High winds developed in the foothills of Boulder County. A peak wind gust to 83 mph was observed 2 miles south-southeast of Gold Hill.
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High winds developed in the foothills of Boulder County. A peak wind gust to 83 mph was observed 2 miles south-southeast of Gold Hill.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 12, 6:46 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 646 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014 .UPDATE...MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WIND FIELD IN THE WARNING AREA FOR ZONES 35 AND 36...OTHERWISE NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS WITH BKN-SCT MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS. WINDS GENERALLY SSWLY AT KDEN AND KAPA. STRONGER WINDS ARE SLOER TO DEVELOP AT KBJC THIS EVENING BUT ARE STILL EXPECTED TO PICK UP BY 04Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 PM MST WED FEB 12 2014/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...A 100+ KNOT JET WILL MOVE OVER NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS AT AND ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL TO INCREASE. PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL ALSO BE TRANSPORTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY. WARM AIR ADVECTION AND LAPSE RATES UNDER 6 C/KM ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. STILL SHOULD SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON JUST BECAUSE OF THE MOISTURE BEING FORCED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH WIND WARNING RUNS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ALREADY SEEING REPORTS UP TO 72 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS...SO THE WARNING LOOKS ON TRACK. BECAUSE STABLE CONDITIONS NEAR RIDGE TOP...MOUNTAIN WAVE WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING THE RIDGE TOP WINDS TO ACCELERATE DOWN THE FOOTHILLS. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE MILD DUE TO WARM AIR ADVECTION AND CLOUDS. LOWS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. SOME LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WHERE THE WIND IS BLOWING WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT. WILL SEE MORE SUN ON THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. THIS COMBINED WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO HIGHS IN THE MID 40S AND 50S ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE LOWER SPOTS OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL AGAIN SEE THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES. LONG TERM...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO PROVIDE FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY EVENING BUT MID LEVEL QG ASCENT SHIFTS EAST WITH UPPER TROUGH. SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH MODEST LAPSE RATES. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES THOUGH THE EVENING. SNOW AND WIND TO DECREASE AFTER 06Z WITH LAPSE RATES BECOMING LESS FAVORABLE. STILL ENOUGH OROGRAPHICS AND MOISTURE TO KEEP LIGHT SNOW GOING OVERNIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS ENDS AT 06Z FRIDAY...LOOKS REASONABLE. ACROSS PLAINS...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT ALOT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OR LIFT TO GENERATE ANY PRECIPITATION. ON FRIDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO CONTINUE WITH ENOUGH OROGRAPHICS FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW. UNFAVORABLE LAPSE RATES WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS LIGHT. WINDS INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH CROSS MOUNTAIN FLOW OF AROUND 65 KTS AT MOUNTAIN TOP BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS DURING THE EVENING. MODELS SHOW CROSS MOUNTAIN FLOW INCREASING TO 70 KTS AT MOUNTAIN TOP AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH DECENT MOUNTAIN TOP INVERSION ALONG WITH GOOD MOUNTAIN WAVE. WINDS COULD REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA AT SOME POINT FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A HIGH WIND WATCH AT THIS TIME. ACROSS PLAINS AIRMASS TO BE DRY BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER. WINDS TO BE A BIT GUSTY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS BY THE EVENING. FOR SATURDAY...UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE STATE WITH A DRIER AIRMASS. FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME GUSTS ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES. MODELS SHOW NEXT UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO COLORADO SUNDAY WITH SOME INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND A BETTER CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN SNOW. COOLER AIR ALONG WITH SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL ASCENT SPREADS OVER THE PLAINS SUNDAY EVENING...ENOUGH FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. MODELS SHOW THE TROUGH EXITING THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY WITH DRIER AND MORE SUBSIDENT AIRMASS. EVEN THE SLOWER ECMWF SHOWS THE PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY THE AFTERNOON. SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA TUESDAY WITH DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS. BY WEDNESDAY...MODELS SHOW ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. MOISTURE TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW WITH THE PLAINS REMAINING DRY. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS...MAINLY TONIGHT. LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SOME TONIGHT BUT REMAIN UNDER 20 KNOTS. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY THURSDAY. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY FOR COZ035-036. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ034. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ031-033. && SHORT TERM...COOPER LONG TERM....D-L AVIATION...COOPER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1038 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 COZ030>051-131745- 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- 1038 AM MST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... ...HIGH WIND WARNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TONIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 75 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES WITH WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDNIGHT OF 6 TO 15 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WINDS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE AND PUSH INTO THE FOOTHILLS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH IN CHANNELED AREAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER WIND REPORTS OVER 60 MPH AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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