High winds developed over parts of the Urban Corridor and Northeast Plains. Peak wind reports included: 62 mph at the Natural Fort Rest Area; 60 mph, 2 miles west of Sterling and near Peetz, and 59 mph at Denver International Airport.
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High winds developed over parts of the Urban Corridor and Northeast Plains. Peak wind reports included: 62 mph at the Natural Fort Rest Area; 60 mph, 2 miles west of Sterling and near Peetz, and 59 mph at Denver International Airport.
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 16, 5:19 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 519 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014 .UPDATE... && .SHORT TERM...UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THERE HAS EVEN BEEN SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER NW COLORADO AND SOUTHERN WYOMING. MAY BE SOME EMBEDDED HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH THE CONVECTION AS IT MOVES ACROSS. MOUNTAIN ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD WITH A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW BUT THEN DECREASING QUICKLY WITH THE FAST MOVING STORM. MAY ALSO NEED TO ADD SOME POPS ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER WITH LEADING EDGE OF CONVECTION EARLY THIS EVENING. ONCE THE WAVE MOVES THROUGH...ENVIRONMENT WILL CHANGE FROM A BORA TO A CHINOOK EVENT WITH STRONG MOUNTAIN TOP STABILITY DEVELOPING. STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALSO NOTED ON NAM/RAP QG VERTICAL VELOCITY FIELDS FROM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. INCREASED WIND FORECASTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WARNING WILL BE JUST FOR THE FOOTHILLS FOR NOW BUT ZONES 39 MIGHT NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY IF THE WAVE SURFACES ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS. .AVIATION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO MORE NORTHWEST AFTER 02Z WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS PASSED MIDNIGHT THEN SLOWLY MOVING BACK WESTERLY TONIGHT. BJC WILL HAVE THE STRONGEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT DUE TO MOUNTAIN WAVE CONDITIONS AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS. HAVE INCREASED WINDS AT BJC TAF TO SHOW THESE TRENDS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 305 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014/ SHORT TERM...SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN SOME SUN AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE SOME VIRGA SHOWERS OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS RIGHT NOW...BUT THERE IS NOTHING ON OUR RADAR AND NOT A BUNCH UPSTREAM EITHER. YOU CAN MARGINALLY SEE THIS EVENING'S WEAK UPPER TROUGH ON THE WATER VAPOR PICTURES OVER UTAH RIGHT NOW. MODELS HAVE THE WESTERLY JET MAXIMUM JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FROM 06Z THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS WEAKER. MODELS HAVE FAIRLY STRONG UPWARD MOTION ON THE QG FIELDS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE THIS EVENING. STRONG SUBSIDENCE IS OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY 06Z TONIGHT. WEAKER DOWNWARD ENERGY IS PROGGED ON MONDAY. FAIRLY DECENT WEST-NORTHWESTERLY DOWNSLOPING FLOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOW LEVEL TROUGHING EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS IS PROGGED ON MONDAY...WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PROGGED. FOR MOISTURE...THE NAM AND GFS HAVE A FAIRLY DEEP BATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...BUT BY 06Z IT IS RAPIDLY DECREASING. THERE IS VERY LITTLE MOISTURE PROGGED AFTER 06Z THROUGH MONDAY. MOISTURE ON THE ECMWF HAS EVEN LESS THAN THE OTHER TWO MODELS FOR THIS EVENING. THE QPF FIELDS HAVE LIMITED MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM 00Z TO 06Z THIS EVENING...THEN NOTHING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. OVERALL...REAL DATA AND MODEL DATA DOES NOT LOOK TO IMPRESSIVE...BUT WILL KEEP POPS HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING BUT WILL LOWER QPF AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS A BIT. WILL LET THE ADVISORY CONTINUE WITH THE WIND AND BLOWING SNOW IN MIND. FOR TEMPERATURES...MONDAY'S HIGHS ARE 1-3 C COOLER THAN TODAY'S HIGHS. LONG TERM...DRY WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE EARLY PART. THERE WILL BE LESS WIND...BUT STILL FAIRLY STRONG FLOW TO GENERATE WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS ESPECIALLY EARLY TUESDAY. A WEAK SHALLOW FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE PLAINS TUESDAY HOLDING THE TEMPERATURES BACK A LITTLE. NEXT TROUGH WEDNESDAY IS LOOKING LIKE IT WILL HAVE LOW AMPLITUDE...BUT STILL A BATCH OF MOISTURE AND MORE WIND FOR 18-24 HOURS. WITH THE LOW AMPLITUDE...THERE WILL ONLY BE A LITTLE COOLING...BACK INTO THE 40S TO LOWER 50S ON THE PLAINS. BETTER AGREEMENT ON A STRONGER TROUGH FOR FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT...TIMING HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS SO I DID BUMP POPS UP THOUGH IT IS TRANSIENT AND THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH IN FAVOR OF SNOW ON THE PLAINS. COLDER TEMPERATURES THOUGH AFTERWARD...PROBABLY 30S. ECMWF REMAINS A BIT STRONGER WITH THIS TROUGH...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A BIT BETTER COLD AIR ON THE PLAINS AND LONGER DURATION OF MOUNTAIN SNOW INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT STILL NOT LOOKING FAVORABLE FOR VERY MUCH SNOW ON THE PLAINS. MAIN THREAT WOULD BE EITHER A BRIEF BAND WITH THE TROUGH AXIS OR SOME JET BANDING...MAINLY FRIDAY NIGHT. AGREEMENT ON DRYING FOR SUNDAY THOUGH THERE ARE HINTS OF A SECONDARY FRONT THAT COULD KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN. CONSENSUS TEMPERATURE FORECASTS ARE GOOD FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...JUST TWEAKED THE POPS UPWARD FOR THE MOST LIKELY PERIODS ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. AVIATION...THERE WILL BE NO CEILING ISSUES AT DIA TONIGHT OR MONDAY. WINDS ARE ALREADY NORTHWESTERLY AND THEY MAY BE WESTERLY FOR A WHILE EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN GET BACK TO NORTHWESTERLY BY MID TO LATE EVENING AFTER THE UPPER TROUGH PASSES. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY FOR COZ035-036. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR COZ031- 033-034. && SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM....GIMMESTAD AVIATION...ENTREKIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 556 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014 COZ030>051-180100- 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- 556 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS UNTIL 5 AM MST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GENERATED BY A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL RACE EAST ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS PASSING ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF INTENSE SNOWFALL...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH AND PERHAPS SOME LIGHTNING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH COUNTRY ROADWAYS... PARTICULARLY THOSE CROSSING THE HIGHER PASSES AND AT BOTH PORTALS OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ICY AND SNOW PACKED THIS EVENING. AFTER THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND ON EAST FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES...RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. HIGH COUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD ANTICIPATE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH AS WELL AS A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EARLY THIS EVENING. LATER THIS EVENING...SHOWERS MOVE OUT AND EVEN STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH GUSTS POTENTIALLY TO AS HIGH AS 80 MPH IN THOSE HIGH WIND PRONE AREAS. THE NEARBY PLAINS MAY ALSO SEE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MOTORISTS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SHOULD ANTICIPATE STRONG AND SUDDEN CROSS WINDS OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL SHOULD DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH BE DRY AND MILD HOWEVER THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. A CHANCE OF SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TURN COOLER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND MAY BE EVEN COLDER ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF MOUNTAIN SNOW OR WIND GUSTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. BAKER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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