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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 7, 20066 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this snow advisory at Mar 7, 2006, 3:12 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 7, 2006, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2006, 3:12 PM MST (22:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2006, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Mar 8, 2006, 3:43 PM MST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2006-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 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 072212
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
312 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN INTO
THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TONIGHT. THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHWEST COLORADO AND INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO DURING
WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE AFTER 1100 PM MST THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY. 

COZ058>061-063-066-068-080615-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.060308T0600Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
312 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST
WEDNESDAY. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUAN...LA GARITA... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO
MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY
BECOME DIFFICULT NAVIGATE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
ESPECIALLY THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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.

$$
8 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 080444
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
944 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA...STARTING
IN THE WEST AND THEN SPREADING EASTWARD. SNOW IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AFTER 1100 PM MST THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE
PALMER DIVIDE AND TELLER COUNTY...SHOULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF TELLER
COUNTY AND PIKES PEAK.

COZ081-082-081245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
944 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST
WEDNESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIES SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE SEEN ON THE
EAST SLOPES AND OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY.

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

$$

COZ084-081245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
944 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MST
WEDNESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.  

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED.

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.  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.

$$

COZ058>061-063-066-068-081245-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.060308T0600Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
944 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND FOR ALL OF LAKE
COUNTY...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUAN...LA GARITA... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO
MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY
BECOME DIFFICULT NAVIGATE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
ESPECIALLY THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 080557
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1057 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA...STARTING
IN THE WEST AND THEN SPREADING EASTWARD. SNOW IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AFTER 1100 PM MST THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE
PALMER DIVIDE AND TELLER COUNTY...SHOULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES
OF ACCUMULATION IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF TELLER
COUNTY AND PIKES PEAK.

COZ081-082-081400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
1057 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO
9 PM MST WEDNESDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO
9 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE
SEEN ON THE EAST SLOPES AND OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY.

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS...
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

$$

COZ084-081400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
1057 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO
9 PM MST WEDNESDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO
9 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO
5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS...
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.  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.

$$

COZ058>061-063-066-068-081400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.060308T0600Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1057 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND FOR ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...
AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUAN...LA GARITA... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO
MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY
BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
ESPECIALLY THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 081105
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
405 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA...

.SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE SNOW IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION
MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. 

COZ081-082-081915-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
405 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TIME PERIOD.
THE SNOW MAY BECOME VERY HEAVY AND BE DRIVEN BY NORTHEAST WINDS OF
20 TO 40 MPH. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY BE SEEN ON THE EAST
SLOPES AND OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY.

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS...
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

$$

COZ084-081915-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
405 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM
THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

VERY DIFFICULT RUSH HOUR LIKELY FOR NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
COMMUTERS THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BE RATHER LIGHT UNTIL ABOUT MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN
IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE HEAVY. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW
WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH THE ROADS ARE
QUITE WARM...THE RATE OF SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS...CAUSING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

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>061-063-066-068-081915-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
405 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND FOR ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...
AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUAN...LA GARITA... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO
MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY
BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
ESPECIALLY THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 081407
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
707 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA...

.SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE SNOW IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION
MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS
AREA.

COZ084-082215-
/O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1900Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
707 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY
TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

VERY DIFFICULT RUSH HOUR LIKELY FOR NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
COMMUTERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN IT IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE HEAVY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW
WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH THE ROADS ARE
QUITE WARM...THE RATE OF SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS...CAUSING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.

$$

COZ081-082-082215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
707 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MID
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME VERY HEAVY AND
BE DRIVEN BY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY BE SEEN ON THE EAST AND NORTH FACING SLOPES

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS... WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. 

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.

$$

COZ058>061-063-066-068-082215-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
707 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND FOR ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...
AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN
JUAN...LA GARITA... SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL
ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
PASSES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 081519 CCA
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
815 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA...

.SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE SNOW IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION
MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS
AREA.

COZ084-082330-
/O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1900Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
815 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY
TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

VERY DIFFICULT RUSH HOUR LIKELY FOR NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
COMMUTERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN IT IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE HEAVY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW
WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH THE ROADS ARE
QUITE WARM...THE RATE OF SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS...CAUSING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.

$$

COZ081-082-082330-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1600Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
815 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MID
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME VERY HEAVY AND
BE DRIVEN BY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY BE SEEN ON THE EAST AND NORTH FACING SLOPES

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS... WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. 

