Alert archive / Colorado / Heavy Snow Warnings in 2007
Heavy Snow Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 7, 2007, 6:57 AM MST for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 10 hr. 20 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2007, 6:57 AM MST (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2007, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 7:09 AM MST | SNOW 8.5 | 5 Nw Buena Vista, CO | 8.5 INCHES OVERNIGHT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 7, 7:39 AM MST | SNOW 11.8 | 5 S Nathrop, CO | SNOWING HEAVY...1 INCH PER HOUR |
| Dec 7, 8:25 AM MST | SNOW 4.1 | Maysville, CO | 13.6 INCHES TOTAL. 4.1 INCHES IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. |
| Dec 7, 8:25 AM MST | SNOW 4.1 | N Maysville, CO | 13.6 INCHES TOTAL. 4.1 INCHES IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. |
| Dec 7, 8:25 AM MST | SNOW 12 | Buena Vista, CO | ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IN DOWNTOWN BUENA VISTA. |
| Dec 7, 8:39 AM MST | SNOW 24 | 6 Wsw Maysville, CO | 24 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. 44 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. 1.4 WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 7, 8:49 AM MST | SNOW 14 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO | 14 INCHES IN NEW SNOW OVER 24 HOURS. 4 INCHES SINCE 6 AM. |
| Dec 7, 9:12 AM MST | SNOW 13 | 5 Ssw Nathrop, CO | 12 TO 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 7, 10:18 AM MST | SNOW 17.5 | 5 S Nathrop, CO | 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. |
| Dec 7, 10:21 AM MST | SNOW 16 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO | 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN AN HOUR. 0.17 IN WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 7, 11:55 AM MST | SNOW 14 | Buena Vista, CO | 2 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. 14.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN BUENA VISTA |
| Dec 7, 12:06 PM MST | SNOW 20.1 | Maysville, CO | |
| Dec 7, 1:21 PM MST | SNOW 21 | 5 S Nathrop, CO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. 3.5 INCHES NEW SNOW IN PAST 3 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH AT 19.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 7, 1:21 PM MST | SNOW 21 | 5 S Nathrop, CO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. 3.5 INCHES NEW SNOW IN PAST 3 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH AT 19.5 INCHES...WITH 1.28 INCH WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 7, 1:27 PM MST | SNOW 18 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. 2 INCHES IN PAST 3 HOURS. 15 INCHES REMAIN ON GROUND. 0.17 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 7, 1:27 PM MST | SNOW 18 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. 2 INCHES IN PAST 3 HOURS...WITH 0.17 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT. 15 INCHES REMAIN ON GROUND. |
| Dec 7, 4:07 PM MST | SNOW 23.1 | Maysville, CO | |
| Dec 7, 4:17 PM MST | SNOW 21.8 | 5 S Nathrop, CO | |
| Dec 7, 4:33 PM MST | SNOW 19 | 5 Ssw Nathrop, CO | |
| Dec 7, 4:42 PM MST | SNOW 19.5 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO | 1.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. 15 INCHES REMAIN ON GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 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 071357 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 657 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY... .VIGOROUS AND MOIST WEST TO SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CREATE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. COZ062-072000- /O.NEW.KPUB.HS.W.0002.071207T1357Z-071208T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA 657 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET...INCLUDING SALIDA AND BUENA VISTA. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>061-066-068-072000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 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 657 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE LEADVILLE VICINITY. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...CLIMAX... GRANITE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. TODAY AND TONIGHT...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TERRAIN...GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING THE WARNING. THE SNOWFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY MAY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ON SATURDAY...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ063-072000- /O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0014.071207T1357Z-071208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- 657 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE OF EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ METZE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 071948 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1248 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY... .MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. COZ062-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA 1248 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET...INCLUDING SALIDA AND BUENA VISTA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE BEST ATMOSPHERIC LIFT IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH OF THE REGION. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>061-066-068-080200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 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 1248 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE LEADVILLE VICINITY. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...CLIMAX... GRANITE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TERRAIN...GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET...THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING THE WARNING. THE SNOWFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY MAY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ON SATURDAY...