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Flash Flood Watch
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Friday,
May 23rd
Flash
Flood Watch...
The National Weather Service in
Denver has issued a Snow Advisory for Larimer,
Boulder and Weld Counties, including
the Drake, Glen Haven and Storm Mountain areas, in
effect from noon through 9PM MDT Friday night.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN HOUR. WITH
THE GROUND SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL
FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS IN AN
NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY AND OVER
NORTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY.
THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A
WARNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT,
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH
FLOODING OCCUR, OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS
ISSUED.
They complete text of this
official weather advisory can be found via the
link provided below.
Flash
Flood
Watch
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Snow Advisory Issued
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Snow,
Advisory Issued...
The National Weather Service in
Denver has issued a Snow Advisory for
north-central Colorado, including
the Drake, Glen Haven and Storm Mountain areas, in
effect from Midnight tonight to 6PM MDT Tuesday.
A STRONG COLD FRONT RACING
THROUGH NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WILL
INCREASE UPSLOPE CONDITIONS AND COLDER
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. A STRONG
STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL
DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH UTAH TONIGHT AND THEN INTO
ARIZONA ON TUESDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS
WILL SET THE STAGE FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATER
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH AND
CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
They complete text of this
official weather advisory can be found via the
link provided below.
Snow
Advisory
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Winter Storm Watch
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Monday,
May 12th - Winter Storm Watch...
The National Weather Service in
Denver has issued a Winter Storm Watch for
north-central mountains and foothills, including
the Drake, Glen Haven and Storm Mountain areas, in
effect from late tonight through Tuesday
afternoon.
A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH
UTAH TONIGHT AND THEN INTO ARIZONA ON TUESDAY.
MEANWHILE, A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON, BRINGING MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES AND DEEPENING UPSLOPE FLOW
TONIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS
ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL SET THE STAGE
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY.
RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND
SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS
EVENING AND TURN TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
REMEMBER, A WINTER STORM WATCH
MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR THAT
COULD IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
This Winter Storm Watch has been
upgraded to a Snow Advisory.
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Sunday,
April 27th - Photo Of The Week...
This week's photo, taken on Thursday afternoon, features a male Wild Turkey in the West Horseshoe Park area of Rocky Mountain National Park..
The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. Adult Wild Turkeys have a small, featherless, reddish head, that can change to blue in minutes, a red throat in males, long reddish-orange to greyish-blue legs, and a dark-brown to black body. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles. In excited turkeys, a fleshy flap on the bill expands, becoming engorged with blood. Males have red wattles on the throat and neck. Each foot has four toes, and males have rear spurs on their lower legs.
The Wild Turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s. Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range, and even into areas where it never occurred before.
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Wednesday,
April 23rd - Red Flag Warning...
A large portion of Colorado,
including the Drake, Glen Haven and Storm Mountain
area, is under a Red Flag Warning in effect from
10AM MDT Wednesday morning through 9PM MDT on
Wednesday evening.
RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL EXIST TODAY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE, INCLUDING ZONES 214 THROUGH 216, AND ZONES 238 THROUGH 247. MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.
THE LOWEST HUMIDITY READINGS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL EXTEND FROM THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS TOWARD FORT MORGAN AND LIMON. FARTHER EAST, HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE MUCH HIGHER, ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY.
SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED, MAINLY EAST OF FORT MORGAN AND LIMON. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL ABATE THIS EVENING AS WINDS SUBSIDE.
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