NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BROAD CIRCULATION AROUND A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITTING
OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. AS THIS
UPSLOPE FLOW DEEPENS EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP OVER
AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE AND ON THE PALMER DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON
WHERE THEY SHOULD REMAIN FOR MOST OF THE EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY
MIDNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ON EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT
RANGE INCLUDING FOOTHILL AREAS WEST OF DENVER AND BOULDER...TO 1 TO
3 INCHES ON THE PALMER DIVIDE IN EASTERN DOUGLAS AND EXTREME WESTERN
ELBERT COUNTIES.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE DENVER METRO
AREA...LOOK FOR ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANCE OVER TO SNOW AND INCREASE
IN COVERAGE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ON THE
PLAINS SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION
ANTICIPATED.

IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...LOOK FOR LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MORNING
RANGING FROM AN INCH OR SO ON VALLEY FLOORS TO UPWARDS OF 5 INCHES
ON HIGH NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BUT ONLY MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. DRY
CONDITIONS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY FOR A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS. FURTHER EAST...THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL BE MUCH
LOWER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.