Winter Storm Watch 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1023 AM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AND ALONG THE NEW MEXICO
AND COLORADO STATE BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS FORECAST
MOVEMENT WOULD PRODUCE A FAVORABLE SCENARIO FOR ACCUMULATING
SNOW...INITIALLY ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE...THEN FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS MAINLY ON THURSDAY.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS
SYSTEM. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1023 AM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE
11000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS...MT ELBERT...NORTH
PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND CUMBRES PASS.

THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...
AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.

WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO
TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME
OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT.

$$

COZ081-082-084-095-096-098-099-262330-
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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-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...
AIR FORCE ACADEMY...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...
WALSH
1023 AM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES.  THIS
INCLUDES WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... THE AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD...AND
WALSH.

THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...
AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40
MPH.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.

WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO
TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME
OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT.

$$

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM PROJECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION FROM LATER 
THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
BY THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN MOVE INTO FAR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
BY SUNSET THURSDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM FORECAST MOVEMENT SHOULD
PRODUCE A FAVORABLE SCENARIO FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...INITIALLY
ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND
THEN OVER SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN THE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

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EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
324 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN 
SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE LA GARITA AND
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK
PASS...MT ELBERT...NORTH PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND CUMBRES
PASS.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 3 TO 10 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW
BY THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. ALSO...
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.

$$

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WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...GRANITE
324 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY...

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

THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CHAFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF GRANITE...BETWEEN 9000 
AND 11000 FEET.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 3 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW BY
THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED. ALSO...
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.

$$

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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-CROWLEY COUNTY-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...
ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS
324 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING. 

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE 
WET MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING
COMMUNITIES OF CUCHARA...STONEWALL...RYE...ORDWAY AND OLNEY SPRINGS.

THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...
AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.

WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER
ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

$$

COZ081-082-084-095-096-098-099-270430-
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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-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...
AIR FORCE ACADEMY...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...
WALSH
324 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. THIS
INCLUDES WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... THE AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR... SPRINGFIELD... AND
WALSH.

THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...
AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.

WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER
ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

$$

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
905 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...MORE SNOW HEADED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

.A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND 
INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE PROJECTED
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A FAVORABLE SCENARIO
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...INITIALLY ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND THEN OVER THE SOUTHEAST
MOUNTAINS AND SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY 
THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

COZ060-061-066-068-271015-
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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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
905 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN
SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY
BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET....INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS...MONARCH
PASS...NORTH PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND CUMBRES PASS.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 4 TO 10 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW
BY THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES 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.

$$

COZ087-088-093-094-097-271015-
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WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...
BRANSON...KIM...LAS ANIMAS
905 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR
INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD...AS WELL AS EASTERN LAS
ANIMAS...BENT AND OTERO COUNTIES.

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.

WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER
ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

$$

COZ072>075-079>082-084-089-095-096-098-099-271015-
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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-
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-CROWLEY COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
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...
ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR...
SPRINGFIELD...WALSH
905 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST THURSDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...THE RAMPART RANGE...THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS
NORTHERN EL PASO...CROWLEY...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES.

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AND IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ACROSS THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS. NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL ALSO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.

WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH
AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER
ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

$$

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MORE SNOW FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

.A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
AND INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A FAVORABLE SCENARIO
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...INITIALLY ALONG THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURDAY. SNOW WILL THEN
SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH
THE DAY THURSDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO
THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

COZ072>075-079>082-084-087-088-271115-
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/O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0014.071227T1200Z-071228T0100Z/
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-
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-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 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...
WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR AND RATON MESA INCLUDING WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES
EXPECTED ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25
CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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.

$$

COZ089-093>099-271115-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.071227T1200Z-071228T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0014.071227T1200Z-071228T0600Z/
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
1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BENT...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...PROWERS AND
BACA COUNTIES.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING WITH
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30
MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING 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.

$$

COZ077-078-083-085-086-271115-
/O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.071227T1200Z-071228T0100Z/
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY BELOW 7400
FEET...PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...FREMONT COUNTY AND THE WET
MOUNTAIN VALLEY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-25
CORRIDOR...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.

$$

COZ060-061-066-068-271115-
/O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-071228T0100Z/
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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
GRANITE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1005 PM MST WED DEC 26 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
MST THURSDAY...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST
THURSDAY. 

THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN
SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY
BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET....INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS...
MONARCH PASS...NORTH PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS...AND CUMBRES PASS.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW
BY THURSDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
WILL PRODUCE POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES 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.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
413 AM MST WED DEC 26 2007

.SHORT TERM...

...ANOTHER SYSTEM TO APPROACH THE AREA THIS EVENING...

CURRENTLY...UPPER TROUGH AXIS WAS MOVING INTO THE OK AND TX
PANHANDLES EARLY WED MORNING...WITH PATCHY LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE E
PLAINS AND AREAS OF FOG FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. TEMPS RUN THE FULL
GAMUT FOR THE FORECAST AREA...DEPENDING ON THE CLOUD COVER...BUT
MOST AREAS WERE IN THE TEENS OR COLDER.

TODAY...THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES EAST OUT OF THE REGION
TODAY...ALLOWING FOR A SHORT BREAK FOR THE CWA BEFORE THE NEXT
TROUGH APPROACHES LATE THIS AFTN AND EVE. FLOW ALOFT SHIFTS TO THE W
THEN SW THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTN...WITH TEMPS STRUGGLING TO
CLIMB INTO THE MID 30S FOR THE PLAINS...TEENS AND 20S FOR THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. DECIDED TO ADD PATCHY FREEZING FOG FOR THE VALLEY AND
SELECT AREAS OF THE LOWER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY EAST OF
PUEBLO COUNTY...FOR THIS MORNING UNTIL AROUND 10 OR 11 AM.

TONIGHT...NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM ENTERS THE PICTURE...AND LOOKS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE CHRISTMAS SYSTEM. THE TROUGH DIGS DOWN ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT...WITH THE TROUGH AXIS REACHING THE 4 CORNERS
EARLY THU MORNING. BOTH NAM AND GFS MODELS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL POTENTIAL FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH THE FOCUS ONCE
AGAIN BEING ALONG THE CONTDVD. USING LATEST QPF FORECAST...AND
COORDINATING WITH WFO GJT...DECIDED TO HOIST A WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR ZONES 60...66 AND 68 BEGINNING AT 01Z THIS AFTN/EVE...AND
LASTING FOR 24 HRS. EXPECT ACCUMULATING SNOW ALL ALONG THESE
AREAS...BUT HESITATION TO UPGRADE RIGHT AWAY IS DUE TO INDECISION ON
WHETHER TO GO WITH AN ADV OR A WARNING. SINCE THIS IS SECOND
PERIOD...FEEL WATCH IS BEST COURSE RIGHT NOW. PCPN WILL BE SLOW TO
MIGRATE TO THE EAST PAST THE MTS THIS EVENING...BUT A SFC COLD
FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DVD SOON AFTER
MIDNIGHT. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH...PAINTED POP GRIDS TO SHOW AT
LEAST ISOLATED POPS ALL AREAS BUT INCREASED TO SCATTERED POPS FOR
THE PALMER DVD AND RAMPART RANGE. MIN TEMPS WILL BE A CHALLENGE
TONIGHT DUE TO CLOUD COVER VERSUS CAA AND SNOW...SO LOW TEENS FOR
THE PLAINS AND SINGLE DIGITS TO BELOW FREEZING TEMPS FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS LOOK REASONABLE. MOORE

.LONG TERM...
(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)

...MORE WIND AND SNOW ON THURSDAY...

ONGOING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NRN NM ON THURSDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE ERN PLAINS THU MORNING...AND MOST OF
SOUTHEAST CO WILL SEE A GOOD CHANCE OF SOME MORE SNOW ACCUMS. WITH
THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM...DO NOT EXPECT TEMPS TO RISE MUCH ON
THU...AND MANY SPOTS MAY STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS. HAVE
TRIMMED BACK TEMPS FURTHER FOR THE DAY...AND THEY MAY HAVE TO BE
BROUGHT DOWN EVEN FURTHER. THE STORM HAS SOME SIMILARITIES TO THE
LAST ONE...AND IT AGAIN LOOKS LIKE SRN EL PASO AND NRN PUEBLO
COUNTY WILL STRUGGLE TO PICK UP SNOWFALL. WILL SEE A BRIEF WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY DURING THE DAY...AS THE H7 CIRCULATION WRAPS UP OVR
SERN CO. WITH THE SOMEWHAT STRONGER MID-LEVEL DYNAMICS...THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME WRAP AROUND PRECIP...SO CAN ARGUE FOR A
LITTLE BETTER SHOT AT KPUB PICKING UP SOME SNOW WITH THIS STORM.

