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NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY
National Weather Service - Denver/Boulder, CO

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County

Issued - May 17 2012 4:24 am MDT
Update - May 17, 2012 6:33am MDT
Expires - May 18 4:30am MDT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
424 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012

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

• DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

IT WILL BE WARM AND DRY AGAIN TODAY WITH HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP
TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANY
RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT.

• DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
THE DAY FRIDAY...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
AND UPPER 80S...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND A FEW HIGH BASED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN EXACERBATE THE FIRE DANGER.

MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. IT WILL BE 15 TO
20 DEGREES COOLER ON SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD
FRONT IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH A LESSER CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL ON SUNDAY...IT WILL BE
DRIER AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE WEST. DRY AND
MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY THEN BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY.

• SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.