Weather update: 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 943 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE STATE WILL SLOWLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS ABUNDANT PACIFIC MOISTURE STREAMS OUT AHEAD OF THE REMNANTS OF FORMER HURRICANE SIMON...MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE LOCALIZED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS PACIFIC MOISTURE AND REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM SIMON MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND COMBINE WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH. TRAINING STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING AREA BURN SCARS...AS MOIST LOW LEVEL EAST TO NORTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW INTERACTS WITH THE REMNANTS OF SIMON. ANOTHER STORM THREAT DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THE HIGHER PEAKS....ESPECIALLY OF THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AT OR ABOVE 10000 FEET...COULD SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER HIGH MOUNTAIN ROADS AND BACK COUNTRY TRAILS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MUCH COLDER FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW...PRIMARILY ABOVE 7000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:51:15 +0000
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