Hazardous Weather Outlook for Denver, Thornton and Colorado

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1041 AM MST FRI MAR 12 2010

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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-
1041 AM MST FRI MAR 12 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST
COLORADO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS THIS
EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME GUSTY WINDS ABOVE TIMBERLINE IN THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY WITH SPEEDS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITH SOME BLOWING
SNOW.

CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY
WILL MOVE INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A
CHANCE FOR SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND
SNOW OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE
IN THE MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ON EASTERN SLOPES. AFTER MILD AND DRY
CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION
RETURNS THURSDAY AS THE NEXT SYSTEM NEARS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$
ENTREKIN/KRIEDERMAN

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