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High Wind Watch 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Nov 30, 2022, 2:34 PM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 1, 2022, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2022, 2:34 PM MST (21:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2022, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2022, 2:36 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 463 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Nov 30, 2:29 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 2:29 PM MST, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 1049 AM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 COZ030>051-011800- 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- 1049 AM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Lingering breezy conditions in the mountains may lead to spotty blowing snow. Still cold, particularly in the morning. Otherwise, no hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Thursday, it will still be breezy in most locations. Friday, winds will strengthen further, and the forecast is trending to near high wind criteria. Snow will move into the mountains, and combined with the strong winds is expected to produce hazardous travel conditions through Friday night. Another round of mountain snow can be expected Sunday into Monday. The I-25 Corridor and plains might also see some light snow at that time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Snowfall reports from spotters will be appreciated.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 30, 8:54 AM MST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2:40 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.