DENVER — While northeastern Colorado will see temperatures around 15 degrees above normal Tuesday due to gusty winds, Colorado's Front Range mountains and northern foothills are under a high wind warning where gusts could blow to around 90 mph.
Denver is not included in the warning, but it does include Boulder, Golden and Fort Collins. While the strongest winds will be north of I-70, a portion of I-25 north of Fort Collins is included in the warning. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Boulder added: "Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles."
LINKS: Closings and Delays | Latest forecast | Radars | Traffic | Weather Page | 24/7 Weather Stream
Tuesday, December 9
6:37 p.m. | Power outage latest | CORE Electric Cooperative reported that over 1,800 members are without power in Park and Clear Creek Counties due to severe weather conditions.
4:45 p.m. | Power outage latest | Xcel Energy reported 33 outages impacting 4,719 customers — 555 of those customers are in the Fort Collins area and 1,000 in Boulder County. Poudre Valley REA said there is only 1 outage with 2 customers affected.
CORE Electric Cooperative said there are still outages in Park and Clear Creek Counties. 1,107 customers are impacted in Park County and 98 customers are without service in Clear Creek County.
4:00 p.m. | I-25 northbound open | According to CDOT, the earlier closure on the northbound I-25 lanes from north of Fort Collins to the Wyoming border has been lifted.
3:48 p.m. | Fewer power outages | Poudre Valley REA reports power was restored to mountain areas and as of 3:45 p.m., less than 1,000 customers are impacted, which is down from 6,000 customers.
3:20 p.m. | Wind reports | Here are localized wind reports from the NWS in Boulder.
- 90mph: Reported at 4:53 a.m. near Tolland, Colorado in Gilpin Couty
- 87 mph: Reported at 7:11 a.m. 3 miles SW of Jefferson, Colorado in Park County
- 87 mph: Reported at 7:20 a.m. 1 mile NE of Crisman, Colorado in Boulder County
- 86 mph: Reported at 11:56 a.m. 1 mile SSE of Dumont, Colorado in Clear Creek County
- 85 mph: Reported at 10:55 a.m. 1 mile ENE Berthoud Pass in Grand County
- 83 mph: Reported at 11:14 a.m. near Virginia Dale in Larimer County
- 83 mph: Reported at 9:12 a.m. 3 miles ESE near Pinecliffe in Boulder County
You can check more wind gust reports at this link.
3:05 p.m. | Latest on power outages | Denver7 is continuing to track power outages in Colorado as high wind gusts are reported in the state.
Since our last update, Poudre Valley REA is reporting many more customers without power, which now stands at 6,000 customers. Most of those are west of Fort Collins.
Xcel Energy said 5,000 customers are without power across 47 outages in the metro and north of Denver.
CORE Electric Cooperative reports 1,200 customers without power.
1:27 p.m. | Portion of US-285 closed | US-285 is closed in both directions from just west of Grant to Fairplay due to safety concerns, according to CDOT.
1:15 p.m. | US-287 reopened | CDOT said US-287 has reopened between Red Feather Lakes Road and the Wyoming state line and a high wind restriction for all high profile or light trailers is in place.
11:32 a.m. | Wind-related road closure | The NWS in Boulder said there are more wind-related road closures in Colorado, including Hwy 287, which is closed in both directions from Livermore to the Colorado state line.
Northbound I-25 is also closed from Wellington to the Wyoming state line.
11:05 a.m. | Power outages latest | We're tracking the latest power outages as high winds batter portions of Colorado Tuesday.
CORE Electric Cooperative reports over 1,200 members are without power in Park County due to high winds and blowing snow.
CORE said crews are working to restore service.
- Xcel Energy reports 3,876 customers statewide without power with the largest outage reported in the Idaho Springs area.
- Poudre Valley REA said there are 6 outages with 16 customers without power.
10:59 a.m. | Overturned semis US-287 | The Livermore Fire Protection District said two separate semis have overturned in far northern Colorado on US-287. The first is at US-287 and CR-76H and the second is reported at US-287 near MM 337.
"We are experiencing very high winds today please slow down and use caution," wrote the fire district on social media.
10:32 a.m. | I-25 northbound closure | CDOT said the I-25 northbound lanes between CO 1 and the Wyoming state line are closed due to safety concerns as a commercial vehicle rollover crash was reported near Carr, Colorado.
A Denver7 viewer, Rebecca Lasalle, shared photos of overturned semi-trucks on the Wyoming side of I-25.
10:15 a.m. | High wind warning | The Front Range mountains and foothills and a portion of far northern Colorado, including I-25, are under a high wind warning until midnight or winds up to 50 mph and gusts potentially up to 90 mph.
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Boulder said Tuesday the warning now includes Boulder, Golden and Fort Collins where wind gusts could reach 75mph.
Click here to watch the Denver7 live weather stream.