High Wind Watch 11/16/10

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
516 AM MST MON NOV 15 2010

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS ON TUESDAY...

.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER COLORADO ON TUESDAY WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
POSSIBLY TO AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH
WINDS WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...RECENTLY FALLEN SNOW MAY
BE PICKED UP BY THE WINDS CAUSING RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES.

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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
516 AM MST MON NOV 15 2010

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE
FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES AROUND
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID-AFTERNOON. GUSTY
WINDS MAY ALSO SPREAD ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS AT TIMES.

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS...LIKE THE
PEAK-TO-PEAK HIGHWAY AND U.S. 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND
GOLDEN...MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
GUSTY WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS MAY ALSO PICK UP RECENTLY FALLEN
SNOW AND PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
ROADS MAY ALSO BECOME ICY WHERE BLOWING SNOW OCCURS.

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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER & JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.ESTES PARK.GLENDEVEY.NEDERLAND.
RED FEATHER LAKES.BAILEY.CNTL CITY.EVERGREEN.
GEORGETOWN.ID SPRINGS.WESTCREEK.FORT COLLINS.
HEREFORD.LOVELAND.NUNN.ARVADA.BOULDER.GOLDEN.
LAKEWOOD.LONGMONT
806 PM MST MON NOV 15 2010

HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED.

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

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT & TUES MORNING
ACROSS THE HIGHER MTNS & FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.

WEAKER WIND SPEEDS ARE NOW EXPECTED.WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE & RIDGETOPS. EXPOSED
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS MAY SEE SOME GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.WHILE
LOCATIONS AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WILL SEE LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE
ACROSS WESTERN BOULDER COUNTY DURING TUES MORNING.THEN
DECREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS.