Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Oct 20, 2007, 4:39 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 20, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2007, 4:39 AM MDT (10:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2007, 3:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 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 201039 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 439 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A POTENT WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058-060-061-201645- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0008.071021T0300Z-071022T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0008.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 439 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND THE MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ059-201645- /O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 439 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 201632 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1032 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A POTENT WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. COZ058-060-061-202245- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 1032 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET... AND THE MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ059-202245- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 1032 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LEADVILLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 202150 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 350 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SNOW SPREADING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE SUNDAY... .A STRONG WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...THEN INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MOUNTAIN PASSES...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR OVER MONUMENT HILL. COZ058-060-061-210400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 350 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET... AND THE MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ063-072>076-079>082-084-210400- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T1200Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 350 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE TOWARD SUNRISE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ059-210400- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 350 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LEADVILLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 202209 CCA WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 407 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SNOW SPREADING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE SUNDAY... .A STRONG WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...THEN INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MOUNTAIN PASSES...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR OVER MONUMENT HILL. COZ058-060-061-210430- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 407 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET... AND THE MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ063-072>076-079>082-084-210430- /O.COR.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T1200Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 407 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE TOWARD SUNRISE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. 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. $$ COZ059-210430- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T0300Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 407 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LEADVILLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 210337 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 937 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SNOW SPREADING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE SUNDAY... .AN EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...THEN INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MOUNTAIN PASSES...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR OVER MONUMENT HILL. COZ058-060-061-210945- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 937 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ059-210945- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 937 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ063-072>076-079>082-084-210945- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T1200Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 937 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... THE WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AFTER 3 AM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 210442 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1042 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SNOW SPREADING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE SUNDAY... .AN EARLY SEASON SNOW STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...THEN INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MOUNTAIN PASSES...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR OVER MONUMENT HILL. COZ058-060-061-211045- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 1042 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ063-076-081-082-084-211045- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T0600Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- 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- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1042 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FREMONT COUNTY AND THE GREATER PIKES PEAK REGION. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTY...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. 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. $$ COZ059-211045- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 1042 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-211045- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T1200Z-071022T0000Z/ 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 1042 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... THE WET MOUNTAINS...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FORECAST BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 211045 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO...WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH COLORADO TODAY. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES THROUGH THE DAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE MORNING. LOCALLY INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES...COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE REGION...AND EXPOSED AREAS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES WHERE MODERATE TO LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE 4000 FEET. HOWEVER...WITH THE GROUND REMAINING WARM FROM THE RECENT WARM WEATHER...LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. COZ058-060-061-211645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 445 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TODAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ059-063-076-081-082-084-211645- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- 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- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 445 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET IN EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8500 FEET IN NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING 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. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-211645- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.071021T1200Z-071022T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 445 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS.... SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...TO PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 211636 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1036 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY... .A STRONG WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO TODAY...THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES THROUGH THE DAY. MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES...COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS... AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE 4000 FEET. HOWEVER...WITH THE GROUND REMAINING WARM FROM THE RECENT WARM WEATHER...LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. COZ058-060-061-212245- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 1036 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. $$ COZ059-063-072>076-079>082-084-212245- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1036 AM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE PALMER DIVIDE AND LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET INCLUDING LEADVILLE. LATEST WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AND WEB CAMS INDICATE MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SNOWFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE BEEN LIGHT SO FAR THIS MORNING...BUT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS OVER NORTHERN COLORADO SUGGEST NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 212146 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 346 PM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ENDING OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO... .THE WINTER LIKE STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO EARLIER TODAY WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL ENDING OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY MIDNIGHT. COZ058-060-061-212300- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 346 PM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. $$ COZ059-063-072>076-079>082-084-212300- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-071022T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 346 PM MDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Oct 19, 3:14 PM MDT, 13 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 3:14 PM MDT, 13 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 314 PM MDT FRI OCT 19 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) WINDS AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS. AN UPR RIDGE CENTERED TO OUR SW TODAY WL BECOME A FLAT UPR RIDGE OVR THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...WITH THE WINDS SWITCHING FROM NWRLY TO WRLY...AND INCREASING ALOFT. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL DECOUPLE EXCEPT AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER LATE TONIGHT 50-60 KT WINDS SHOW UP IN THE NAM OVR THE ERN MTS AT H7. THERE IS A STABLE LAYER NR MT TOP IN THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS...BUT AT THIS POINT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A PERFECT SET UP FOR HIGH WIND HIGHLIGHTS...BUT THIS WL NEED TO BE WATCHED. THIS STRONG FLOW PERPENDICULAR TO THE MTS SHOULD HOWEVER GIVE SOME STRONG WINDS TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT AND ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE SERN MTS...WITH 40-50 MPH GUSTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. SKIES TONIGHT ACRS THE AREA WL BE CLEAR OR MOSTLY CLEAR. ON SATURDAY AN UPR TROF WL APPROACH THE AREA...AND BY 00Z SUN IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM WRN WY INTO WRN UT. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR SAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY STRONG ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH 20-30 MPH AND STRONGER GUSTS IN MANY AREAS. THE WINDS WL ALSO HELP DRY THINGS OUT AND LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...AND IT LOOKS LIKE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVR THE SERN PLAINS AND MTS...AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF EXPECTED STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH/S MEAN THAT I WL KEEP THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WITH LATER SHIFTS LIKELY UPGRADING TO A WARNING. WL NOT ADD THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TO THE WATCH...AS THEIR FUELS ARE NOT CRITICAL...WITH THE SERN MTS AND PLAINS DO HAVE CRITICAL FUELS. THE NAM SHOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SHOWERS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MTS BY LATE SAT AFTERNOON...WHILE THE GFS KEEPS THE AREA DRY. WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ISOLD SHOWERS IN THAT AREA...SO WL GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THEM IN THE FORECAST FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON. /28 .LONG TERM... ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... SIGNIFICANT FALL/WINTER STORM SHAPING UP RIGHT NOW OVER THE PACNW...DRIVEN BY A 170 KT JET IN THE N PACIFIC. CONSIDERABLE COLD AIR CU NOTED IN SAT IMAGERY OFF THE PACNW COAST. THE GLOBAL MODELS ARE STILL HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING A HANDLE ON THIS SYSTEM...BUT IT SEEMS VERY LIKELY THAT MOST OF SE CO WILL BE AFFECTED TO SOME DEGREE BY THE STORM THIS WEEKEND...WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN MTNS AND HIGHER ELEVS OF THE ERN MTNS BY SUNDAY. STILL SOME DISCONCERTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS MODELS. PARTICULARLY TROUBLING IS THE NAM...WHICH CONTINUES TO INSIST ON A PROGRESSIVE TROUGH MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THE NAM SOLUTION BRINGS A GOOD DEGREE OF SUBSIDENCE AND DRY INTRUSION OVER THE REGION...AND DESPITE THE STRONG DYNAMICS LEAVES VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF QPF FOR SE CO. HOWEVER...THE 12 AND 18Z NAM SOLUTIONS ARE OUTLIERS COMPARED TO THE SUITE OF OTHER MODELS...INCLUDING THE GFS...CANADIAN...AND ECMWF. THE 06Z RUN OF THE NAM WAS ALSO CLOSER TO THE LATEST GLOBAL RUNS. SO...HAVE CHOSEN TO LARGELY IGNORE THE NAM...WHICH HAS A RATHER POOR TRACK RECORD AT 48 HOURS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE EC AND GFS...WHICH HAD BEEN WIDELY DIVERGENT...HAVE NOW COME TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF AGREEMENT. THE ENSEMBLE MODEL SOLUTION ARGUES IN FAVOR OF THE UPPER LOW CUTTING OFF SOMEWHERE OVER NCENTRAL TO NE NM OR SCENTRAL-SE CO...AND THEN LOSING STEAM AS A CUTOFF OVER CENTRAL KS. THE 12Z CANADIAN IS PROBABLY MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOLUTION. HAVE GONE LARGELY WITH THE 12Z GFS...WHICH SEEMS TO BEST REPRESENT THE MOST-LIKELY SCENARIO. THIS WOULD BRING A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE DIVIDE BEGINNING SAT EVE...THEN SPREADING TO THE ERN MTNS AND PLAINS ON SUN. HAVE GONE WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...WHICH SHOULD SEE THE BEST SHOT AT ACCUMULATIONS OF 8-12 INCHES...LOCALLY A FOOT OR MORE ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVS AND WRN SLOPES. WILL SEE LESSER SNOW AMTS ELSEWHERE...GENERALLY IN THE 2-5 INCH RANGE. SLIGHTLY LESS CERTAIN...BUT IF THE LOW CUTS OFF AS EXPECTED COULD SEE A ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HIT THE WETS...RAMPARTS...AND NRN SANGRES ON SUNDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING WARNING CRITERIA AT THE HIGHER ELEVS. LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL. OVER THE E PLAINS...QUESTION REMAINS HOW MUCH SNOW IF ANY FROM THIS SYSTEM. HAVE GONE FAR BELOW GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS ON SUN THROUGH MON...BUT THIS STILL IS TOO WARM FOR WIDESPREAD SNOW AMTS TO SHOW UP IN THE GRIDS. HIGH TEMPERATURE SUN WILL LIKELY COME EARLY IN THE DAY...AS H7 TEMPS PLUMMET TO -10 DEGREES OVR THE PLAINS BY SUN AFTERNOON. ENTIRELY DISCOUNTING THE NAM SOLUTION...THERE COULD BE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ALL DAY OVER THE I-25 CORRIDOR...AND 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW WOULD BE REASONABLE. OVR THE FAR ERN PLAINS...MAY SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX LATER IN THE DAY...WITH ALL RAIN POSSIBLE NEAR THE COKA BORDER. REGARDLESS OF THE PREFERRED SOLUTION...ITS HARD TO IGNORE THE 160 KT UPPER JET...LIS OF 0 TO -2 AND MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 9+ DEGREES C THANKS TO AN H5 CORE AT -28 DEG C. THE ONLY THING MISSING IS A STRONG DEEP MOISTURE SOURCE. THE SYSTEM SHOULD PRODUCE SOME PRETTY ROBUST CONVECTION...WHICH WILL PILE UP THE SNOW AMTS PARTICULARLY OVER THE NRN MTNS. HAVE ADDED ISOLD THUNDER TO ALL ZONES FOR THE SUN AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVE PERIOD. TEMPS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW EVEN AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY ON MON. HOW QUICKLY THE LOW PULLS AWAY WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON TEMPS AND SENSIBLE WX PARTICULARLY ON MON. HAVE CUT BACK ON TEMPS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH GFS GUIDANCE...AND EVEN THIS MAY BE TOO WARM. MTS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN QUITE COLD THROUGH TUE...PARTICULARLY DUE TO FRESH SNOW COVER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CLEARING SKIES EARLY IN THE WEEK. MOS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS HIGHS IN THE TEENS OVER THE HIGH PASSES ON MON...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THINGS EVEN LOWER THAN THAT. REMAINDER OF THE WEEK LOOKS TO BE MORE OF A HEADACHE FOR THE KS WFOS...AS MOST OF THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE UPPER LOW SHOULD NO LONGER BE A MAJOR FACTOR AS WE HEAD INTO MID-WEEK. HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE LATTER PERIODS...AS A RIDGE AND MODERATING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW. ROSE && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER THE MTS...ESPECIALLY THE SERN MTS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOME GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED. DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...MOST AREAS WILL SEE WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND WESTWARD. /28 && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR COZ221-222-225>237. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR COZ058-060-061. && 28/44
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 3:58 PM MDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT FRI OCT 19 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-202200- 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- 358 PM MDT FRI OCT 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WARM...DRY...DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO ON SATURDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH FIRE DANGERS...THIS COULD LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS BELOW 8500 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES OVER THE WEEKEND. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH COULD DRAMATICALLY AFFECT FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. IF THE STORM DROPS FARTHER SOUTH...THEN HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 4:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:39 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 35 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.