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ063-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- 1248 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE OF EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 072238 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY... .MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ON THE PLAINS...SHALLOW COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. COZ062-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA 338 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET...INCLUDING SALIDA AND BUENA VISTA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW THE BEST ATMOSPHERIC LIFT IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION. SOME SPOTTERS STILL REPORT MODERATE SNOW NEAR NATHROP AND BUENA VISTA...AND SNOW IN THESE REGIONS SHOULD BECOME LIGHTER BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>061-066-068-080445- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 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 338 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE LEADVILLE VICINITY. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...CLIMAX... GRANITE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TERRAIN...GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET...THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING THE WARNING. THE SNOWFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY MAY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ON SATURDAY...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ081-082-084-085-080445- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.071208T0000Z-071208T1600Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 338 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR EL PASO COUNTY AND THE EAST SLOPES OF PIKES PEAKS AND THE RAMPART RANGE. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER EL PASO COUNTY...AND IT WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME HEAVY ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SLICK ROADWAYS...SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES. 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. $$ COZ063-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- 338 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE OF EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 072359 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 459 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY... .MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ON THE PLAINS... SHALLOW COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE PALMER DIVIDE. COZ062-080100- /O.EXP.KPUB.HS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA 459 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING SALIDA AND BUENA VISTA...WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. $$ COZ063-080100- /O.EXP.KPUB.SN.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071208T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- 459 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. $$ COZ058>061-066-068-080600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 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 459 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE LEADVILLE VICINITY. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...CLIMAX... GRANITE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS... CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TERRAIN...GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET...THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE SNOWFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY MAY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ081-082-084-085-080600- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.071208T0000Z-071208T1600Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 459 PM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR EL PASO COUNTY AND THE EAST SLOPES OF PIKES PEAKS AND THE RAMPART RANGE. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER EL PASO COUNTY...AND IT WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE EVENING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BECOME HEAVY ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SLICK ROADWAYS... SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ LW
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning 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 heavy snow warning went out at Dec 7, 6:52 AM MST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 6:52 AM MST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 652 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATED FOR SOME CHANGES. WATER VAPOR/IR SATELLITE IMAGERY ANIMATION SHOWING A HEALTHY /SLUG/ OF MOISTURE AND COOLING TOPS ACROSS SOUTHERN UT/NORTHERN AZ INTO WESTERN CO. RAPIDLY COOLING TOPS NOW OVER SOUTHWEST CO. SNOWFALL HAS PICKED UP CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL CO MOUNTAINS BASED ON SPOTTER REPORTS AND LIVE WEB CAMS. PUB RADAR SHOWING A PERSISTENT 20-25 DBZ BAND OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SPILLING INTO THE UPPER AR RIVER VALLEY. ALREADY HAVE REPORTS OF 3-5 INCHES ACROSS THE UPPER AR RIVER VALLEY FLOOR...AND IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO /SPILL/ OFF THE SWAWATCH MOUNTAIN RANGE INTO THE VALLEY FLOOR BELOW. I HAVE GONE WITH A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR ZONE COZ062(UPPER AR RIVER VALLEY) DUE TO JUST HEAVY SNOW...NOT MUCH WIND. I HAVE...ALSO...ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY FOR COZ063 FOR 4-8 INCHES WITH THE SNOW BAND OVER THAT ZONES AND LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT WIND. OTHERWISE...CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TARGET...SO FAR. METZE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 442 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007/ SHORT TERM... ..VERY COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN UNDERWAY... ..SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL CONTINUES AROUND CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... ..FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE PARTS OF SOUTHEAST CO LATE TONIGHT... CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR/IR SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSES HAD THE NEXT /SLUG/ OF MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 00Z/07 OBS SOUNDING DATA SUGGEST MOISTURE CONTENT IN THIS AREA IS BETWEEN 150 TO 200 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL. REGIONAL RADAR DATA HAS SIGNIFICANT ECHO RETURNS... 