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Boulder Weather UPDATE on wind storm and snow: winds may subside at 9:00pm Story:
Feb 22nd
NCAR reports to dispatch wind should start to subside beginning at 9:00pm
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Tonight: A 40 percent chance of snow after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 23 mph decreasing to between 11 and 14 mph. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
High Wind Warning
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012
…HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND
OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS EVENING…
.THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM OVER COLORADO WILL CONTINUE
PRODUCING INTENSE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WHICH WILL KEEP
STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE INTO TONIGHT. GUSTS
OF 70 TO 90 MPH OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON. TREES HAVE BEEN
BLOWN DOWN IN THE BOULDER AREA AND TRUCKS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER ON
SOME FRONT RANGE ROADWAYS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING
BOULDER…THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORT COLLINS…LOVELAND…AND
THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED…
ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FORT COLLINS…HEREFORD…LOVELAND…
NUNN…ARVADA…BOULDER…GOLDEN…LAKEWOOD…LONGMONT
350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012
…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY…
* TIMING…PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.
WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE AREA.
* WINDS…GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS
FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25.
* IMPACTS…STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG THE BASE OF THE
FOOTHILLS… ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER…U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS…AND HIGHWAY
287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED.
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY
LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE
BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS.
Even YOU can own a home in Boulder
Feb 22nd
Affordable homes open house event scheduled for Feb. 26
Interested homebuyers have an opportunity to tour 18 affordable properties in the City of Boulder’s Homeownership Program during open houses being held Sunday, Feb. 26, from noon to 3 p.m. To view pictures of available homes and get a list of properties participating in this event, visit www.boulderaffordablehomes.com and click on the Homeownership Program link.
Homes available for viewing include studios, condos, townhomes and single family homes starting at around $100,000 for a one-bedroom, one-bath condo and $200,000 for a three-bedroom, 3-bath row home.
The City of Boulder, through the affordable Homeownership Program, works to make homes available to a variety of people in our community. This includes those who could not otherwise purchase a home in today’s housing market. The program offers opportunities for homeownership to those with low and moderate incomes through assistance in purchasing homes sold at affordable prices, or through down payment assistance on market rate homes. Assistance is available for a variety of income levels.
For more information on the program, homes available, income and asset requirements, or the date of the next free program orientation visit www.boulderaffordablehomes.com or call 303-441-3157, ext. 2. The Homeownership Program is administered by the City of Boulder, Department of Housing and Human Services.
Emergency Warming Center opens Saturday 7pm for homeless
Feb 18th
EWC open tonight, Feb 18
by bohocommunity
This space will now show the daily status of the emergency warming centers. If it has not been updated, please call the status line at 303.605.8919 to hear the most recent information available.
Today, Saturday, February 18, 2012, there will be an emergency warming center located @ Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church – 6710 Arapahoe (on the south side of Arapahoe)
Doors will open at 7 p.m.
There will be a Free HOP bus that picks up at 5:15 p.m. at 11th & Walnut. It will go to the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless first. Anyone wanting to stay at the Shelter will get off of the bus; 
anyone wanting to ride to the EWC should remain on the bus. The Free HOP bus will then drive via Hwy 36, down 28th Street and stop at the bus stop at 29th & Arapahoe (on the south side of Arapahoe) between 5:35-5:45 p.m. then continue on to the EWC. If anyone wants to board the bus anywhere along the route, they can wave at the driver to stop. The driver will stop if it is a safe place, and if there is room, the driver will accept riders to the EWC or Shelter at no charge.
RTD: JUMP on Arapahoe
Click here for info about the free HOP bus schedule–it runs Monday through Friday with one schedule and has a different schedule on Saturdays. It does NOT operate on Sundays.
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f you are under 18 years of age and need shelter Attention Homes is a good resource. Located at 3080 Broadway in Boulder (just half a block north of Broadway and Elder), Attention Homes’ facilities and programs are designed for youth. The SKIP bus can get you there. The phone number for Attention Homes is 303.447.1207. Please contact them. (You can read more about their services on this site here.)
bohocommunity | February 18, 2012 at 9:42 am | Categories: Information | URL:http://wp.me/p12Asv-jE
