Fort Collins North-Wellington Koa, CO Hazardous Weather Outlook

Fort Collins North-Wellington Koa, Colorado

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1108 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008
Expiration: 500 AM MST SUN OCT 12 2008

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE HIGH
MOUNTAINS...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH DRIZZLE CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS ON THE PLAINS BY
EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL INITIALLY BE AROUND 10 THOUSAND
FEET...BUT WILL LOWER INTO THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS BY
EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 9000
FEET...WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE. ON THE PLAINS
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING TONIGHT AND THERE MAY BE
SOME SNOW MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN.

THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE IN THE FOOTHILLS
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THOUGH ROAD SURFACES SHOULD REMAIN
WARM...DRIVERS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE ICING ON THE BRIDGES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...WITH
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND RAIN SHOWERS ON THE
PLAINS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END IN MOST AREAS BY SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT
AS THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE LOOK FOR A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY. FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK...DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE GREAT BASIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.