BOULDER, Colo. — The first week of December finally brought significant snow to the Denver metro, and now the Front Range mountains and foothills are bracing for strong, damaging winds, from late Monday through Tuesday.

“This is the perfect time of year, and it's also the peak time of year for downslope wind storms in Colorado,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Schlatter told Denver7 inside the NWS Boulder office Monday. “December, January, those are the two peak months of getting the strongest winds.”

As of Monday evening, a High Wind Warning is in effect for Colorado’s central and northern mountains, where sustained winds up to 50 mph and gusts up to 90 mph are possible.

A High Wind Watch is in place for the foothills and cities like Boulder and Fort Collins, which could se

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