National Weather Service statement

630 AM MST THU DEC 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS...WHERE A FEW INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. TONIGHT THE SNOW CHANCES WILL DECREASE OR END...BUT SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE.

TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. TONIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW ZERO FROM THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND WESTWARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW CHANCES SPREADING ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 ON SUNDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND ULTIMATELY HOW MUCH SNOW IT WILL BRING.