Nunn, CO Hazardous Weather Outlook

Nunn, Colorado

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 727 AM MDT THU MAR 18 2010
Expiration: 1000 AM MST THU MAR 18 2010

...VARIOUS WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR LATER TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN COLORADO...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EARLY SPRING-LIKE CONDITIONS TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW...GUSTY
WINDS AND SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM NOW
ORGANIZING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION WILL SWING
THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT PRODUCING MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW AND STEADILY
FALLING TEMPERATURES. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE HIGH
COUNTRY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. EAST
OF THE MOUNTAINS...SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING
SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS BY FRIDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH A FEW INCHES OF WET SNOW
COVERING THE NEARBY PLAINS...INCLUDING THE GREATER DENVER METRO
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING ALONG THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. FURTHER EAST ON THE PLAINS...LESSER AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW. 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE FOOTHILLS...WITH 6
TO 12 INCHES OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES FURTHER
EAST OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH READINGS ONLY AROUND 30 DEGREES.

A MAJOR LATE WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER COLORADO LATER TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. THE
SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES AND ENDING
SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY MORNING.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR ANY OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING SHOULD PREPARE FOR HARSH
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.