WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 910 PM 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
SATURDAY.
* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST
  COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG AND
  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT. WINDS ARE THEN
  EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON SATURDAY.
* ACCUMULATION AND WIND...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE 1 TO 3
  INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON ON THE
  NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO TONIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH CAN
  BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD EAST OF
  A LINE FROM CHEYENNE TO LIMON. AS A RESULT... DRIVING
  CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW PRODUCING POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ROAD CLOSURES ARE
  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... 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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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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