{"id":1092,"date":"2009-01-06T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T19:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2009-01-06T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T19:50:48","slug":"batten-down-the-hatches-%e2%80%93-here-comes-the-wind-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/batten-down-the-hatches-%e2%80%93-here-comes-the-wind-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Batten down the hatches \u2013 here comes the wind again"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1093\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1093\" title=\"Much of the western and northern Front Range will be under a High Wind Watch starting tonight.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2009-01-06_122253.jpg\" alt=\"Much of the western and northern Front Range will be under a High Wind Watch starting tonight.\" width=\"275\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2009-01-06_122253.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/2009-01-06_122253-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Much of the western and northern Front Range will be under a High Wind Watch starting tonight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The relative calm of recent days is about to be replaced with high winds not unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/strong-winds-hit-thornton-and-the-front-range\/\" target=\"_blank\">what we saw last week<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0Winds will increase tonight and continue through Wednesday east of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Divide\" target=\"_blank\">Continental Divide<\/a>.\u00a0 Areas west of I-25 to the Divide and in the north and central mountain areas will be under a <a href=\"http:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=bou&amp;wwa=high%20wind%20watch\" target=\"_blank\">High Wind Watch<\/a> from late tonight through Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Much like last week, the usual suspect areas west of I-25 are the places to watch.\u00a0 Fort Collins, Boulder and the western suburbs of Denver are going to get the worst of the wind.\u00a0 The Peak to Peak Highway, Highway 287 north of Fort Collins, the Boulder Turnpike west of Broomfield, and Highway 93 between Boulder and Golden are naturally going to be prime targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wind gusts in excess of 80 mph can be expected in these areas but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/strong-winds-hit-thornton-and-the-front-range\/\" target=\"_blank\">as we saw last week<\/a>, other parts of the metro area can receive their fair share of wind as well.\u00a0 As usual, it is best to put away anything in your yards that could be become a missile and if you are driving in the high wind areas, particular along a north \/ south route, be prepared for extremely gusty conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"examiner\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Get more local news and weather information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner.com<\/a>. <\/strong><br \/>\nThis article and many more are posted to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Weather Examiner site<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/images\/examinerbadge.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Visit Examiner.com for more local Denver news and weather.\" width=\"70\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The good news is that the downslope winds will also bring warmer temperatures \u2013 not that you will want to be outside in the wind.\u00a0 Wednesday we will be well above normal with temperatures in the mid 50\u2019s and Thursday could reach the low 60\u2019s.\u00a0 There is a slight chance of snow Friday but that isn\u2019t looking to amount to much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relative calm of recent days is about to be replaced with high winds not unlike what we saw last week.\u00a0 \u00a0Winds will increase tonight and continue through Wednesday east of the Continental Divide.\u00a0 Areas west of I-25 to the Divide and in the north and central mountain areas will be under a High Wind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/batten-down-the-hatches-%e2%80%93-here-comes-the-wind-again\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Batten down the hatches \u2013 here comes the wind again<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[86,197],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1094,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}