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.

$$

COZ058>061-063-066-068-082330-
/O.COR.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
815 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN
JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL
ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE
TODAY.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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/MOORE
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 081647
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
947 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW RETURNS TO MUCH OF THE AREA...

.SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO...AND IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK
REGION. THE SNOW IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
IN THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS AREA.

COZ081-082-090100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
947 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MID
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME VERY HEAVY AND
BE DRIVEN BY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY BE SEEN ON THE EAST AND NORTH FACING SLOPES

GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

$$

COZ084-090100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.060308T1900Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
947 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

A VERY DIFFICULT RUSH HOUR IS LIKELY FOR NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
COMMUTERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN IT IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE HEAVY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW
WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH THE ROADS ARE
QUITE WARM...THE RATE OF SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE ON THE ROADWAYS...CAUSING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

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>061-063-066-068-090100-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
947 AM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 13 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN
JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. TRAVEL
ACROSS THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO
NAVIGATE TODAY.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 082151
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGING MARCH SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO IS FORECAST TO MOVE
EAST SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT WITH THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

COZ058>061-063-066-068-082300-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. LOOK FOR NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW AND
FLURRIES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

$$

COZ079-080-090600-
/O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0700Z/
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6300 FEET. 

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS THIS
EVENING...AND DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
NEAR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.

$$

COZ074-075-087-088-090600-
/O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0700Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...
WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND
TRINIDAD. 

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND
TRINIDAD TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START TO DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. WINDS SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH NEAR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.

$$

COZ085-090400-
/O.EXA.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
ESPECIALLY AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS.

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY THIS EVENING. IT MAY NOT BE SNOW ALL THE TIME...BUT THERE
COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOW IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE SNOW WILL MELT...INITIALLY...
BUT WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW...THE ROADS COULD BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY BETWEEN 400 PM AND
800 PM MST. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

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.

$$

COZ081-082-090400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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.

$$

COZ084-090400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
251 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL MELT...INITIALLY...BUT WITH COOLING
TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...THE ROADS
COULD BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 800 PM MST. HEAVY
SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING
SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 082243 CCA
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGING MARCH SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO IS FORECAST TO MOVE
EAST SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT WITH THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

COZ058>061-063-066-068-082345-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060309T0100Z/
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-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. LOOK FOR NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW AND
FLURRIES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

$$

COZ079-080-090700-
/O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0700Z/
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6300 FEET. 

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS THIS
EVENING...AND DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
NEAR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.

$$

COZ074-075-087-088-090700-
/O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0700Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...
WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST
TONIGHT. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND
TRINIDAD. 

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND
TRINIDAD TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START TO DIMINISH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. WINDS SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH NEAR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.

$$

COZ085-090400-
/O.COR.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
ESPECIALLY AROUND COLORADO SPRINGS.

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY THIS EVENING. IT MAY NOT BE SNOWING ALL THE TIME...BUT THERE
COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOW IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE SNOW WILL MELT...INITIALLY...
BUT WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW...THE ROADS COULD BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY BETWEEN 400 PM AND
800 PM MST. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

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.

$$

COZ081-082-090400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN
7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT.

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

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.

$$

COZ084-090400-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-060309T0400Z/
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW
7500 FT-
INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
342 PM MST WED MAR 8 2006

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
MST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY
THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL MELT...INITIALLY...BUT WITH COOLING
TEMPERATURES AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...THE ROADS
COULD BECOME ICY AND SLUSHY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 800 PM MST. HEAVY
SNOW SHOWERS AND WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING
SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

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.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Mar 7, 2:49 PM MST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 2:49 PM MST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
249 PM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

CORRECTED TO CHANGE THE WATCH...WARNING...ADVISORY SECTION FROM
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TO JUST A SNOW ADVISORY.

.SHORT TERM...
(TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)

...FIRE AND ICE THE MAIN CONCERN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...

