HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1112 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
COMBINE WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW EAST OF A CHEYENNE TO LIMON LINE THROUGH THROUGH
TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE
ACROSS THE PLAINS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PREVAIL...
WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST....WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY ABOVE TIMBERLINE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE REGION 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
LIGHT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL TAPER
OFF SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND MAINLY AN INCH OR
LESS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. 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: 352 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM
FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH A LITTLE ON SATURDAY.
* ACCUMULATION/WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 20 TO 35 MPH.
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN
AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO LIMON. ROAD CONDITIONS
WILL DETERIORATE DUE TO DRIFTING AND THERE WILL BE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
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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GIMMESTAD