HOWEVER...MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE NORTHERN EL PASO
AND TELLER COUNTIES...AND THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS ESPECIALLY N AND
E OF KLAA. H7 WINDS INTENSIFY TO AROUND 50 KTS FROM THE N BY THU
AFTERNOON. COULD SEE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DVD...AND
TRAVEL OVR MONUMENT HILL SHOULD BE QUITE TREACHEROUS JUST IN TIME
FOR THE THU EVE COMMUTE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
ERN KIOWA. OVERALL QPF DOES NOT LOOK GREAT FOR THIS SYSTEM...BUT
LIKE THE LAST WILL SEE LOCALIZED ACCUMS APPROACHING A FOOT.
PURSUANT TO COORD BETWN SURROUNDING WFOS...HAVE ISSUED A WATCH FOR
THE AREAS OF GREATEST CONCERN. ERN MTS...NORTHERN SANGRES AND
WETS...MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE MIX BY LATER SHIFTS.

STORM WILL PULL AWAY THU NIGHT AND INTENSIFY OVR THE PLAINS. THERE
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY BLOWING SNOW OVR THE ERN PLAINS
THU EVE...ESPECIALLY NR THE COKA BORDER. WITH MORE ARCTIC AIR
PUSHING INTO CO OVERNIGHT...WILL SEE SOME BITTER COLD LOW TEMPS BY
FRI MORN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH MTN VALLEYS WHERE PARTIAL
CLEARING IS EXPECTED. IT WILL REMAIN QUITE COLD THROUGH SAT
MORNING.

HAVE LEFT THE BALANCE OF THE FORECAST LARGELY INTACT AS THE CWA
REMAINS UNDER A NW FLOW PATTERN. BEST POPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVR
THE CONT DVD AND NRN MTS THRU THE PERIOD...AND TEMPS WILL REMAIN
AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE. ROSE

&&

.AVIATION...
LOWER VFR CEILINGS MAY PERSIST FOR KPUB AND KCOS THIS MORNING UNTIL
AROUND 17Z...THOUGH ANY CLEARING EARLIER THAN THAT WILL HELP PATCHY
FOG TO DEVELOP. IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT KALS
THROUGH 18Z. ONLY OTHER CONCERN EXPECTED WILL BE COLD FRONT DROPPING
SOUTH TONIGHT SOON AFTER 06Z...PRODUCING OCCASIONAL GUSTY N-NE WINDS
AND ISOLATED SNOW AT KCOS AFTER 06Z...AND AT KPUB AFTER 09Z.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR COZ081-082-084-095-096-098-099.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR COZ060-066-068.

&&

27/44

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 AM MST TUE DEC 25 2007

COZ058>089-093>099-261400-
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-
651 AM MST TUE DEC 25 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS
MORNING...THEN THROUGH NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS BY LATER TONIGHT.
A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
PALMER DIVIDE AND RAMPART RANGE THIS MORNING AS WELL...THEN OVER THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...
ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF OVER 6 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS...THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE RATON MESA BY LATE THIS
EVENING...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE PLAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS.
AREAS AROUND PUEBLO...COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL
MOST LIKELY SEE A 1 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERAL STORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
THE FIRST STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THIS STORM COULD BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE
PLAINS.

A SECOND STORM WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. THIS STORM LOOKS FAST MOVING AND WEAK.  IT COULD POSSIBLY
BRING A FEW INCHES OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS BUT THE PLAINS WILL
PROBABLY REMAIN DRY.

ANOTHER STORM COULD AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THIS STORM IS LOW SINCE IT IS STILL SO FAR
AWAY. HOWEVER...THE WAY IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW..IT COULD PRODUCE A
WIDESPREAD...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO...
INCLUDING THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MM/LW