HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
600 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012
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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-
600 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012
...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM NOON TO 6 PM MDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO...
...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 6 PM MDT FOR THE NORTHEAST COLORADO
PLAINS...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY
AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVES OVER THE STATE. GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS
MORNING ONTO THE NORTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. A
HIGH WIND WARNING FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS
AFTERNOON FROM EASTERN LARIMER AND WELD COUNTIES EASTWARD TO THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS MAY SEE
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW...CAUSING DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN
DECREASING THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM MOVES EAST OF
THE STATE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO ON
THURSDAY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST.
OTHWERWISE IT WILL BE DRY. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY IT WILL REMAIN
DRY WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. LITTLE CHANGE IS
EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL
WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT REPORTS
OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
