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Snow Advisory 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 2, 200814 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this snow advisory at Apr 2, 2008, 3:00 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 3, 2008, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2008, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2008, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2008, 9:21 PM MDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2008-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WWUS45 KPUB 022100
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
300 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT.
MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD TO THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN
COLORADO.

COZ058>061-066-030300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T0600Z-080404T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS
300 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT
THURSDAY. 

4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ073-076-080>082-030300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1200Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK
300 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ075-030300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1800Z-080404T0600Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...SPANISH PEAKS
300 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$
ROSE
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 022346
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
546 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD
TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO.

COZ058>061-066-030600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T0600Z-080404T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS
546 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
MDT THURSDAY. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...AND THE LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.  

SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT...AND BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ073-076-080>082-030600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1200Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK
546 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY
ABOVE 7500 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...NORTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.  

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND
FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING
SLOPES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ075-030600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1800Z-080404T0600Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...SPANISH PEAKS
546 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.  

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND FALL
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH
SNOWFALL TAILING OFF BY MIDNIGHT.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 030515
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1115 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD
TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO.

COZ058>061-066-031200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T0600Z-080404T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS
1115 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...AND THE LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT...AND BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ073-076-080>082-031200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1200Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK
1115 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY
ABOVE 7500 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...NORTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY...AND FALL HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING
SLOPES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ075-031200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1800Z-080404T0600Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...SPANISH PEAKS
1115 PM MDT WED APR 2 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND FALL
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

LW
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 030944
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD
TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO.

COZ058>061-066-031600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS
344 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

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

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

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...AND THE LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
THROUGH THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ073-076-080>082-031600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1200Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK
344 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY
ABOVE 7500 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...NORTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND FALL HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT.
THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST
FACING SLOPES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ075-031600-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1800Z-080404T0600Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...SPANISH PEAKS
344 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND FALL
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 031541
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
941 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD TO THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
EASTERN COLORADO.

COZ058>061-066-032145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS
941 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

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

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

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS OF
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...ALL OF LAKE COUNTY...AND THE LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
THROUGH THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ073-076-080>082-032145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK
941 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY
ABOVE 7500 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...NORTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND FALL HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST
FACING SLOPES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ075-032145-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1800Z-080404T0600Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...SPANISH PEAKS
941 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND FALL
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 031555
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
955 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS TODAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH THE DAY.

COZ058>061-066-031700-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...NORTH PASS
955 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS
WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.

$$

COZ075-032200-
/O.EXT.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.080403T1555Z-080404T0600Z/
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...SPANISH PEAKS
955 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND FALL
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$

COZ073-076-080>082-032200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...
PIKES PEAK
955 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY
ABOVE 7500 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...NORTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...AND FALL HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST
FACING SLOPES.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$
ROSE
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 032137
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
337 PM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS TODAY...

.AN EARLY SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
TODAY. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN
MOUNTAIN RANGES THROUGH THE DAY.

COZ073-075-076-080>082-040345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS...GREENHORN MTN...
WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
337 PM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY
ABOVE 7500 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...NORTHERN
FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY LATE TONIGHT.

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL.

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

$$
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 040321
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
921 PM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

.THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF EASTERN
COLORADO...WITH SNOW ENDING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS.


COZ073-075-076-080>082-040430-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080404T0600Z/
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 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-
INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS...GREENHORN MTN...
WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK
921 PM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE PIKES PEAK AND TELLER
COUNTY REGION. SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
THROUGH 1100 PM...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD
REMAIN AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. THUS THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  

$$

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 Apr 2, 3:44 AM MDT, 11 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:44 AM MDT, 11 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 AM MDT WED APR 2 2008

.SHORT TERM...
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

PRIMARY METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGE FOR THE SHORT TERM WILL BE
INCREASING PRECIPITATION LATER TONIGHT...INITIALLY FOCUSED
OVER SECTIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES.

CWFA CURRENTLY BEING GRACED BY MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES IN COMBINATION WITH BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL EARLY APRIL
MORNING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS GENERALLY AVERAGING BELOW 25
MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS.

LATEST SHORT TERM MODELS SUPPORT IDEA OF PRECIPITATION
INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...ESPECIALLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF LAKE...CHAFFEE AND NORTHERN
SAGUACHE COUNTIES AS UPPER WAVE MOVES INTO THE REGION. FOR
NOW...HAVE PAINTED 1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THIS REGION BY
12Z THURSDAY...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THIS FALLING AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WFO PUEBLO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ISSUE
NECESSARY WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS IF NEEDED.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CWFA...LATEST FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS AND
MODEL OUTPUT SUGGEST THAT MORE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL BE NOTED
TODAY AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS
AS MOIST EASTERLY SURFACE HIGH PATTERN OF YESTERDAY IS REPLACED BY
DRIER SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TODAY.

ALSO...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REBOUND QUITE NICELY
THIS AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH READINGS
MOVING INTO THE 50S AND 60S FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE EASTERN
MOUNTAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.  MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY MORNING ARE PROJECTED TO RUN A CATEGORY OR SO HIGHER
THAN VALUES NOTED THIS MORNING.  ONCE AGAIN...PRIMARY CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE CWFA
DURING THE SHORT-TERM.

.LONG TERM...
(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)

...MODERATE TO HIGH IMPACT WEATHER EVENT STILL IN THE OFFING FOR
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...

THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A SPLIT
FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR THESE FORECAST PERIODS.
I HAVE FOUND THESE SPLIT FLOW EVENTS SOMETIMES AGGRAVATING BASED
ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCES...BECAUSE THEY COULD GO EITHER WAY. THIS
SCENARIO WILL LIKELY BE THE SAME. DURING THURSDAY MORNING...THE
NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH...CURRENTLY DIVING OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST....WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WY AND ABOUT TO
ENTIRE CO...WHILE THE SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM REMAINS SOMEWHAT
FRAGMENT WITH A SERIES OF POSSIBLE MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
EJECTING INTO SOUTHEAST CO AND THE MAIN ENERGY HANGING BACK IN
SOUTHERN CA/AZ. INITIALLY DURING THURSDAY MORNING...THERE WILL
LIKELY BE TWO WEATHER EVENTS WITH A LINEAR PRECIPITATION AREA FROM
UT INTO NORTHERN CO INTO NE IN RESPONSE TO THE 700-600MB FRONTOGENETICAL
FORCING(E.G. IMPLIED VERTICAL MOTION). THE OTHER AREA WOULD BE
ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CO INTO SOUTHWESTERN KS WHERE
STRATUS/FOG/LIGHT RAIN-DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING PER ISENTROPIC ASCENT/MOISTURE
ADVECTION AT THE 290K LEVEL. THE STRATUS/FOG COULD VERY WELL GET
SUCKED BACK TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS AT COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO
AROUND SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL BE VERY CLOSE OUT
AROUND PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...BECAUSE RELATIVELY BREEZY
WESTERLY...ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE...AND MUCH DRIER AIR WILL DEVELOP
BY THURSDAY MIDMORNING. NAM-WRF AND GFS ARE SUGGESTING THE
NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO BE MORE OF A PLAYER IN THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES WEATHER THAN THE SOUTHERN STREAM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AS THE MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES
INTO CO...THE STEEPEST 700-500MB LAPSE RATES WILL BE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS/HIGH VALLEYS...SO CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
DEVELOP WITH ADEQUATE SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT PROJECTED. THE
RAIN/SNOW LEVEL WILL LIKELY START OUT RELATIVELY HIGH AROUND 8K FT
MSL THURSDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY LOWER TO AROUND 6K FT MSL BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS USUAL DURING SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES...A
HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW LEVEL WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS/HIGH
VALLEYS AND THE ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE
DIABATIC AND EVAPORATIVE COOLING PROCESSES. THE GREATER CHANCE FOR
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ABOVE 6K FT MSL. PROBABLY
AN ALL LIQUID CHANCE BELOW 6K-5K FT MSL GIVEN THE WEATHER FEATURE
IS NOT ALL THAT STRONG...NOT A LOT OF COLD AIR TO WORK WITH...AND
ITS THE DAYTIME. SOUTHEAST CO COULD SEE SOME SNOW BY THURSDAY
EVENING...BUT NOT AMOUNTING TO MUCH. CURRENT THINKING WOULD BE 1-6
INCHES FOR MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE PEAKS...IF
EVERYTHING DOES SET UP JUST RIGHT. THERE MIGHT BE A DUSTING ON THE
PALMER DIVIDE AND RATON MESA...MAINLY THE GRASSY SURFACES UNLESS
THE PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS MUCH STRONGER. THE QPF/SNOW AMOUNT
BULLSEYE WILL LIKELY BE AROUND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...FREMONT
COUNTY...SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILL-RATON MESA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WORSE CASE
SCENARIO WOULD PROBABLY BE ADVISORIES FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...
PIKES PEAK/TELLER COUNTY... SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET
MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. IF THE LAPSE
RATES ARE STEEPER OR THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS STRONGER...THERE
COULD BE SOME INTENSE SNOW BURSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS/HIGH VALLEYS
DURING THE EVENT MAKING THE WEATHER EVENT LOOK WORSE...WHICH IS
TYPICAL IN THE SPRING...BUT A TOUGH CALL AND VERY LOCALIZED
THREAT. THURSDAYS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY HOLD STEADY OR SLOWLY
FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND BE COOLER THAN TODAYS. NAM-
WRF...AND MORE SO THE GFS...REALLY DIMINISH THE QPF POTENTIAL
AFTER THURSDAY EVENING...SO WILL FOLLOW THE TREND.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE GENERAL TREND IS FOR MIDDLE TO UPPER
LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP. THIS WOULD PROMOTE MODERATING
TEMPERATURES. WILL MAINTAIN THE SMALL POPS/WX FOR THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...NO CHANGES. METZE

&&

.AVIATION...

ALL TAF ROUTES(ALS...COS AND PUB) SHOULD NOTE VFR
CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNSET TODAY.  KALS SHOULD NOTE SOUTHWEST WINDS
OF 10 TO 20 MPH AS WELL AS HIGHER WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NONE.

&&

77/17
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 6:12 AM MDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
612 AM MDT WED APR 2 2008

COZ058>089-093>099-031300-
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-
612 AM MDT WED APR 2 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OVER SECTIONS
OF LAKE...CHAFFEE AND NORTHERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED IN
THESE AREAS BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH AND NEAR THE
CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING
THE IMMEDIATE HIGH VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START AROUND
8000 FEET THURSDAY AND THEN LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY THURSDAY
NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY THE SAWATCH
AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES...TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND VALLEY...AND THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS TOWARDS THE RATON MESA. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY OF ALL THE WEATHER PARAMETERS COMING TOGETHER FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. ANY CHANGE IN THE PATH...STRENGTH...AND
AVAILABILITY OF MOISTURE COULD INCREASE OR DECREASE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND ALTER THE PRECIPITATION TYPE. PEOPLE LIVING AND
PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS COLORADO...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS...AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR
WINTER WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES BEING ISSUED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER SECTIONS OF LAKE...CHAFFEE AND NORTHERN SAGUACHE
COUNTIES TONIGHT.

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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.