Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Watches in 2006
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:08 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:23 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 44 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:55 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 6 hr |
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