Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
325 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

THU-SAT...MDLS MAINTAIN UPR RDG OVR CNTRL AND SRN RCKYS WITH
PERSISTENT SWLY FLO ALF ACRS FCST AREA.  SVR TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT
ACRS SRN PTN OF PLAINS AREA THIS AFTN AND ERLY EVE.  BEST CAPES
WILL BE ACRS THE FAR NERN PLAINS.  GUD SHT WV MOVES THRU SWLY FLO
ALF ON THU AS AMS MOISTENS IN MID AND HI LVLS.  THE BEST CHC FOR SVR
TSTMS ON THU WUD APPR TO BE OVR NERN PLAINS.  MDLS ARE SUGGESTIVE
THAT ACTIVITY WUD START BFR NOON OVR MTNS.  AGN BEST CAPES WILL BE
OVR FAR NERN PLAINS.  WITH PASSAGE OF SHT WV THU UPR RDG BLDS OVR
CNTRL RCKYS ON FRI INTO SAT AS AMS DRYS.  FCST CAPES ON FRI AND SAT
ARE GENLY UNDER 100J/KG.  BOUNDARY LYR FLO OVR HI PLAINS WILL RMN FM
SE THRU THU NGT AND DWPTS WILL RMN IN THE 50S AND LWR 60S.  WITH
MORE CLDNS AND CONTD LO LVL UPSLP FLO OVR HI PLAINS...TEMPS WILL
RELUCTANT TO WRM MUCH ABV 80 DEG.  WITH DRYING ON FRI AND SAT TEMPS
WILL WRM AGN TO ARND 90.  MIN TEMPS WILL BE ARND SEASONAL NORMS.

IN XTNDD PRD...SUN-WED...MRF SHEARS OFF TROPICAL MSTR FM A DEPRESSION
OVR THE PAC OFF BAJA AND MOVES IT ON SWLY FLO ALF ACRS SRN CA AND DESERT
SW INTO CNTRL RCKYS ON SUN.  THIS MSTR LINGERS OVR CNTRL RCKYS THRU WED.
SO WILL KEEP SLGT CHC OF LATE DAY SHWRS AND TSTMS EACH DAY.  TEMPS SHUD
HOVER ARND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YR.

GARD...WFO BOULDER

.DEN...NONE.

COZ030>051-282000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
1100 AM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

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

SYNOPSIS:  A MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER
NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT.  A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW MAY IMPACT THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
ALLOWING A FEW STORMS TO CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING. EXTENSIVE CLOUD
COVER MAY HELP POSTPONE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS UNTIL LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE INTO THE LOWER 80S.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS AFTER 1 PM TODAY...SPREADING INTO THE URBAN CORRIDOR
AND ADJACENT PLAINS AFTER 4 PM.

THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR ALONG A BOUNDARY
LOCATED EAST OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS MORNING.  THE BOUNDARY
EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF GREELEY TO NEAR LIMON.  IF THE STORMS
BECOME SEVERE THEN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE THE MAIN THREATS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON.

OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...A LITTLE WARMER WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

COOPER

COZ030>051-282030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
115 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

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

SYNOPSIS:  A MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER
NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT.  ALTHOUGH EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS
HAS LIMITED HEATING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
...SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.  IN ADDITION...AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE URBAN
CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS BY 4 PM...ESPECIALLY EAST AND SOUTH OF
DENVER.

THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE PALMER DIVIDE.  ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS
EASTERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS...ARAPAHOE AND ELBERT COUNTIES...SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.  IF THE STORMS BECOME SEVERE...THEN
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

SINCE THE SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...A LITTLE WARMER WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE OF
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.

COOPER