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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMPART RANGE SEARCH...EL PASO COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
323 PM MDT FRI APR 23 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
THE BAND OF SNOW WHICH COVERED THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY HAS
MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW EXTENDS FROM JUST
WEST OF LIMON TO JUST EAST OF DENVER...AND THIS BAND IS MOVING
TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30 MPH. BASED ON THIS SPEED...THE
BAND WILL REACH THE AREA AROUND 500 PM WITH AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL
RATE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY
OVERNIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY IN EXPOSED AREAS
WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

BY MID MORNING SATURDAY...THE STORM WILL BE FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE
REGION FOR THE SNOW TO END AND SKIES BECOME PARTLY SUNNY. GUSTY
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING AND
GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY UNTIL 1200...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY(44
                    PERCENT). AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW UNTIL 0900.
                    SNOW UNTIL 0900...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL
                    1000...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS UNTIL 1200.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52F.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WOLYN
REQUESTED BY...LARRY DUNN
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
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