HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1101 AM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT DEC 12 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1100 AM MST FRI DEC 11 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-
1100 AM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS.  WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH SOME STRONGER
GUSTS TO 50 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ALONG EXPOSED EASTERN SLOPES.
THE GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE ON THE PLAINS TODAY AS A
DRIER AND WARMER AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE REGION.  SOME LOCATIONS
WILL APPROACH THE 40 DEGREE MARK...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALMER
DIVIDE.  COLDER READINGS...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S WILL LINGER
ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FROM AROUND GREELEY TO THE
STERLING AND JULESBURG AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO MORE WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING.  AT THIS TIME...A FEW INCHES OF
SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET.
IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.
OCCASIONAL GUSTY WEST WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FRONT
RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WHEN
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE AREAS.
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
BRING THE MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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