745 
FPUS75 KBOU 200503
NOWDEN
 
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1002 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2000
 
COZ038>040-200656-
EASTERN LARIMER AND NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTIES-EASTERN BOULDER 
COUNTY-DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA-
INCLUDING FORT COLLINS...LOVELAND...NUNN...BOULDER...ERIE...
LONGMONT...BRIGHTON...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...GOLDEN...PARKER
1002 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2000
 
.NOW...
...WINDS QUICKLY INCREASING NEAR THE FOOTHILLS...
WEST WINDS IN AREAS WEST OF I-25 WILL BE INCREASING INTO THE 20 TO
35 MPH RANGE BY MIDNIGHT.  A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...INCLUDING WIND PRONE
LOCATIONS SUCH AS CARTER LAKE...BOULDER...AND ROCKY FLATS.  EAST OF
I-25...WIND SPEEDS WILL ONLY RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH.

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COZ030-032>034-200756-
NORTH PARK-MIDDLE PARK-RABBIT EARS AND MEDICINE BOW RANGES/ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK-SUMMIT COUNTY/MOSQUITO RANGE/INDIAN PEAKS-
INCLUDING RAND...WALDEN...FRASER...GRANBY...KREMMLING...GORE PASS...
GRAND LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...DILLON...WINTER PARK
1002 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2000
 
.NOW...
SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
1 AM...ESPECIALLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9500 FEET WHERE SNOWFALL RATES
WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR.  WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO JUST A FEW
HUNDRED FEET AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.  IN THE
VALLEYS...MUCH LIGHTER WINDS IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE CAN BE
EXPECTED.

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COZ035-036-200656-
NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS/UPPER LARAMIE AND CACHE LA POUDRE 
RIVER BASINS-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS/CLEAR CREEK BASIN-
INCLUDING ESTES PARK...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...IDAHO SPRINGS
1002 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2000
 
.NOW...
...GUSTY WINDS...
WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH SOME
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH DEVELOPING OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND EAST
FACING SLOPES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG THE PEAK
TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN NEDERLAND AND ESTES PARK...AS WELL AS
LOCATIONS AROUND RED FEATHER LAKES AND WONDERVU.

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BARJENBRUCH