HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1109 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 600 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT WILL BE ONE TO THREE INCHES FOR MOST AREAS...WITH UP TO 6
INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SHARPLY THIS EVENING WITH
READINGS IN THE TEENS ON THE PLAINS AND SOME SINGLE DIGITS IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE DATE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY
EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SNOW
TOTALS WITHIN THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR THE WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8
INCHES WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WEST OF I-25. AREAS FARTHER OUT ON
THE PLAINS AS WELL AS MOUNTAIN AREAS WEST OF THE DIVIDE WILL SEE
LIGHTER AMOUNTS WITH TOTALS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.
MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE SNOWFALL DIMINISHING SUNDAY NIGHT...ONLY TO
INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY MONDAY AS ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM
PASSES OVER THE REGION. SNOWFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END ON THE PLAINS
BY WEDNESDAY BUT CONTINUE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY POSSIBLY THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WILL
REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL...THEN GRADUALLY WARM DURING THE LATTER
HALF OF THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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