CURRENTLY...VIGOROUS SW FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE CNTRL ROCKIES PER
SATELLITE IMAGERY...RUC MODEL ANALYSIS...AND SFC DATA. MIN HUMIDITY
LEVELS HAVE BEEN 15% OR LESS ACROSS THE SERN CO MOUNTAINS AND
PLAINS. THIS COUPLED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30KTS...WIND GUSTS OF
25-40KTS...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...MODERATE DROUGHT...AND
MODERATELY-EXTREME 10HR-1000HR DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED EXTREME
FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE SERN CO MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. NEXT
WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE IN CA AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH
RIGHT NOW PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSIS
ANIMATIONS.

TNGT...WILL CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
221...222 AND 225 THROUGH 237 UNTIL 8 PM MST.  NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM
STARTS TO TAKE AIM ON THE CNTRL ROCKIES LATER TNGT. SW FLOW
INCREASES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ALONG WITH SOME SYNOPTIC
SCALE ASCENT. MIDLEVEL MOISTURE FLUX DATA SHOWING SOME MOISTURE
MOVING INTO S CNTRL CO TNGT. MIDLEVEL STATIC STABILITIES REMAIN
MODERATELY UNSTABLE...7-8 C/KM...SO HEAVY SNOWBURSTS CAN BE
ANTICIPATED AROUND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.  THE BEST OROGRAPHIC
INFLUENCE SHOULD BE AROUND THE ERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS TNGT...BUT
SYNOPTIC SCALE SNOW SHOWERS COULD MOVE INTO THE CNTRL MOUNTAINS
LATER TNGT GIVEN THE GJT RADAR RIGHT NOW.  ACROSS SERN CO...WILL
LOOK FOR THE FIRST COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO ERN CO LATER TNGT. THE
ONLY SENSIBLE WEATHER RESPONSE TO THIS COLD FRONT WILL BE A WIND
SHIFT THIS EVE AND SFC DEW POINTS INCREASING TOWARDS WED AM. PLAN
TO INCREASE THE POPS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND WILL
GO WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 7 INCHES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE SW AND CNTRL MOUNTAINS AND AROUND 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS.

WED...POTENTIAL COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING WEATHER PATTERN STILL IN THE
OFFING. THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CERTAINLY
DICTATE THE SENSIBLE WEATHER AND QPF ACROSS SERN CO MOUNTAINS AND
PLAINS.  THE MIDDLE/UPPER LEVEL ONE CONTOUR CLOSED LOW IS PROJECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WED AM AND INTO ERN NM BY LATE
WED AFTN. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE WITH MODERATELY STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES SUPPORTING
CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL. PRECIPITATION STARTS TO EXPAND ACROSS N CNTRL
AND NERN CO IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK MIDLEVEL(H7-H6) TROWAL WED
AM. A SECOND PRECIP GENERATED COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SERN CO WED
AFTN. THE COMBINATION OF SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT...MODERATE-STRONG
MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES 8-9 C/KM...COULD SUPPORT FAIRLY INTENSE
SHOWERS WITH VARYING SNOW LEVELS. THE H7 WINDS HAVE TURNED MORE NELY
IN THE NAM12...THUS THE MODEL DEVELOPING MORE OROGRAPHIC INDUCED
PRECIPITATION WED AFTN AND INTO WED EVE.  IF THE PRECIPITATION...
INSTABILITY...AND MOISTURE ARE IN PLACE...SNOW LEVELS COULD REACH 4K-
5K FT MSL LATE WED AFTN...BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS WHEN THE PRECIPITATION
STARTS. IF IT STARTS EARLIER...THEN THE SNOW LEVEL COULD REMAIN AT
THE LOWER LEVELS. WILL GO WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 7 INCHES FOR THE SW AND
CNTRL MOUNTAINS. ALSO PLAN TO ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY(SN.Y) FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SW AND CNTRL MOUNTAINS(058...060...
061...063...066...068) FOR TNGT AND WED. FOR THE SERN CO MOUNTAINS
AND PLAINS...TOUGH CALL. PLAN TO STICK WITH THE CURRENT FORECAST
OF HIGH CHC AND LIKELY FOR SERN CO MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. IT
POTENTIALLY LOOKS LIKE A WED AFTN AND EVE EVENT FOR THE SERN CO
MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...OR LATE 2ND AND 3RD PERIOD...SO WILL NOT
ISSUE AN ADVISORY RIGHT NOW. FOR TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...
AGAIN TOUGH CALL AND DEPENDS WHEN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT
DEVELOPS...IT COULD BE EARLY WED AM OR IN THE AFTN. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES ACROSS SERN CO WILL BE CONSIDERABLY COOLER WED AND
THERE COULD BE STEADY OR FALLING TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTN.
OVERALL... ITS MARCH IN THE ROCKIES.

