HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1002 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012
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-
1002 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING ALL OF THE PLAINS UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS NOON
UNTIL 7 PM TODAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THE
STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM STERLING
TO FORT MORGAN AND CASTLE ROCK. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES WITH
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...VERY
HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH
VERY LOW HUMIDITY READINGS. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE ON MONDAY AS AN
UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER THE REGION. MOUNTAIN AREAS COULD SEE UP TO A
FEW INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE PLAINS WILL ALSO HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER IN THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. DRY
WEATHER AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL RETURN FOR THE LATTER HALF
OF THE WEEK AS A RIDGE REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
