HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 530 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST TUE DEC 22 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
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
LATE TODAY AND THEN TURN MORE EASTWARD ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
LATE TONIGHT.  AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF THIS STORM...SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN ACROSS
THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING.  SNOW WILL
EVENTUALLY SPREAD ONTO THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS LATER TONIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO
3 INCHES OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...TO BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES
CLOSER TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.  ADDITIONAL SNOW
WILL FALL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A POTENT WINTER STORM MOVING ONTO THE GREAT PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.  LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY WILL BEGIN
TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO.
HOWEVER...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE INCREASING AND TEMPERATURES WILL
BE GETTING COLDER.  GUSTY NORTH WINDS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A
FORT MORGAN TO LIMON LINE.  THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE
TRAVEL ON THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS VERY DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY
DANGEROUS DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES...SNOW-COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS
AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES.  COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE
WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEK.  NIGHTTIME LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON
THURSDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY TO AROUND ZERO DEGREES ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING.  FRIGID TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOME WARMING FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED IMPACT THAT THIS STORM WILL HAVE THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...
REPORTS OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 343 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009

...SNOW AND COLD WILL RETURN TO NORTHEAST COLORADO...
.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TODAY...AND
THEN TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEN QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE HIGH COUNTRY INCLUDING THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THIS STORM ON WEDNESDAY AND GET STRONGER THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF
COLORADO INTO KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. 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 WINTER STORM.
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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-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER
342 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  35 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SNOW
  COVERED WITH HAZARDOUS AND SLOW TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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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