Freeze Warning
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DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...
MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS...
FORT GARLAND...BLANCA
925 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM
MDT MONDAY...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM
MDT MONDAY.
* LOCATION...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY.
* TEMPERATURES...DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IN THE CENTER OF THE
VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A HARD FREEZE LIKELY BY EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...PROLONGED FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE TENDER
VEGETATION. COVER PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS AS NECESSARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT CROPS OR VEGETATION. DRAIN EXPOSED
WATER PIPES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
642 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO BY AFTERNOON...AS WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUST UP TO 30 TO 40
MPH. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY
VEGETATION...WILL LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER AGAIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTIES WHERE FUELS ARE DRIEST. EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE
POSSIBLE...SHOULD A FIRE START.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO
RANGES. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS.
A HARD FREEZE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
TONIGHT...WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S BY
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE PROLONGED FREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING THE
ALAMOSA AREA. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A LIGHT FREEZE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...DURING THE
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS DURING THURSDAY...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HAIL
LARGER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS...AND
LIGHTNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
There are currently no Special Weather Statements Alamosa, San Luis Valley Regional Airport, .
There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Alamosa, San Luis Valley Regional Airport, .
Clear
