000 FLUS45 KBOU 011252 HWOBOU HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 552 AM MST MON DEC 01 2008 COZ030>051-011800- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 552 AM MST MON DEC 01 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL DIMINISH TO ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS BY MIDDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ABOVE TIMBERLINE THROUGH TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL NOT BE AS FEROCIOUS AS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE STRONGER GUSTS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON THE PLAINS IT WILL BE WARMER WITH ONLY GENTLE BREEZES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IT WILL BE WINDY AND WARMER ON TUESDAY WITH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE STATE. STRONG WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE LOWER 60S FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND A CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. $$ CMG/FMC