Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
000 FLUS45 KBOU 221744 HWOBOU HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1044 AM MST SUN NOV 22 2009 COZ030>051-231300- 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- 1044 AM MST SUN NOV 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS EVENING...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. VALLEY AREAS AND FOOTHILL LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 3 INCHES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. ACROSS THE PLAINS...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT BRINGING SNOW AND GUSTY WIND TO MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY MORNING... DECREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS ON MONDAY. DRY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. $$ D_L/RJK