One product issued by NWS for: Fort Collins CO
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 539 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013 COZ030>051-081245- 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- 539 AM MST SAT DEC 7 2013 ...VERY COLD THROUGH MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TODAY... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY COLD WITH READINGS RANGING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SPREADING ONTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. ON THE PLAINS...ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH EXCEPT OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE WHERE A COUPLE SPOTS COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES. LOCATIONS THAT SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL EXPERIENCE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING THE SNOW AND CONTINUED COLD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF THE STATE SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW ON THE PLAINS. MOUNTAIN AREAS MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE PLAINS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. ALONG WITH THE SNOWFALL...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLD WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE MID-TEENS OR LOWER. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY...BUT DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE WAY TO A SLOW BUT GRADUAL WARMUP TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. $$ BARJENBRUCH/DANKERS