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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