National Weather Service statement
1130 AM MST SUN NOV 15 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THE STORM THAT HAS BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO KANSAS TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST. THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...BUT MODERATE SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE RATON MESA AND SPANISH PEAK REGION...AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE COMING TO AN END MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE RAMPART RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE...WHILE 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS.
THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY LATE FRIDAY...AND POSSIBLY THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS BY SATURDAY.
