There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Ortiz, Colorado.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

1135 AM MDT WED MAY 30 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 
COLORADO EASTERN PLAINS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER 
KIOWA COUNTY AND SPREAD SOUTH ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER.  GIVEN THE 
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR PROFILES...ONE OR TWO OF THESE STORMS MAY 
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.  THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL TO ONE INCH 
IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.  EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORM 
ACTIVITY TO SHIFT EAST INTO KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS OVERNIGHT WITH 
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.  THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO 
SEE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE OVER BACA COUNTY AND WILL CLEAR 
SOUTH INTO NEW MEXICO BY THURSDAY MORNING.

A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
EVENING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...WET AND RAMPART MOUNTAIN 
RANGES.  THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS...ARE EXPECTED OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS MAY ALSO SEE SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE 
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Ortiz, Colorado.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Ortiz, Colorado.