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FLUS45 KBOU 311723
HWOBOU
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1123 AM MDT FRI MAR 31 2023
COZ030>051-011730-
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-
1123 AM MDT FRI MAR 31 2023
.WINDY...FIRE DANGER...MOUNTAIN SNOW
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.
DAY ONE
TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TODAY. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN A FEW AREAS.
THERE ARE RED FLAG WARNINGS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA, INCLUDING PARK COUNTY, THE PALMER RIDGE
AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE URBAN CORRIDOR ALSO HAS A RED FLAG
WARNING THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
THROUGH TODAY AND DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT.
EXPECT SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADS WITH BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY, MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PARK RANGE INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS,
VALID THROUGH 6 PM MDT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EXPOSED EAST
SLOPES ON SATURDAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
EXPECT NEAR CRITICAL TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITONS ON BOTH
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.
EXPECT DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS FOR THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE
NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY, AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS AT
LOWER ELEVATIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ANY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS
WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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