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King Crimson
9/29/2007, 06:41 AM
looks like mid 70's, overcast and winds in the 15-25 range.

hard to tell though, most of the weather sites/instruments are about 20 miles east of Boulder in Broomfield and generally not accurate for Boulder proper.

aurorasooner
9/29/2007, 08:11 AM
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Boulder&state=CO&site=BOU&textField1=40.0269&textField2=-105.251
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
557 AM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

COZ030>051-291700-
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-
557 AM MDT SAT SEP 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50
MPH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND EASTERN PLAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE TIMBERLINE. THE WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING...BUT REMAIN
STRONG AND GUSTY ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS.

THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO SET UP IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM STERLING TO AKRON AND LIMON. STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THOSE
AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH...
WHILE ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL AROUND 1 INCH
IN DIAMETER.

FINALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL TURN MUCH COLDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH MOISTURE FROM THE STORM SYSTEM
MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE A BRIEF BUT INTENSE
PERIOD OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET.

A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ASSOCIATED STRONG
WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE THE ACTIVE AND POTENTIALLY
SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST WILL BE OVER THE
HIGH COUNTRY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE IT WILL
REMAIN DRY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS
THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD.