Alert archive / Colorado / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this snow advisory at Dec 8, 2007, 12:23 PM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2007, 12:23 PM MST (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2007, 3:47 AM MST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 107 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 081923 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...WHILE A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS OVER FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COZ058>061-066-068-090130- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. 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. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. MANY MOUNTAIN PASSES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL OVER...OR COULD BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. 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. $$ COZ076>078-081>083-090130- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY... AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY INCLUDING WOODLAND PARK...CRIPPLE CREEK...COALDALE...HOWARD...SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. SNOWFALL WAS INCREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...WITH WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 9 TO 15 INCHES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-090130- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS INCLUDING LA VETA PASS...CUCHARA...AND RYE. SNOW WAS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW PERSISTING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRISK TO WINDY CONDITIONS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY PASSES AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET....WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 10 TO 20 INCHES GENERALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES BETWEEN 7500 AND 10000 FEET FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. $$ COZ065-067-090130- /O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0015.071208T1923Z-071209T1200Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT...THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT...AND INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF BONANZA...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ084-085-090130- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING MONUMENT...COLORADO SPRINGS...AND BLACK FOREST. FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS MOSTLY ENDED ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND 3 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. ROADWAYS... SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK THROUGH TONIGHT. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ COZ086>088-090130- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET... HUERFANO COUNTY BELOW 7500 FEET...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FEET INCLUDING PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS MOSTLY ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 10 INCHES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. ROADWAYS...SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ COZ089-093>099-090130- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1223 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... OTERO...CROWLEY...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES INCLUDING TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...EADS...LAMAR...AND SPRINGFIELD. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 4 INCHES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ON TOP OF THE FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM THIS MORNING. ROADWAYS...SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 090129 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH COLORADO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT...WHILE A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS WILL PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. COZ076>078-081>083-090730- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY... AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY INCLUDING WOODLAND PARK...CRIPPLE CREEK...COALDALE...HOWARD...SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. SNOWFALL WAS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE 9 TO 15 INCHES. ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES. 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>061-066-068-072>075-079-080-090730- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- 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- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS... PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND ALL OF LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...CLIMAX...GRANITE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER MOST MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ COZ065-067-090730- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT...THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF BONANZA...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ084-085-090730- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AND BLACK FOREST. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BY SUNDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ COZ086>088-090730- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF PUEBLO ...HUERFANO...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ COZ089-093>099-090730- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 629 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. ROADWAYS...SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PAVED SURFACES MAY BECOME EXTREMELY SLICK. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ LW
000 WWUS45 KPUB 090604 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT. COZ076>078-081>083-091200- /O.CON.KPUB.HS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY... AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY INCLUDING WOODLAND PARK...CRIPPLE CREEK...COALDALE...HOWARD...SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES. ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES SHOULD BE NOTED. REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOWFALL MAY BE EXPERIENCED AT TIMES. 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>061-066-068-072>075-079-080-091200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- 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- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS... PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND ALL OF LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...CLIMAX...GRANITE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... AND WOLF CREEK PASS. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER MOST MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ COZ065-067-091200- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT...THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT...AND THE COMMUNITIES OF BONANZA...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY COME TO AN END BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ084-085-091200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AND BLACK FOREST. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES PROJECTED ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 9 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ COZ086>088-091200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF PUEBLO ... HUERFANO...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING PUEBLO... PUEBLO WEST...WALSENBURG...AND TRINIDAD. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 10 INCHES PROJECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY...WITH THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS GENERALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$ COZ089-093>099-091200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1104 PM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE PROJECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK FOR TRAVEL. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 091047 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 347 AM MST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...SNOW AND WINTRY WEATHER WINDING DOWN THIS MORNING.. .THE STORM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO IS NOW MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION...AND THE MOISTURE FORM THIS SYSTEM HAS MOVED TO THE EAST. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. COZ076>078-081>083-091200- /O.CAN.KPUB.HS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE 347 AM MST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ROADS REMAIN ICY AND TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ058>061-066-068-072>075-079-080-091200- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- 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- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS... PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 347 AM MST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. ROADS REMAIN ICY AND SNOW PACKED...AND TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ065-067-091200- /O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 347 AM MST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. ROADS REMAIN ICY AND SNOW PACKED...AND TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ COZ084>089-093>099-091200- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS... PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS... LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE... LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 347 AM MST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ROADS REMAIN ICY AND TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. $$ SR
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 Dec 8, 3:56 AM MST, 8 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 3:56 AM MST, 8 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 AM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 .SHORT TERM... TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...VERY COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES... ...FREEZING DRIZZLE/FREEZING FOG PARTS OF SOUTHEAST CO THIS AM... ...WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TODAY/TONIGHT... CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSES SHOWED THE DIGGING LONGWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WITH RELATIVELY DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS. PER LIVE WEB CAMS...SNOW CONTINUES TO FLY ACROSS PARTS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...MAINLY THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS GIVEN THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FLOW OROGRAPHICS ENHANCING LIFT AND QPF/SNOW AMOUNTS. IR SATELLITE IMAGERY HAD COOLING TOPS ONCE AGAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST NM/SOUTHWEST CO AROUND THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. NOT SURE HOW MUCH SNOW IS OCCURRING AROUND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS GIVEN A SOUTHWEST FLOW IS A POOR OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT. NOT MUCH OCCURRING AT MONARCH SKI AREA/PASS PER LIVE WEB CAMS AND LEADVILLE METAR AND TRAINED SPOTTER INDICATES A CLEAR SKY EARLY THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...MAINLY RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS HAVING BEEN MOVING OUT OF NORTHWESTERN NM INTO OUR EASTERN CO MOUNTAINS/HIGH VALLEYS WITH SOME SUBSTANTIAL RADAR ECHO RETURNS...20-30 DBZ...JUST SETTING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. MESO-NET SENSORS IN THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S...SO LIKELY ALL SNOW. THE AREAS/BANDS OF SNOW CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO TELLER/EL PASO/PUEBLO/HUERFANO COUNTIES. ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD...THIS IS WHERE THE SHALLOW CP AIR MASS REMAINS UP AGAINST THE EASTERN CO MOUNTAINS EASTERN SLOPES. TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS WERE IN THE 20S TO AROUND 30. AREAS-WIDESPREAD FREEZING DRIZZLE/FREEZING FOG HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST CO. LAPS SOUNDINGS SUGGEST POSSIBLY ALL SNOW THERMAL STRUCTURE FOR EL PASO COUNTY. STILL GETTING FREEZING DRIZZLE AT PUEBLO AND LIKELY SOUTHWARD. DESPITE A LITTLE MORE MOIST SOUNDING ABOVE THE SHALLOW COLD AIR DOME ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS THE PREDOMINATE WEATHER GIVEN NO SEEDER-FEEDERS ALOFT PER IR SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY. RECEIVED REPORT OF SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE AND BRIDGES/OVERPASSES ICING UP...INCLUDING DENSE FREEZING FOG...ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CO. NOT TO LEAVE OUT...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY HAS BEEN IN THE 30S TO NEAR 40 ALL NIGHT WITH RAINFALL. QUITE A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO DEAL WITH. TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE VERY BIG QUESTIONS. FIRST KNOWN...THE SHALLOW CP AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD TODAY...AND SHOULD DEEPEN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH AND LIKELY SOME DIABATIC COOLING. THE LAST ROUND OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS HIGHER TERRAIN. THERE MAY BE A LULL WITH SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...BUT INSTABILITY SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE...SO WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT FORECAST. WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HIGHER TERRAIN TODAY...ESPECIALLY SINCE MANY ROADS ARE STILL IMPASSABLE DESPITE IT SNOW OR NOT...SO STILL A HAZARD. FOR OUR EASTERN CO MOUNTAINS/SOUTHEAST PLAINS...THE GFS WANTS TO DEVELOP BANDS OF QPF/SNOW AMOUNTS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS I-25 CORRIDOR AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST CO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE 800-700MB AND 700-600MB FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING...WHICH I CANNOT DISCOUNT. WITH TEMPERATURES -15C SNOW GROWTH ZONE WILL BE AROUND 500-550MB AND NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY OUR EASTERN MOUNTAINS. THIS FACT COMBINED WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S...SHOULD SEE SOME DECENT SNOW RATIOS...15-1 OR 20-1 WITH HIGHER ELEVATION TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS. 24 HOUR SNOW TOTAL CRITERIA COULD BE MET ACROSS PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND WET MOUNTAINS. ADVISORY VALUES COULD BE REACHED ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD. THE VALUES ARE FAIRLY MARGINAL OUT EAST...BUT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST EVENT. FURTHERMORE...AND MORE COMPLEX...IS THE FREEZING DRIZZLE/FREEZING FOG THAT WILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS JUST BEFORE THE SNOWFALL. HEADLINE PLAINS ARE FOR A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAINS FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IT APPEARS THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH WIND ACROSS FREMONT COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY...SO PLAN TO JUST GO WITH A HEAVY SNOW WARNING. WILL EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH TIME FOR I-25 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD. THIS IS A DIFFICULT CHOICE...BUT THERE WILL BE A MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY A SNOW ADVISORY. TRYING TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE RIGHT NOW...SO WILL MAINTAIN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND GIVE IT DETAIL WORDING WHAT TO EXPECT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION/QPF DIMINISHES LATER TONIGHT...BUT WILL KEEP THE HEADLINES GOING ALL NIGHT GIVEN SOME UNCERTAINTIES. MEANWHILE...THERE MAY BE A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TODAY. METZE .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ...WINTER IS HERE TO STAY... LIGHT SNOW OVER THE PLAINS WILL WIND DOWN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH POSSIBLY SOME LGITH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. WITH FRESH SNOW COVER...HAVE STAYED THE COURSE BY MAINTAINING TEMPS DEGREES BELOW MOS GUIDANCE. NOT LIKELY TO GET ABOVE FREEZING ON SUN. WILL SEE A BIT OF A BREAK IN THE WX SUN AFTERNOON THRU MON MORNING. NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO CO MON AFTERNOON INTO TUE MORNING. NAM HAS BEEN PLAYING CATCH UP TO THE GFS THE LAST FEW RUNS...SO IN GENERAL HAVE FOLLOWED GFS GUIDANCE FOR TIMING AND QPF. STILL A WAYS OFF...BUT SWRN MTS AGAIN LOOK TO BE THE MAIN BENEFICIARY OF THE STORM...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE FOR THE SAN JUANS. OVR THE PLAINS...SRLY FLOW WILL NOT BE ALL THAT FAVORABLE FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR...BUT RATON MESA AND PALMER DIVIDE SHOULD GET SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMS. LOW-MID LEV FLOW TURNS WESTERLY TUE MORNING AND THIS SHOULD CUT OFF THE PRECIP E OF THE MTS...BUT WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS SINCE THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHEN THIS TRANSITION WILL OCCUR. WILL RETURN TO A RELATIVELY DRY PATTERN WITH NW FLOW ALOFT FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...BUT IT WILL STILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE. ROSE && .AVIATION... PER SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...LIFR/IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE COS AND PUB AIRPORTS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD BE 6-8 INCHES AT COLORADO SPRINGS AND 5-6 INCHES FOR PUEBLO. THE SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. FOR THE ALS AIRPORT...RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS COULD GIVE WAY TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE ALS AIRPORT COULD BE 1-2 INCHES. METZE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ084>089- 093>099. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ058>061-066-068. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ072>075-079- 080. HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ076>078-081>083. && 17/44
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 6:31 AM MST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 631 AM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-091345- 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- 631 AM MST SAT DEC 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECT GENERALLY ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 1 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 9000 FEET FOR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACROSS PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND WET MOUNTAINS...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE 10000 FEET AND 6 TO 10 INCHES BELOW 10000 FEET ARE FORECAST. ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...THIS MORNING BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG...MIXED AT TIMES WITH LIGHT SNOW...THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING SNOW COVERAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FOG MAY BE DENSE AT TIMES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD DIMINISH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL WIND DOWN OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY UNDER ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION BEGINNING ON MONDAY AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE PLAINS BY MONDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...AND INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ADVISED TO WATCH FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 8, 9:30 AM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
930 AM MST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0929 AM SNOW 1 WNW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.79W
12/08/2007 M1.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JCERULocal storm report, Dec 8, 10:59 AM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1059 AM MST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0929 AM SNOW 3 SW PUEBLO 38.24N 104.66W
12/08/2007 M0.2 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JCERULocal storm report, Dec 8, 11:00 AM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1100 AM MST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 AM SNOW 3 SW PUEBLO 38.24N 104.66W
12/08/2007 M0.2 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JCERULocal storm report, Dec 8, 11:40 AM MST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1140 AM MST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 AM SNOW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.78W
12/08/2007 M2.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JCERULocal storm report, Dec 8, 11:42 AM MST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1142 AM MST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0823 AM SNOW 4 SSE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.92N 104.83W
12/08/2007 M1.0 INCH EL PASO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0823 AM SNOW 5 ESE FORT GARLAND 37.40N 105.35W
12/08/2007 M1.0 INCH COSTILLA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0929 AM SNOW 1 WNW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.79W
12/08/2007 M1.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1050 AM SNOW 3 SW PUEBLO 38.24N 104.66W
12/08/2007 M0.2 INCH PUEBLO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1139 AM SNOW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.78W
12/08/2007 M2.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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JCERULocal storm report, Dec 8, 12:22 PM MST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1222 PM MST SAT DEC 08 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0123 AM SNOW 2 NE LEADVILLE 39.27N 106.27W
12/08/2007 M8.5 INCH LAKE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED SNOWFALL 12AM THURSDAY - 12AM FRIDAY -- 12/5 -
12/7 STORM TOTAL 14.2 INCHES
1100 AM SNOW 3 N PUEBLO RESERVOIR 38.30N 104.75W
12/08/2007 M2.0 INCH PUEBLO CO NWS EMPLOYEE
1139 AM SNOW WALSENBURG 37.63N 104.78W
12/08/2007 M2.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
1205 PM SNOW 1 SW RYE 37.91N 104.94W
12/08/2007 M3.5 INCH PUEBLO CO CO-OP OBSERVER
1215 PM SNOW CUCHARA 37.38N 105.10W
12/08/2007 M4.0 INCH HUERFANO CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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MNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:12 AM MST | Heavy Snow Warning | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Teller | 24 hr |
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Snow Advisories in Colorado, 2007Every snow advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.