Alert archive / Colorado / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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.