Parker Area Weather Forecasts and Advisories

Hazardous Weather Outlook

      



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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1041 AM MST MON JAN 05 2009

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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-
1041 AM MST MON JAN 05 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO DURING
THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES.  WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH
SOME GUSTS TO 55 MPH.   SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE
FORECAST AREA BUT GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
FORECAST FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND IMMEDIATE PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND THEN COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS DRIER
AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION.  SNOWFALL WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT...BUT
SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW CAN STILL BE EXPECTED DURING THE EXTENDED
PERIOD OF SNOWFALL.  VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES SO PEOPLE
PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

MEANWHILE...GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL BRING MUCH WARMER
TEMPERATURES TO THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.  THERE IS A THREAT OF HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WEST OF I-25 LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WHEN GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL BRING
THE GUSTY WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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RJK/GIMMESTAD