High Wind Warning Jeffco & ParkCo 2.15.16

This has now been upgraded to a High Wind Warning and includes the towns of Conifer, Bailey, and Evergreen.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
427 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016

...STRONG WINDS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FROM LATE
THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A STRENGTHENING PRESSURE
DIFFERENCE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS COLORADO WILL BRING
INCREASING WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR FROM THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE NEARBY ADJACENT
PLAINS. FROM I-25 EASTWARD...WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER BUT
STILL GUSTY BY AFTERNOON.

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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
427 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016

...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONGER WINDS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND
STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON
NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER
AND GOLDEN...U.S. 36 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH BOULDER...LYONS...
AND ESTES PARK...HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS...AND
THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND CENTRAL CITY.
SOME BLOWING SNOW CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED OVER THE HIGHER
RIDGES AND PORTIONS OF THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

Original post updated to show that this has been upgraded to a High Wind Warning



High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
935 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS
MAINLY UP NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO AND THE PRESENCE OF MOUNTAIN
WAVE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND IN SOME AREAS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON AND NEAR THE FRONT
RANGE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY OCCUR ON THE EAST
FACE OF THE FRONT RANGE ROUGHLY FROM INTERSTATE 70 NORTH TO THE
WYOMING BORDER...AND OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN ALONG THE WYOMING
BORDER IN EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWEST WELD COUNTIES. WINDS WILL
BE LIGHTER ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO...BUT STILL GUSTY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
935 AM MST MON FEB 15 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THE HIGH
WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME EVEN STRONGER LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS IN MOST AREAS SHOULD THEN GRADUALLY
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 36
FROM LYONS TO ESTES PARK...HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS
TO THE WYOMING BORDER...AND THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN
CENTRAL CITY TO ESTES PARK. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON THE HIGHER RIDGES AND ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD SECURE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS
EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN
HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING
TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME ICY.