High Wind Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
319 AM MST THU MAR 10 2011

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

.AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING INCREASING
WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE PASSES BY.

COZ033>036-102000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.A.0001.110311T0900Z-110312T0100Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
319 AM MST THU MAR 10 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH PEAK
GUSTS NEAR 85 MPH POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN WIND PRONE
AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL
ACROSS THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY. BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES OVER THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASSES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE FIRE DANGER ON
SLOPES NOT COVERED BY SNOW. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
IF THE STRONGER WINDS DEVELOP.

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.

COZ033>036-102330-
/O.CAN.KBOU.HW.A.0001.110311T0900Z-110312T0100Z/
SOUTH & EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH & NE GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH & SE GRAND/WEST CNTL & SW BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH & WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-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.CAMERON PASS.
LARAMIE & MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS.RABBIT EARS RANGE.
ROCKY MTN NATL PARK.WILLOW CREEK PASS.
BERTHOUD PASS.BRECKENRIDGE.EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE.
EAST SLOPES S. GORE RANGE.EISENHOWER TUNNEL.
INDIAN PEAKS.KENOSHA MOUNTAINS.MOUNT EVANS.
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS.WINTER PARK.ESTES PARK.GLENDEVEY.
NEDERLAND.RED FEATHER LAKES.BAILEY.CNTL CITY.
EVERGREEN.GEORGETOWN.ID SPRINGS.WESTCREEK
330 PM MST THU MAR 10 2011

HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED.

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

THERE WILL STILL BE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH IN LOCATIONS ABOVE
TIMBERLINE & HIGHER EAST SLOPES BUT HIGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME. THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
10 AM FRI MORNING.