Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1205 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

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NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-
PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...
BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...
CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...
OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE
1205 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1042 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

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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-
1042 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY MOVE ONTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. THERE
IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OVER THE DENVER
AREA WITH BRIEF LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH
BRIEF TORNADOS.

THERE IS A DENVER CYCLONE TODAY WITH A CONVERGENCE
BOUNDARY ORIENTED FROM NEAR LITTLETON AND STRETCHING NORTHWARD
THROUGH DENVER AND INTO SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY. IF ENOUGH HEATING
CAN OCCUR THEN STORM INITIATION WOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY.
FURTHER EAST ON THE PLAINS...THE AIRMASS IS TOO STABLE FOR STORMS
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

IT WILL BE WARMER AND DRIER THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND INTO
NEXT WEEK WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS. A FEW STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE NEBRASKA AND
KANSAS BORDERS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED
OVER THE DENVER AREA TODAY AFTER 4 PM.

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ENTREKIN/KRIEDERMAN