25-35 DBZ...ACROSS WESTERN CO AND MOVING EASTWARD WITH THE MEAN UPPER LEVEL FLOW. THIS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SLAM INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. PUB RADAR SHOWING JUST SOME WEAK...LESS THAN 20 DBZ AND PROBABLY JUST CLOUD RETURNS. WEAK ECHOES HAVE BEEN OVER TELLER COUNTY AND LIVE WEB CAMS NOT SHOWING MUCH AT WOODLAND PARK/CRIPPLE CREEK...PERHAPS MAYBE SOME VERY BRIEF LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES. LIVE WEB CAMS SHOWING SNOW AT MONARCH AND WOLF CREEK PASS. AN EYEBALL ESTIMATE INDICATES MAYBE AROUND 8 INCHES ON THE PICNIC TABLES AT THE MONARCH SKI AREA PER LIVE WEB CAM. THERE HAS BEEN A 22 DBZ RADAR ECHO /BLOB/ OVER MONARCH INTO SALIDA AND NOT SURE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IN SALIDA... TEMPERATURES CERTAINLY COLD ENOUGH 31F/31F. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR ACCUMULATIONS AROUND BUENA VISTA. MEANWHILE...SOUTHEAST CO HAS BEEN RELATIVELY MILD WITH TEMPERATURE IN THE 30S THANKS TO THE BLANKET OF MIDDLE TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. VERY TOUGH TO DISCERN ANY SIGNIFICANT FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EASTERN CO. THERE MIGHT BE A VERY WEAK STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. TODAY...NEEDLESS TO SAY...THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GET HAMMERED WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 20 INCHES/12 HOURS ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES...MAINLY ABOVE 9K FT MSL. THE LOWER VALLEYS WILL PROBABLY SEE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL BE VEERING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON...SO THE OROGRAPHIC QPF/SNOW AMOUNT BULLSEYES WILL TRANSITION TO THE SOUTHWEST ASPECT MOUNTAIN FEATURES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY THE WOLF CREEK-CUMBRES PASS AREAS. EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...BIG C51ENGES. GFS QPF/SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ALREADY OVERDONE EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE MIGHT BE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWS ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS HIGHER TERRAIN THIS MORNING...HOWEVER...GIVEN THE VERTICAL PATTERN I FAVOR THE 12KM NAM-WRF DRIER SOLUTION OVER THE GFS FOR LATER TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIG C51ENGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS. LIKELY WILL GET A RELATIVELY WARMER START AND NO SIGNIFICANT FRONTAL BOUNDARY SURGES/LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION. WITH ANY FILTERED SUNSHINE...LIKE YESTERDAY...COULD SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMB A LITTLE FROM PUEBLO-LA JUNTA-SPRINGFIELD AND SOUTHWARD WHERE HIGHS COULD BE IN THE 50S...ESPECIALLY IF SOUTHWEST WINDS PICKUP. TONIGHT...VERY COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES. MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG WITH SOME MIDLEVEL DRYING LATE TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD FOCUS THE OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCE QPF/SNOW AMOUNT BULLSEYE ON THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AROUND THE WOLF CREEK-CUMBRES PASS AREAS. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DRYING AND LOSS OF OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCE ASCENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THE SNOW MACHINE MAY SHUTDOWN/TURN OFF FOR THE LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. IT STILL COULD BE SNOWING...JUST NOT THAT HEAVY. LOOKS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL 1-1.5 FEET FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND 1-8 INCHES FOR THE LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT. JUST EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL /DRY/ SLOT DEVELOPS WITH THE SOUTHWEST FLOW. THIS WILL BE DEATH TO ANY PRECIPITATION SEEDER-FEEDERS ALOFT FROM REACHING THE GROUND. THE NEXT C51ENGE WILL BE THE PERSISTENT POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER S51OW CP AIR MASS/FRONTAL SURGE INTO THE AR RIVER VALLEY UP THE SOUTHERN PALMER DIVIDE LATER TONIGHT. THE GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE AND DEEPER THAN THE 12KM NAM-WRF. BOTH HINT OF THIS POSSIBILITY AFTER 06Z/08 TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFR/IFR STRATUS TO MOVE UP THE LOWER AR RIVER VALLEY TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PALMER DIVIDE/COLORADO SPRINGS. IF THERE WAS ANY PRECIPITATION IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY LIGHT. GIVEN THE LOW LEVEL MOIST CP AIR MASS WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 30F JUXTAPOSED WITH MUCH DRIER AIR ALOFT PER MODEL SOUNDINGS...THE THERMAL STRUCTURE WOULD SUPPORT MAINLY DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE/LIGHT SNOW-FLURRIES/FOG. THIS WOULD BE FOR LA JUNTA-LAMAR-HOLLY AND NORTHWARD AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. VERY TOUGH CALL FOR PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. THE GFS SUPPORTS FREEZING DRIZZLE/FOG TOWARD SUNRISE SATURDAY. ALSO...A FREEZING DRIZZLE/LIGHT SNOW-FLURRIES/FOG EVENT FOR COLORADO SPRINGS... ESPECIALLY WITH A RELATIVELY LIGHT SOUTH-SOUTHEAST SURFACE WIND. THE WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE WILL BE A LITTLE GREATER IN SPEED AND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...WHICH COULD KEEP THINGS MIXED. WILL GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS WEATHER INTO COLORADO SPRINGS TOWARDS SATURDAY MORNING. 