Denver Weather - Special Cases
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Date Issued: 1124 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2008 Expiration: 600 AM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND ADJOINING MOUNTAIN AREAS AFTER 1 PM TODAY. STORMS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED IN COVERAGE AFTER 2 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SLOW MOVING RELATIVELY WEAK STORMS. OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...LOWER FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE MOUNTAINS AROUND 3 PM TODAY. THESE HIGH BASED STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS TO 50 MPH...DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. FARTHER OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS... THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOWER AND PROBABLY NOT UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE IN MOST AREAS BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOONS...WHILE ON THE PLAINS THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE AFTERNOONS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENINGS. WEAK WIND FLOW ALOFT ALONG WITH INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE SHOWERS TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR SLOW-MOVING...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS TO DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. |
