Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
000 FLUS45 KPUB 221828 HWOPUB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1128 AM MST SUN NOV 22 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-231830- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 1128 AM MST SUN NOV 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN COLORADO OVERNIGHT SPREADING WIDESPREAD SNOW INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS AND COULD CAUSE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS FREMONT AND TENNESSEE PASSES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CO INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY MONDAY. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL SEE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. $$ 31/77