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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 5, 2006El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blizzard watch at Apr 5, 2006, 3:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 7, 2006, 4:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2006, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2006, 4:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 9:11 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS45 KPUB 052149
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
349 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...MORE WINTER WEATHER HEADED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO...

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

COZ058-060-060600-
/O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.060406T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
349 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY
AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ068-060600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
349 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-060600-
/O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T2000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
349 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
WESTERN KANSAS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
GENERATE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY.
AT THIS TIME...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN
EL PASO COUNTY APPEARS TO BE FROM AROUND 4 AM FRIDAY TO NOON FRIDAY.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXACT
TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE 
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER
35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING OR
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$
11 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 060009
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
609 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER NEVADA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-060815-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
609 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ068-060815-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
609 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-060815-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T2000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
609 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

THE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NEVADA THIS EVENING IS
FORECAST TO BE OVER WESTERN KANSAS BY 6 PM THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM
IS THEN FORECAST TO STALL...AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$

HODANISH
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 060011 CCA
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
611 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER NEVADA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-060830-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
611 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ068-060830-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
611 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-060830-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T2000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
611 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

THE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER NEVADA THIS EVENING IS
FORECAST TO BE OVER WESTERN KANSAS BY 6 PM THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM
IS THEN FORECAST TO STALL...AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$

HODANISH
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 060308
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
908 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN UTAH WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-061115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
908 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ068-061115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
908 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-061115-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T2000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
908 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LATEST COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WEDNESDAY EVENING CONTINUE TO INDICATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 3 AM FRIDAY AND 12 NOON
FRIDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH
SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$

HODANISH
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 060553
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1153 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN UTAH LATE THIS
EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS
ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN
POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-061400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
1153 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ068-061200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1153 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-061400-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T2000Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
1153 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LATEST COMPUTER PROJECTIONS WEDNESDAY EVENING CONTINUE TO
INDICATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 3 AM
FRIDAY AND 12 NOON FRIDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$

HODANISH
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 061115
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
515 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THIS
EVENING WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST WYOMING EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN POSSIBLE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-062000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
515 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ068-061215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
515 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
MDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
EARLY THIS MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BOTH WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST
WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-062000-
/O.EXT.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
515 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LATEST COMPUTER PROJECTIONS THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO INDICATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 12 NOON FRIDAY.
NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$

LW
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 061156
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
556 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST WYOMING EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THEN POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

COZ068-061300-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060406T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
556 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM MDT EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

$$

COZ058-060-062000-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
556 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-062000-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
556 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LATEST COMPUTER PROJECTIONS THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO INDICATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 12 NOON FRIDAY.
NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 061438
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
838 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.AN INTENSE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST WYOMING THIS
MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS
ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-062245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
838 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-062245-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
838 AM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LATEST COMPUTER PROJECTIONS THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO INDICATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 12 NOON FRIDAY.
NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 061828
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1228 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING WITH POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER WYOMING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO
THE EAST DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO
THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THEN POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

COZ058-060-070230-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
1228 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-070230-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T0700Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
1228 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

COMPUTER PROJECTIONS THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE
POSSIBILITY OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
FRIDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL FALL BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON FRIDAY. NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 062108
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN
EL PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS THIS
EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. THIS SAME STORM SYSTEM
WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY TOWARD
MORNING AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO ABOUT MIDDAY...WITH POSSIBLE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

COZ058-060-070515-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
307 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-070515-
/O.EXT.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T1000Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
307 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

COMPUTER PROJECTIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE POSSIBILITY
FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL START BETWEEN 4 AM AND 6 AM
FRIDAY...WITH THE WINDS INCREASING BY ABOUT 8 AM. IT LOOKS AS
THOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AROUND 2 INCHES...AND WINDS
WILL LIKELY BE FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 062357
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
557 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN
EL PASO COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS THIS
EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. THIS SAME STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY...WITH POSSIBLE SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

COZ058-060-070500-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
557 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING...BEFORE
TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ084-070500-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T1000Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
557 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MDT FRIDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MDT FRIDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

COMPUTER PROJECTIONS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE
POSSIBILITY FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL START BETWEEN 4 AM AND
6 AM FRIDAY...WITH THE WINDS INCREASING BY ABOUT 8 AM. IT LOOKS
AS THOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AROUND 2 INCHES...AND
WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
KEEP INFORMED OF LATEST WEATHER FORECAST REGARDING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM SYSTEM.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 070311
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
911 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH
THIS EVENING...WITH BLOWING SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
TOMORROW MORNING...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS THIS
EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. THIS SAME STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY...ALONG WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. 

COZ084-071115-
/O.UPG.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.060407T1000Z-060407T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.BS.Y.0001.060407T1200Z-060407T1800Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
911 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM MDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
AROUND SUNRISE AND LAST UNTIL LATE MORNING. A TOTAL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. STRONG WINDS
OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW MAKING FOR
VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TOMORROW MORNING. 

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ONLY A QUICK SHOT OF INCLEMENT
WEATHER TO THE REGION. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WE EXPECT SKIES TO
BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DECREASING BY LATE
AFTERNOON. 

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO BLOWING
SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ058-060-070600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-060407T0600Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...
MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
911 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH THE
EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATER
TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
SOME WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

HODANISH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard watch went out at Apr 5, 3:44 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:44 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 PM MDT WED APR 5 2006

.SHORT TERM...
(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)

MAIN CONCERNS ARE SNOW IN THE SW AND CNTRL MTS...AND CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVR ERN AREAS.

