT WILL REMAIN COLD
CHRISTMAS DAY BUT WITH LIGHTER WINDS...THEN A LITTLE WARMING IS
EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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