Hazardous Weather Outlook
HWOBOU
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
510 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012
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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-
510 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2012
...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA. FOR THE
FOOTHILLS...WEST OF DENVER 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED. ALONG THE
PALMER DIVIDE 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. FOR
THE EASTERN PLAINS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES
ALONG THE NORTHERN COLORADO BORDER TO 16 TO 28 INCHES ALONG I-70.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN BLOWING SNOW DUE TO NORTHERLY
WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR GENERALLY EAST OF I-25 THIS
EVENING...THEN MOVE OUT EAST OF DENVER AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND ALONG THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH
TONIGHT DUE TO ICY AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AS WELL AS LIMITED
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW.
SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH SNOW
ENDING IN THE MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR
LESS. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WITH AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MIDDAY. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY
WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE
AREA MON NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WHICH MAY BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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