NWS Hazardous Weather Outlook

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS MOVING TOWARDS COLORADO FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND WILL BRING A BIG CHANGE TO THE WEATHER BY TONIGHT.
THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WYOMING AND WILL
PUSH INTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON.  SNOW WILL BEGIN
NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS BEFORE SUNSET
AND THEN GRADUALLY WORK SOUTHWARD ALONG THE FOOTHILLS THIS EVENING.
AT LOWER ELEVATIONS SHOWERS OF RAIN OR SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS
EVENING IN LARIMER COUNTY AND WORK SOUTHWARD DURING THE
EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW BY 10 PM IN MOST
AREAS.  SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS BUT ALSO THROUGH THE URBAN CORRIDOR AFTER 2 AM.  IT LOOKS
LIKE THE RUSH HOUR ON FRIDAY WILL BE A TOUGH ONE WITH SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW POSSIBLE AND AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES ALREADY IN THE
FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER COUNTY NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...
AND I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR FRIDAY MORNING.  PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WHILE A SLIGHT DECREASE SHOULD OCCUR
ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND
NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...WITH
LOCALLY UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE.  ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR INCLUDING FORT COLLINS...BOULDER...AND DENVER...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE ANTICIPATED.  OVER THE
NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO...MOST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS OVER THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.

A BLAST OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL DROP TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MID
AND UPPER 20S ON FRIDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT AND A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
WILL BRING THE HEAVY SNOWFALL.  PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR ANY OTHER
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR HARSH WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SLOW TRAVEL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.