High Wind Watch

High Wind Watch

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS COLORADO IN
ADVANCE OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM...AND THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THESE ARE PREFRONTAL OR
CHINOOK WINDS THAT WILL PRECEDE A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO ON MONDAY.

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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
350 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT.

* TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL BLOW 25-40 MPH AND SOME GUSTS ABOVE 70
MPH ARE POSSIBLE EXPECIALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6AM.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER AVOIDING NORTH-SOUTH ROADS IN THE FOOTHILLS
TONIGHT.


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.

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LARIMER & BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 & 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON & 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.CNTL CITY.EVERGREEN.
GEORGETOWN.ID SPRINGS.WESTCREEK
1203 PM MDT SUN OCT 24 2010

HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WATCH.

WHILE STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT.IT APPEARS THAT
THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IS LWR THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES.WITH PEAK GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 75 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT.
RESIDENTS ARE STILL ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE THEIR PROPERTIES FOR THE
FIRST STRONG WIND EVENT OF THE SEASON.& EXERCISE CAUTION
DRIVING LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES IN WINDY AREAS.

IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK.AND
THERE IS ANOTHER THREAT OF HIGH WINDS AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM
DEPARTS ABOUT TUESDAY.