HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1117 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1111 AM MST THU DEC 24 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-
1111 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO TODAY...GENERALLY
NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO LIMON.  THIS WILL PRODUCE
LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...SCATTERED
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.  TRAVELERS TODAY SHOULD WATCH FOR VARIABLE ROAD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE WINDIER AREAS OF THE PLAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE EVEN STRONGER OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO CHRISTMAS DAY. LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED AT TIMES AND
TRAVEL ON ROADS MAY BE HAZARDOUS BECAUSE OF SNOW DRIFTS AND ICY
CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE ZERO DOWN TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PEOPLE SHOULD LIMIT THEIR
EXPOSURE TO THESE BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY DUE TO NORTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 319 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009

...SNOW CONTINUING AND WIND INCREASING TONIGHT...
.A LARGE WINTER STORM COVERING THE GREAT PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE FROM WYOMING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL
EH NANCE THE SNOWFALL AGAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS WILL ALSO
INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT PRODUCING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY EAST OF THE FRONT RANGE CITIES.
AS OF MID AFTERNOON THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS BEEN FROM THE LIMON AREA
NORTHWEST TO GREELEY AND FORT COLLINS WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW
HAD FALLEN. IN THE DENVER AREA 2 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WINTER STORM. TRAVEL
EASTWARD INTO NEBRASKA AND KANSAS IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS THE IMPACT
OF THIS STORM WILL BE MORE SEVERE THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO.
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LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...
AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...
AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
319 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THEN TAPER OFF
THURSDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING PRODUCING AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY
AFTER THE SNOW ENDS.
* IMPACTS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS EVENING WITH
HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOW VISIBILITIES CAN BE
EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING.
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.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 753 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 500 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009

...SNOW AND COLD TO RETURN TO NORTHEAST COLORADO...
.A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS EASTERN
COLORADO...NEBRASKA AND KANSAS EAST BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS ON WEDNESDAY. AT
THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FROM THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO INTO KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA. LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND
URBAN CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...ANY CHANGE TO THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF
THIS STORM COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.
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NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
753 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM
TUESDAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND MAY BECOME
HEAVIER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF
THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW
COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND ROAD
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE
STRONG WINDS TO DROP WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT.
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