Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
300 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001

MDLS SHW THE FLO OF TROPICAL MONSOONAL MOISTURE FM MEX ACRS NM
INTO CNTRL RCKYS WILL CONTINUE THRU PRD.  BOTH NGM AND MESOETA
SHW PRECIPITIBLE WATERS OVR AN INCH ALG WITH HI CAPES.  NGM
HAS THE HIEST CAPES LATE THIS AFTN AND AGN ON WED AFTN.  MDLS
ALSO KEEP LO LVL UPSLP FLO OVR HI PLAINS WHICH WILL KEEP AMS
MOIST AT ALL LVLS.  ALSO WK SHT WV WILL ADD TO INSTBLTY THIS
EVE.  WILL MENTION PSBL SVR ALG WITH PSBL HVY RAIN OVR NERN
PLAINS THIS EVE.  ANOTHER APPARENT SHT WV WED NGT BUT FCST UPR
AIR SOUNDINGS WERE NOT AS SATURATED AS THIS EVE.  ON THU NGT
MDLS START TO MOVE WK UPR TROF ACRS AREA...SO WILL INCRS POPS
TO LIKELY MNLY E OF MTNS.  WK LO LVL UPSLP FLO WILL PERSIST
GNLY THRU PRD.  LTL CHNG XPCTD IN TEMPS BUT WITH HIR SFC
DWPTS OVR HI PLAINS MIN TEMPS WILL BE LTL WRMR THAN MOS TEMP
GDNC.  GENLY FVR MESOETA FCST SFC TEMPS FOR MAX TEMPS OVR
SUMWHT COOLER MOS TEMP GDNC.

IN XTNDD PRD...MRF MOVES STG SHT WV ACRS STA ON FRI AS ANOTHER
SYS WILL PRODUCE A GUD UPR TROF OVR PAC NW AND STG SHT WV MOVG
ACRS NRN RCKYS ON SAT.  DRIER WLY FLO ALF STARTING ON SUN WILL
SHUNT TROPICAL MONSOONAL MSTR TO THE S BUT WITH PERSISTENT LO
LVL UPSLP FLO E OF MTNS WILL KEEP THRT OF LATE DAY CONVECTION
IN THRU PRD.  TEMPS WILL BE NR OR BLO SEASONAL NORMS.

GARD...WFOp BOULDER

.DEN...NONE.

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1015 AM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS     ARAPAHOE     BOULDER   CLEAR CREEK   DENVER       DOUGLAS
ELBERT    GILPIN       GRAND     JACKSON       JEFFERSON    LARIMER
LINCOLN   LOGAN        MORGAN    PARK          PHILLIPS     SEDGWICK
SUMMIT    WASHINGTON   WELD

SYNOPSIS:  THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO REMAINS VERY
MOIST...WHICH WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  BY LATE
AFTERNOON...THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR...WHICH
WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR MARRED BY HEAVY RAIN.
HOWEVER...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THE STORMS
FROM LINGERING OVER ANY GIVEN AREA TOO LONG.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM TODAY'S STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
ACROSS THE PLAINS...GENERALLY EAST OF A STERLING TO LIMON LINE...
LARGE HAIL WILL POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON.

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
200 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2001

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS     ARAPAHOE     BOULDER   CLEAR CREEK   DENVER       DOUGLAS
ELBERT    GILPIN       GRAND     JACKSON       JEFFERSON    LARIMER
LINCOLN   LOGAN        MORGAN    PARK          PHILLIPS     SEDGWICK
SUMMIT    WASHINGTON   WELD

SYNOPSIS:  VERY MOIST AIR CONTINUES TO GRIP NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DEVELOP FIRST ALONG THE FOOTHILLS
AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE.  BY 3 PM...THE STORMS
WILL MOVE INTO THE FRONT RANGE BRINING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL.  HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE METRO DURING RUSH HOUR
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.  ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...THE STORMS WILL
LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING.  HAIL OVER THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS
POSSIBLE EAST OF A STERLING TO A LIMON LINE THIS EVENING.

SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON THE EASTERN PLAINS AFTER 5 PM
TODAY.