17 LONG TERM... ..COLD AND SNOWY WEATHER TO CONTINUE... SNOW WILL BECOME MORE CONVECTIVE IN NATURE ON SAT...AS CORE OF UPPER LOW BEGINS TO SWING OVR WRN CO. H5 TEMPS COOL TO AROUND -25 DEG BY SAT AFTERNOON. WITH UPPER FLOW SHIFTING MORE TO THE SW...SHOULD SEE THE HEAVIER SHWRS OVR THE SAN JUANS AND LA GARITAS...WHERE THE WSW CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD THRU SAT AFTERNOON. THINGS MAY WIND DOWN OVR THE NRN RANGES...BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME LOCAL ACCUMS THRU THE DAY. TEMP CONTINUE TO BE QUITE TRICKY SAT OVR THE PLAINS...AS THERE IS A GOOD 6+ HOUR TIMING DISCREPANCY BETWN THE NAM AND GFS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC AIR OVER NERN CO. COULD BE RELATIVELY WARM FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR IF THE FRONT HOLDS OFF TIL LATE AFTERNOON OR EVE...ESPECIALLY WITH THE MODERATE WRLY FLOW AT H7. HAVE STAYED THE COURSE AND GONE WITH THE COLDEST AIR TO THE N...AND RELATIVELY MILD OVR THE SRN ZONES. AS MENTIONED IN SHORT TERM DISC...FZG PRECIP REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THRU THE MORNING HRS...PARTICULARLY OVR THE FAR ERN PLAINS AS A S51OW COLD LAYER PERSISTS WITH WAA ABOVE. LAYER IS TOO S51OW FOR SNOW SAT MORN OVR THE ERN PLAINS...SO WILL MAINTAIN MENTION OF FZG DZ THRU THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW EVENT FOR THE ERN PLAINS LOOKING A LITTLE MORE LIKELY WITH LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE...AS BULK OF THE REAL COLD AIR ARRIVES LATE ST-EARLY SUN. TIMING REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT SUSPECT THE FASTER GFS SOLUTION MAY BE A BETTER BET WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ENSEMBLES. SO...BEST BET FOR LIGHT SNOW OVR THE PLAINS WILL COME SAT EVE THRU EARLY SUN MORN...WHEN SOME BANDING SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION TO ACCOMPANY THE MUCH COLDER AIR. WITH H7 TEMPS IN THE PRIME DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE...COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATE BY MID DAY SUN. MAY APPROACH WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE SANGRES AND WETS...POSSIBLY RAMPART RANGE. WITH THE FRESH SNOW...TEMPS WILL BE UNLIKELY TO CRAWL OUT OF THE 20S AT BEST ON SUN. UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES MON AND TUE...WITH THE LATEST GLOBAL RUNS SUGGESTING ANOTHER SNOW EVENT POSSIBLE FOR SERN CO. LOOKS LIKE THE SLOW START TO WINTER IS OFFICIALLY OVER. 44 AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR ALS...COS...AND PUB TAFS TODAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VFR VIS SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF ALS...COS...AND PUB THIS MORNING. FOR TONIGHT...COS-LHX-LAA AND NORTHWARD WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR LIFR/IFR DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE/LIGHT SNOW-FLURRIES/FOG AFTER 06Z/08. 17 && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ058>061-066- 068. HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ062. SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ063. && 17/17
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 6:34 AM MST, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-081345- 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- 634 AM MST FRI DEC 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH...AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ABOVE 9000 FEET. BRISK TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS TELLER COUNTY AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG...AND FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO LA JUNTA TO LAMAR AND NORTHWARD LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON SATURDAY...AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE ROCKIES. UP TO A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH PASSES. OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...SPOTTY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE MORNING. BY SATURDAY EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO AND BRING THE CHANCE FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS...WITH GREATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION ON MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY FOR EL PASO...OTERO...CROWLEY...BENT...PROWERS... AND KIOWA COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 7, 4:00 AM MST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
400 AM MST FRI DEC 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM SNOW 1 N BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/07/2007 M5.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
4 INCHES SINCE 9 PM. .22 INCHES LIQUID. STILL SNOWING.
&&
ROSELocal storm report, Dec 7, 5:50 AM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
550 AM MST FRI DEC 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM SNOW 1 N BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/07/2007 M5.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
4 INCHES SINCE 9 PM. .22 INCHES LIQUID. STILL SNOWING.
0545 AM SNOW WOLF CREEK PASS 37.48N 106.80W
12/07/2007 M8.0 INCH MINERAL CO PUBLIC
8.0 INCHES IN LAST 12 HOURS. 1.5 WATER EQUIVALENT. STILL
SNOWING.
&&
JCERULocal storm report, Dec 7, 6:13 AM MST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
613 AM MST FRI DEC 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0613 AM SNOW 11 S GUFFEY 38.59N 105.53W
12/07/2007 M3.0 INCH FREMONT CO TRAINED SPOTTER
3 INCHES AND STIL SNOWING.
&&
JCERULocal storm report, Dec 7, 6:19 AM MST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
619 AM MST FRI DEC 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 AM SNOW N MAYSVILLE 38.54N 106.22W
12/07/2007 M9.5 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
9.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. STILL SNOWING.
0619 AM SNOW CLIMAX 39.37N 106.18W
12/07/2007 M9.0 INCH LAKE CO CO-OP OBSERVER
9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. 0.57 WATER EQUIVALENT. STILL
SNOWING.
&&
JCERULocal storm report, Dec 7, 6:34 AM MST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
634 AM MST FRI DEC 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 AM SNOW 1 N BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/07/2007 M3.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
3.0 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. 0.17 WATER EQUIVALENT.
STILL SNOWING.
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JCERUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 6:57 AM MST | Snow Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 10 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:38 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Heavy Snow Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every heavy snow warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.