18Z/07 NAM12 IS COMING IN SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE 12Z NAM12.
PRECIPITATION DOES NOT START IN SERN CO UNTIL WED AFTN...SO WILL
ADJUST. IF THIS RUN SCENARIO CONTINUES...EVENING OR MIDNIGHT CREW
MIGHT NEED TO ISSUE AN ADVISORY FOR SERN CO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT I-
25 CORRIDOR...BUT WHERE WILL THE SNOWLINE BE.  METZE

.LONG TERM...
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)

FORECAST REMAINS CHALLENGING THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD DUE TO
THE EXPECTED UNSETTLED PATTERN.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ETA AND GFS MODELS INDICATE THAT THE UPPER LOW
WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CWA WED EVENING...THEN DROP TO THE SE ACROSS
THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES LATE WHICH WILL HELP PCPN TO DIMINISH.
THEREFORE...UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE OVER THE S
FOOTHILLS AND UP AGAINST THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE RATON...WITH
SCATTERED POPS ALMOST EVERYWHERE ELSE. PCPN TAPERS OFF QUICKLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. ONGOING GRIDS WERE VERY CLOSE TO THIS...SO MINIMAL
ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE WESTERLY ON THURSDAY...
PROVIDING A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PCPN AND CLOUD COVER FOR THE E
PLAINS. MEANWHILE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED PCPN WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE CONTDVD. BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST
TO DROP DOWN THE E PLAINS AND PROVIDE THE UPSLOPE PUSH FOR SHOWER
ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY UP AGAINST THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE S FRONT RANGE. COOLED MAX TEMPS ON FRI TO REFLECT
THIS...AS WELL AS INCREASED POPS FOR THE E PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE A LARGE UPPER
TROUGH WILL RESIDE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE U.S. THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH THE TROUGH AMPLIFYING AND DIGGING FARTHER
SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE NEXT WORK WEEK. SW FLOW ACROSS
THE 4 CORNERS WILL STRENGTHEN...WITH A NEAR CONSTANT THREAT OF PCPN
ALONG THE CONTDVD AND MTS. BY MONDAY ISOLATED PCPN IS FORECAST TO
FINALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE MTS ONTO THE E PLAINS. LITTLE CHANGE
NEEDED TO THE ONGOING FORECAST THIS FAR OUT DUE TO THE EXPECTED
UNSETTLED PATTERN. MOORE

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ221-COZ222-
COZ225-COZ226-COZ227-COZ228-COZ229-COZ230-COZ231-COZ232-COZ233-
COZ234-COZ235-COZ236-COZ237.

SNOW ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY FOR
COZ058-COZ059-COZ060-COZ061-COZ063-COZ066- COZ068.

&&

17/27
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 8:28 AM MST, 6 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
828 AM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

COZ058>089-093>099-081530-
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-
828 AM MST TUE MAR 7 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222 AND ZONES 225 THROUGH
237...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS...FROM
8 AM TO 8 PM MST TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS.

LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO COLORADO AND
BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...ESPECIALLY THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE VALLEY...A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY
NORTH OF SALIDA...MAY SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ON
WEDNESDAY WHERE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SOUTHWARD THROUGH
EASTERN COLORADO. RAIN AND SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO
THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. AN ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE
AS WELL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE
SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PIKES PEAK
AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT MOVES
THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE
WINDS WILL BRIEFLY COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE POOR
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DETERIORATE OVER THIS REGION DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE.

NUMEROUS WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO FOR THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING THE
CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS. THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL BE WINDY WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF
LIGHT PRECIPITATION AS EACH DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS
AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES.

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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.