Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2005
Winter Storm Watch 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Nov 30, 2005, 3:49 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 1, 2005, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2005, 3:49 PM MST (22:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2005, 6:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2005, 6:00 AM MST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KPUB 302249 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 349 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...A NEW STORM IS HEADED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS...IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-010500- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 349 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK...MONARCH...AND FREMONT. AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM MAY SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THE AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$ LW
18 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 010412 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 912 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...A NEW STORM IS HEADED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS...IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-011315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 912 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM MAY SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THE AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 010646 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1146 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...A NEW STORM IS HEADED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS...IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-011330- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1146 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM MAY SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THE AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 011136 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 436 AM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...MORE SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS...IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-011945- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 436 AM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN QUICKLY OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTH TO WOLD CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 011437 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 737 AM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...MORE SNOW FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS...IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-012245- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 737 AM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN QUICKLY OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTH TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 011744 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1044 AM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...MORE SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE STORM SETS IN...IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-012300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1044 AM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAIN MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN QUICKLY OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTH TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 012056 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 156 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...MORE SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-020000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 156 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 012247 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 347 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...MORE SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-020700- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.051202T0100Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 347 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY COMING TO AN END ON SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 020208 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 708 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-021015- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 708 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING ON SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 020440 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 940 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-021245- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 940 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING ON SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 020646 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1146 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-021330- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1146 PM MST THU DEC 1 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING ON SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TONIGHT...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 021141 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 441 AM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-021945- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 441 AM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. WHILE THIS STORM HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE THROUGH TODAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING ON SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TODAY...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS TONIGHT. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 021757 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1057 AM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-022300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1057 AM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING ON SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TODAY...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS TONIGHT. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 022109 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 209 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-030100- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 209 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING ON SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN OVER MONARCH AND FREMONT PASSES TODAY...WITH POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD TO WOLF CREEK PASS TONIGHT. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 022251 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 351 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 351 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREMONT...MONARCH...AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030214 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 713 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-031015- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 713 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREMONT...MONARCH...AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030450 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 950 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-031100- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 950 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREMONT...MONARCH...AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030637 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1137 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...SNOW AND WIND FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058>061-066>068-031300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1137 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO...ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES OF WOLF CREEK... MONARCH...AND FREMONT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING EARLY SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH TOTALS OF UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TONIGHT...INCLUDING FREMONT...MONARCH...AND WOLF CREEK PASSES. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 031300 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 600 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2005 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL ENDING THIS MORNING... .THE STRONG JET STREAM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL COLORADO WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY. COZ058>061-066>068-031400- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051203T1300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 600 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...BUT SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 3 INCHES. TRAVELERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS FOR WINTER CONDITIONS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Nov 30, 3:31 PM MST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 3:31 PM MST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 331 PM MST WED NOV 30 2005 ...CORRECTED HEADLINE BEGINNING TIME BELOW... .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) ...LOWS TONIGHT...WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS...ARE ALL FORECAST CONCERNS THIS CYCLE... FIRST OFF...LOWS TONIGHT. ENDED UP DROPPING MOST LOWS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT... FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF GUIDANCE. LOW DEWPOINTS...COOL AIRMASS...CLEARING SKIES...AND EVENTUAL DECOUPLING OF THE SURFACE LAYER SHOULD FACILITATE ANOTHER NIGHT OF STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING. ALL AREAS SHOULD END UP BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES...EXCEPT WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE FAILS TO DECOUPLE. NOW ONTO THE WINDS. ITS STILL WINDY OUT THERE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. MOST SENSORS ARE NOT SHOWING ANYTHING TOO EXTREME...AND WEVE HAD NO SPOTTER REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...OLD FAITHFUL KMYP (THE MONARCH AWOS) AT 12K ON THE CREST OF THE DIVIDE...HAS BEEN SHOWING GUSTS TO 63 AND 59 KNOTS RESPECTIVELY OVER THE PAST 2 HRS. THIS SENSOR IS ELEVATED TOO FAR ABOVE THE GROUND TO BE CONSIDERED A VALID REPORT OF SURFACE WIND GUSTS... BUT RESPECTABLE NEVER THE LESS. I HAVE GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 50 MPH IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ABOVE 10K FOR TONIGHT... WITH GUSTS UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH IN THE HIGH COUNTRY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. NOW FOR THE SNOW. OROGRAPHIC ASCENT BEGINS TO PICK UP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...LAPSE RATES ARE NOT ALL THAT STEEP...NOR IS THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING VERY IMPRESSIVE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALSO...MID LEVEL WARMING DURING THE DAY MAY RESULT IN LESS THAN OPTIMAL CLOUD PHYSICS FOR GOOD SNOWFLAKE PRODUCTION. SO...AT THIS POINT...BELIEVE THAT SNOW SHOWERS WILL KICK IN DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THE GOOD STUFF WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THE NIGHT. RAN THE OROGRAPHIC SNOW MODEL WITH A GENEROUS LAPS RATE OF 6 DEGC/KM...A GENEROUS WEST SOUTHWEST WIND OF 25 KNOTS...AND AN H7 TEMP OF -3... AND STILL COULD ONLY MANAGE 1 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALLS WITH ANY OF THE LOWER SNOW/WATER RATIOS. SO... NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG OUR PORTION OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IT LOOKS DRY THROUGH TOMORROW. TEMPS TOMORROW SHOULD END UP CLOSE TO SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. LW .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW EXPECTED FOR WESTERN MTS... MAIN FCST CHALLENGES IN THE EXTENDED WILL BE AMOUNT OF SNOW FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MTS. THEN AMOUNT OF COLD AIR PLUNGING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE IN THE PERIOD. THURS NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...PACIFIC MOISTURE DEEPENS ACROSS THE WRN MTS BEGINNING THURS NIGHT AS SRN STREAM UPPER JET MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN INTO SW CO BY FRI MORNING. STRONG WSW FLOW WILL PROVIDE FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC ASCENT TO SW MTS...WITH LAPSE RATES STEEPENING DURING THE DAY ON FRI. WITH UPPER JET DYNAMICS MOVING INTO THE AREA FRI MORNING...THINK THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTDVD. THUS...HAVE HOISTED A WATCH FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MTS. SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE A LITTLE LESS FOR THE SAWATCH/MOSQUITO RANGES AS MOISTURE APPEARS TO SHALLOW OUT FRI AFTN...BUT AMOUNTS STILL APPEAR TO BE NEAR 24 HOUR WARNING CRITERIA...SO HAVE INCLUDED THESE AREAS IN THE WATCH. BOTH GFS/NAM SHOW ANOTHER JET STREAK MOVING ACROSS NRN AZ/NM FRI NIGHT... THUS COULD SEE ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA EVEN THROUGH FRI NIGHT...THUS THE LONG DURATION WATCH. FOR THE SOUTHEAST MTS/ADJACENT PLAINS...SHOULD BE WINDY FOR THURS NIGHT/FRI. NAM12 MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL HINT AT A POTENTIAL MTN WAVE EVENT EARLY FRI MORNING...WITH MT TOP WINDS AROUND 50 KTS...WEAK MT TOP STABLE LAYER...AND ONLY MINIMAL FORWARD SHEAR ALOFT. PARAMETERS DONT LOOK ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR A WIDESPREAD MT WAVE EVENT...BUT LOCALIZED SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS MAY SEE SOME BRIEF GUSTS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES TO 50 MPH EARLY FRI MORNING. FOR NOW...DOESNT APPEAR TO NEED A HIGH WIND WATCH...BUT SCENARIO BEARS WATCHING. SHOULD SEE A NICE WARM UP ACROSS THE SE PLAINS ON FRI...BEFORE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRI NIGHT. BY SATURDAY...BOTH GFS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE NAM12 SPREADS PRECIP ACROSS THE PLAINS...AS A TROF CARVES OUT TO THE WEST AND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. BAND OF FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING DEVELOPS ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE. CURRENT GRIDS ALREADY HAVE HIGHER POPS ALONG THE SE MTS/PALMER DVD REGION...WHICH LOOKS GOOD. WEA REMAINS UNSETTLED FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED...WITH NORTHERLY FLOW SENDING A STRONGER/DEEPER COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SAT NIGHT. KEPT LOW GRADE POPS GOING ACROSS THE SE PLAINS...AS WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH SYNOPTIC FORCING IN COLD AIR TO GENERATE PCPN. LATEST RUNS LOOK A LOT COLDER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS HAD DEPICTED...SO CONFIDENCE IN THESE LATER SOLUTIONS NOT ALL THAT HIGH. BUT HAVE TRENDED TEMPS DOWNWARD EACH DAY BEYOND SUNDAY. -KT && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 AM SATURDAY FOR COZ058 >061-066>068. && 50/31
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 11:48 AM MST, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1148 AM MST WED NOV 30 2005 COZ058>089-093>099-011400- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 1148 AM MST WED NOV 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOOK FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING BRIEFLY BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY IN LAKE COUNTY... SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO POSSIBLE AROUND LEADVILLE. OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... AS AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SEEM LIKELY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SOME SNOW TO MOST OF THE REST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS MINOR WEATHER DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING.
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.