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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO

700 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001



...THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL

COLORADO...



...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...

...WINTER STORM WATCH TELLER COUNTY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...



A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL SPREAD RAIN...SNOW...WIND...AND COLDER 

TEMPERATURES INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THERE MAY 

EVEN BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM MOVES IN.



SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 7000 FEET LATE TODAY...AND THEN 

LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.  COLD AIR AND SNOW 

WILL ARRIVE ACROSS TELLER COUNTY A LITTLE SOONER THAN IN OTHER 

AREAS.  CONSEQUENTLY...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS 

AREA FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.  SNOW WILL LIKELY SPREAD 

INTO OTHER AREAS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT AS WELL...BUT THE 

POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IS PRESENTLY EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL 

THURSDAY OR LATER.



SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN TELLER COUNTY 

BEGINNING TONIGHT.  HEAVY WET SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN OTHER AREAS 

OF SOUTHERN COLORADO ABOVE 5000 FEET TONIGHT...BUT LITTLE 

ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.  IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST 

WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES...AND 

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...WILL MAKE FOR GENERALLY RAW CONDITIONS OVER 

SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 

WARNINGS.  UPDATED FORECASTS OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY 

THAT INCLUDE HEAVY SNOW FOR YOUR AREA.