HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1120 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1110 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
1110 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND GRADUALLY
SPREAD DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND INCREASE TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT
20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO
TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO IN AREAS
ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET...AND ALSO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE
PLANNING ON BEING OUTDOORS ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LIFE THREATENING COLD TEMPERATURES.
THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER 2
INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN AREAS WILL PERSIST
INTO THURSDAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL.  ASIDE FROM THAT
...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY THROUGHOUT THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SNOW CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE HIGH COUNTRY FRIDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE PLAINS REMAINING GENERALLY
DRY.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH MOST OF
THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN LOCALES ABOVE TIMBERLINE.  THE WINDS MAY
WORK DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT
TO THE FOOTHILLS FROM TIME TO TIME.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE...RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL
LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER
REPORTS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH WILL BE APPRECIATED IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS.
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