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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
1000 AM MDT TUE JUL 23 2002   

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS     ARAPAHOE  BOULDER     BROOMFIELD  CLEAR CREEK  DENVER    
DOUGLAS   ELBERT    GILPIN      GRAND       JACKSON      JEFFERSON
LARIMER   LINCOLN   LOGAN       MORGAN      PARK         PHILLIPS
SEDGWICK  SUMMIT    WASHINGTON  WELD

SYNOPSIS: A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BE CENTERED NEAR THE 
FOUR CORNERS AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.  A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE 
OVER NORTHEASTERN UTAH THIS MORNING WILL BRUSH ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 
COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON.  THIS WILL HELP TRIGGER SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING 
THE AFTERNOON.  

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL FUNNEL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO 
THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON.  FOR THIS 
REASON...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN OCCUR TO 
THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE DENVER AREA TODAY.  A FEW STORMS SHOULD 
MANAGE TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS BY LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON.  

THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 
BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.  AS A RESULT...SPOTTER 
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY CALLS FOR WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS.

COOPER