High winds developed over the northeast and east-central plains, with peak gusts up to 61 mph. Peak gusts included 61 mph, 8 miles north-northwest of Boyero, with 58 mph at Limon Municipal Airport and near Sterling.
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High winds developed over the northeast and east-central plains, with peak gusts up to 61 mph. Peak gusts included 61 mph, 8 miles north-northwest of Boyero, with 58 mph at Limon Municipal Airport and near Sterling.
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 Jan 14, 3:18 AM MST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 318 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022 .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 304 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022 Main concerns through tonight will be the high wind potential on the plains and snow chances for the mountains and adjacent plains. Currently, water vapor imagery showing upper low dropping south and southeast through Idaho and far Western Wyoming. There is an initial cold front over now moving into northeast Colorado while a secondary surge is just moving into Northern Wyoming and this will drop into the plains by later this morning with increasing winds and a chance of snow. The initial moisture not that impressive with very little precipitation occurring over the Northern Rockies. There is some concern over high winds over the Eastern plains of Colorado, especially further south over Lincoln county. Forecast soundings show 55kt just below 750mb this afternoon with enough mixing in that layer to bring the stronger winds. In addition, QG fields showing increasing subsident airmass with 15-20mb/hr descent over the plains. Peak winds from HRRR/RAP also showing 45-50kt this afternoon/early evening over Lincoln county. This is all occurring as the upper trof intensifies over Kansas tonight. Will issue a high wind warning for Eastern Elbert and Lincoln counties for this afternoon/evening hours with wind gusts up to 60 mph. Certainly quite a bit of wind elsewhere on the plains but winds generally in the 30-50 mph range. As for the snow potential in the mountains, there will be a period of light snow but moisture depth is not all that deep and orographic flow is a bit unfavorable from the north and northwest. Still looks to be a 1 to 3 inch snowfall and not worthy of any hilites. Appears the best focus area will be over foothill locations of Jefferson and Douglas counties given orographic favored northerly flow into that area. Models showing 2-4 inches in those areas and looks reasonable considering the flow. As the storm system moves away from Colorado, the winds and snow will diminish overnight. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 304 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022 More dry conditions are expected ahead. Models indicate moderately strong northerly flow aloft for the CWA Saturday into Saturday night with upper ridging to our west over the Great Basin. By late Saturday night into Sunday, the flow aloft becomes more northwesterly. By Sunday night, the flow aloft is more zonal and fairly weak with the upper ridge getting into western Colorado. The QG Omega fields show weak downward synoptic scale motion for the forecast area Saturday through Sunday night. The boundary layer winds should be normal diurnal patterns. The airmass over the CWA looks dry Saturday through Sunday night, maybe some high cloudiness, but that is about it. The QPF fields show nothing. No pops through Sunday night. For temperatures, Saturday's highs look to be below normals. Sunday's highs warm up 3-5 C from Saturday's. For the later days, Monday through Thursday, there is supposed to be an upper ridge over the CWA on Monday with a dry airmass in place. Very weak upper troughing is indicated Tuesday through Thursday, depending on the model. There will be limited moisture around. The best chance for some snow will be Wednesday afternoon and evening, and mainly just over the alpine areas. Temperatures will be a bit above seasonal normals Monday through Wednesday, then near normal on Thursday. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning) Issued at 304 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022 Initial surge of colder air moving into terminals as winds shifting northerly through 12z. Expect the northerly winds to increase through the morning hours with speeds in the 25-35kt range. Best chance of snow showers will be from late morning through late afternoon and best chance for any accumulating snow at APA but amounts under an inch. Mainly MVFR conditions developing with light snow showers. Conditions improving tonight. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this evening for COZ046-047. && SHORT TERM...Entrekin LONG TERM...RJK AVIATION...Entrekin
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 332 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022 COZ030>051-151045- 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- 332 AM MST Fri Jan 14 2022 ...High Wind Warning for Eastern Elbert and Lincoln counties this afternoon and early evening... This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A weak, fast moving storm system will bring light snow to the mountains today and this evening with a chance of snow over the plains this afternoon and tonight. Snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches can be expected in the mountains and southern Front Range foothills. Little or no accumulation is expected across the plains. Strong northerly winds are expected across the plains today into this evening with gusts in the 30 to 60 mph behind a cold front this morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Dry weather is expected for the forecast area Saturday through Tuesday. The chance of snow may return to the high country by the middle of next weak but the system does not look very strong at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed, however strong wind gusts and snowfall reports will be appreciated.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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