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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
850 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

COZ044-048>051-190500-
MORGAN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...
MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...
JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
850 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO THROUGH 11 PM. MOST OF
THESE WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WOODROW TO AKRON
AND JULESBURG. LOOK FOR BRIEF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30
MPH.

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COZ035-036-038>043-045-190500-
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-
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-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER
850 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH 11
PM. MOST OF THESE WILL BE EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY TO DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TO CASTLE ROCK. THEY WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN...AN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE...AND GUSTY
WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MORE PERSISTENT AND STRONGER WEST WINDS
WILL PREVAIL IN AND NEXT TO THE FOOTHILLS WHERE SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30
MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH PEAK GUSTS REACHING 50 MPH IN WIND PRONE
AREAS.

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COZ030>034-037-190500-
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-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING...GOULD...NORTH PARK...RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...
EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...
RABBIT EARS PASS...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...KREMMLING...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...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...
LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
850 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGH VALLEYS THROUGH 11 PM. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL GRADUALLY
LOWER TO AROUND 9000 FEET. SHOWER INTENSITY WILL DECREASE WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF A HALF INCH OR LESS.

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