Hazardous Weather Outlook
HWOBOU
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
550 AM MST WED MAR 10 2010
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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-
550 AM MST WED MAR 10 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTH OF DENVER. THE SHOWERS WILL
PEAK BY THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND
SOUTH PARK WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. DUE TO THE
SHOWERY NATURE OF THE SNOW...A FEW PLACES MAY GET UP TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW. FROM THE DENVER AREA ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ONLY
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON.
AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE
FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE THE SHOWERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE PLAINS CAN EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW ON THURSDAY MORNING...WITH DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. ALL THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE DRY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS TO THE FORECAST
AREA LATER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE NEXT POTENTIAL
STORM. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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GIMMESTAD/RJK