MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0207
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0644 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...FRONT RANGE OF NRN CO...PALMER DIVIDE AND ADJACENT
   PLAINS
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW 
   
   VALID 241244Z - 241645Z
   
   SUMMARY...SNOWFALL RATES FROM 1 TO LOCALLY 2 IN/HR ARE FORECAST TO
   OCCUR OVER THE FOOTHILLS OF THE FRONT RANGE IN NRN CO...THE PALMER
   DIVIDE AND ADJACENT PLAINS DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
   
   DISCUSSION...AT 1230Z...WV IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER TROUGH DIGGING
   SEWD ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. LARGE SCALE ASCENT IS INCREASING
   DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS FEATURE OVER THE NRN HALF OF CO.
   MEANWHILE...LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND AREA VAD WIND PROFILES
   INDICATE A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF NNELY 0-1 KM AGL FLOW ADJACENT
   TO THE FRONT RANGE AND PALMER DIVIDE. COMBINATION OF INCREASING
   LARGE SCALE AND OROGRAPHIC ASCENT...AS WELL AS LOW AND MIDLEVEL
   LAPSE RATES RANGING FROM 6.5 TO 7.0 C/KM /PER 12Z DNR RAOB/ WILL
   FAVOR SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO LOCALLY 2 IN/HR THIS MORNING INTO EARLY
   AFTERNOON.
   
   ..GARNER.. 02/24/2013
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...PUB...BOU...
   
   LAT...LON   40660569 40830560 40830526 39540378 39080372 38920412
               38980519 39430559 40660569