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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1103 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014

COZ030>051-111715-
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-
1103 AM MDT MON MAR 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS AND
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AHEAD OF AN EXPECTED COLD FRONT TUESDAY.
WIND GUSTS OF 40-60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT. SNOW
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...WITH UP
TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE GORE...PARK AND MEDICINE BOW RANGES.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN
PLAINS TOWARDS SUNRISE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ON TUESDAY WILL
BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...AND SNOW
TO MOST OF THE AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A FEW INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE
FOOTHILLS...AND LESSER AMOUNTS ON THE PLAINS. GUSTY WINDS TO
BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH ON THE PLAINS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATES.

DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND AGAIN
SUNDAY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER FAST MOVING WEATHER
SYSTEM COULD BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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GIMMESTAD/RJK