UPR LOW IS OVR THE GRT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVR WRN CO.  THE UPR LOW IS FORECAST TO
MOVE TO WRN WY BY 12Z THU.  WL GO WITH HIGH POPS OVR WRN AREAS
TONIGHT.  SNOW AND BLSN ADVISORY FOR THE ERN SAN JUAN MTS STILL
LOOKS GOOD. COULD SEE SOME QUICK ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING ACRS
THE WRN HYR ELEVATIONS DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PCPN. THE
HYR ELEVATIONS OF THE ERN MTS WL ALSO SEE A GOOD CHC FOR SOME PCPN
THIS EVENING.  OVR ZONES 60 AND 58 THERE WL BE A DEEP LAYER OF
MSTR TONIGHT AND THU...THE EVENING CONVECTION COULD BRING SOME
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...AND THEN LATER TONIGHT AND THRU THURSDAY THE
WINDS WL BE OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORABLE OVR THESE AREAS.  WINDY
CONDITIONS SHOULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW.  HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THESE TWO ZONES FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY.  ON THU THE UPR LOW TRACKS INTO WRN NE WITH A
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVR THE AREA.  THUS ONE OF THE MAIN
CONCERNS FOR THU WL BE THE WINDS.  WL GO WITH STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS
AND EVEN HYR GUSTS ACRS THE FORECAST AREA.  MY FUELS ARE CRITICAL OVR
THE ERN MTS AND SERN PLAINS.  MIN RH VALUES OVR THE ERN AREAS ON
THU ARE EXPECTED TO BE 15 TO 20 PERCENT...WHICH IS A LITTLE HIGHER
THAN WHAT IS NEEDED TO BE CONCERNED FIRE WEATHER-WISE. HOWEVER...
WITH SUCH STRONG WINDS FORECAST...AND MARGINAL RH VALUES...ALONG
WITH CRITICAL FUELS...I WL ISSUE A FIRE WEA WATCH FOR THU...FOR THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ERN MTS AND THE SERN PLAINS.  THE MTS AND
HIGH VALLEYS WL STILL HAVE SUFFICIENT MSTR ON THU TO KEEP SCT TO
CATEGORICAL POPS...BUT WITH DOWNSLOPE BEING THE MAIN INFLUENCE ON
ERN AREAS...WL JUST KEEP POPS ISOLD FOR THE E.

.LONG TERM...
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)

...BLIZZARD WATCH FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AS QUITE BUSY WITH NUMEROUS HIGHLIGHTS/GRIDS
ISSUES. SEVERAL METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES THIS CYCLE BUT WILL KEEP
DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON BLIZZARD POTENTIAL FOR FAR NORTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY. MANY UNCERTAINTIES IN REGARDS TO TIMING AND TRACK OF
INCOMING SYSTEM...WITH LATEST LONGER TERM MODELS INDICATING THAT
STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA
THURSDAY EVENING INTO FAR EASTERN KANSAS BY FRIDAY EVENING.

AT THE SURFACE...INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. THIS
STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE WIND GUSTS OVER
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN THE 30 TO 50 MPH AND COMBINE WITH
GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW TO CAUSE POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES...THEREFORE HAVE HOISTED THE NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
BLIZZARD WATCH. ON A SIDE NOTE...IF LOW TRACKS TO FAR TO THE EAST
OR IS NOT AS DEEP AS PROGGED BY 12Z/5TH NAM...THEN IT WILL BE TOUGH
FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MATERIALIZE. CONDITIONS FOR THE SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SHOULD
CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 06Z FRIDAY. OUTSIDE OF SOME TWEAKING...HAVE KEPT
REMAINDER OF LONG TERM FORECAST INTACT. THANKS SURROUNDING OFFICES
FOR COORDINATION/COLLABORATION.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ221-COZ222-
COZ225-COZ226-COZ227-COZ228-COZ229-COZ230-COZ231-COZ232-COZ233-
COZ234-COZ235-COZ236-COZ237.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR COZ221-COZ222-COZ225-COZ226-COZ227-COZ228-COZ229-
COZ230-COZ231-COZ232-COZ233-COZ234-COZ235-COZ236-COZ237.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR COZ058-COZ060.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY FOR
COZ068.

BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR COZ084.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:15 AM MDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
615 AM MDT WED APR 5 2006

COZ058>089-093>099-061300-
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-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
615 AM MDT WED APR 5 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND
ADJACENT EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS...

....SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM THURSDAY
FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT. NEW SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING BELOW 1/4
MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES.

THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL ALSO SEE
ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT...BUT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL MOST LIKELY BE
LIGHTER AND RESTRICTED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY ABOVE
10000 FEET. WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH OR MORE MAY CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ON THURSDAY...A COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND DRY FUELS WILL AGAIN BRING A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF FIRE WEATHER CONCERN
TO THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AND ADJACENT MOUNTAINS. RIGHT
NOW...IT APPEARS THAT WINDS AND FUELS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL
LEVELS...BUT THE HUMIDITIES WILL BE A LITTLE TOO HIGH. SO...NO
HIGHLIGHTS ARE IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW COULD FALL IN THESE
AREAS FROM 6 AM THURSDAY THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES.

SOME SNOW AND WIND MAY SPREAD ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE ONTO THE
FAR EASTERN PLAINS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT THE PRESENT
TIME...IT IS UNCLEAR JUST HOW MUCH SNOW AND WIND WILL OCCUR IN
THESE AREAS. CURRENT SNOWFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO A
FEW INCHES...BUT HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS LOOKING POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION...WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IF SNOWFALL RATES ARE GREAT ENOUGH.

AFTER FRIDAY...THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN COLORADO
ARRIVES EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS STORM COULD BRING MORE SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY MONDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS.

MM/LW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 1:08 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more20 hr
Apr 5, 4:23 AM MDTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache44 hr
Apr 5, 2:55 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more6 hr

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Sources

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.