HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 554 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW ON THE NORTHEAST
COLORADO PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TODAY
AND TONIGHT.  WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
COMBINE WITH RECENTLY FALLEN SNOW TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO LIMON.  THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING
SATURDAY.  A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS CREATED BY THE WIND AND
BLOWING SNOW.  STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN
THE MOUNTAINS.  ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A COUPLE
INCHES...BUT THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.  TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND
IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO BE VERY COLD...MAKING FOR BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILL VALUES.  PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID BEING OUTSIDE IN THESE
WINTER CONDITIONS...AND BE PROPERLY DRESSED IF THEY DO HAVE TO GO
OUTSIDE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A CHANCE OF LIGHT WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE
NORTHEAST PLAINS ON SATURDAY.  ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND
MAINLY AN INCH OR LESS.  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS.   FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY IT WILL BE MAINLY DRY WITH A
SLOW WARMING TREND.  A WEAK SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ON
TUESDAY AND MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW WHILE IT WILL REMAIN DRY
OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 518 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5
AM MST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO
  DIMINISH ON SATURDAY.
* ACCUMULATION AND WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE
  COMMON ON THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 50 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TONIGHT...BUT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN
  INCH.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD EAST OF A
  LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO LIMON BY LATE THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT...
  DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE THROUGH THE DAY WITH
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
  ROAD CLOSURES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS AND THE
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 10
  BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO MAKE BEING OUTDOORS POTENTIALLY
  HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE OUTSIDE SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY
DRESSED TO LIMIT EXPOSURE TO THE BITTERLY COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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