Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 4, 2008, 9:43 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 5, 2008, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 60 hr. 19 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2008, 9:43 AM MST (16:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 5, 2008, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 5:51 PM MST
- In force
- 60 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2:21 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Leadville, CO | |
| Jan 5, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 5 Ssw Nathrop, CO | |
| Jan 5, 4:21 PM MST | SNOW 10 | 1 N Wolf Creek Pass, CO | |
| Jan 5, 5:22 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Ne Leadville, CO | 0.42 INCHES LIQUID...STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 5, 5:28 PM MST | SNOW 4.3 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | |
| Jan 6, 6:15 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO | 14 INCHES IN SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 6, 6:32 AM MST | SNOW 7 | Climax, CO | |
| Jan 6, 7:35 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 5 Ssw Nathrop, CO | 7 INCH SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 6, 7:54 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | N Maysville, CO | 5.8 STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 6, 8:33 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | 10.2 STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 6, 8:47 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 S Buena Vista, CO | |
| Jan 6, 12:38 PM MST | SNOW 18 | 5 W Maysville, CO | |
| Jan 6, 12:39 PM MST | SNOW 40 | 1 N Wolf Creek Pass, CO | 40 INCH STORM TOTAL. 39 INCHES IN LAST 24 HOURS ENDING 1037 AM THIS MORNING. REPORT FROM WOLF CREEK SKI AREA. |
| Jan 6, 12:43 PM MST | SNOW 8.3 | Leadville, CO | |
| Jan 6, 7:20 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Maysville, CO | |
| Jan 6, 7:20 PM MST | SNOW 7.8 | N Maysville, CO | STORM TOTAL. 2 INCHES OF NEW IN PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 7, 8:47 AM MST | SNOW 49 | 1 N Wolf Creek Pass, CO | |
| Jan 7, 12:36 PM MST | SNOW 28 | 5 W Maysville, CO | |
| Jan 7, 5:45 PM MST | SNOW 14 | 1 N Buena Vista, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 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 041643 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 943 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...MAJOR LONG DURATION WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE STARTING SATURDAY AND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BRING A PROLONG PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION. COZ060-066-068-042245- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0001.080105T1300Z-080107T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0001.080105T1300Z-080108T0000Z/ 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 943 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. LATEST COMPUTER MODEL SIMULATIONS FRIDAY MORNING INDICATE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL FALL ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS WEEKEND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY SLACKEN UP SOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON DURING THIS EVENT...WHICH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. ON SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. AS THE MID LEVEL WINDS SHIFT TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL INCREASE ALONG ALL OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058-042245- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0001.080105T1300Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS 943 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON DURING THIS EVENT ON SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY..SHIFTING TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST LATER SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ HODANISH
16 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 042200 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...MAJOR LONG DURATION WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE STARTING SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE STARTING SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BRING PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION. COZ058-060-066-068-050400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.080105T1300Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 300 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. LATEST COMPUTER MODEL SIMULATIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INDICATE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL FALL ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS WEEKEND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY SLACKEN UP DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...BUT IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON DURING THIS EVENT...WHICH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. ON SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. AS THE MID LEVEL WINDS SHIFT TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL INCREASE ALONG ALL OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY LATE MONDAY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. 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. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 050054 CCA WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...MAJOR LONG DURATION WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE STARTING SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE STARTING SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BRING PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION. COZ058-060-066-068-050700- /O.COR.KPUB.WS.W.0001.080105T1300Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 552 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LATEST COMPUTER MODEL SIMULATIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON INDICATE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL FALL ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS WEEKEND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY SLACKEN UP DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...BUT IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 FEET. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON DURING THIS EVENT...WHICH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP ON SATURDAY AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. ON SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. AS THE MID LEVEL WINDS SHIFT TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL INCREASE ALONG ALL OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY LATE MONDAY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 050255 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 755 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...MAJOR LONG DURATION WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS THE THE WEST COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL AFFECT COLORADO CONTINENTAL DIVIDE STARTING SATURDAY MORNING AND LASTING INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-051200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.080105T1300Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 755 PM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS... CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SATURDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COME IN PERIODIC WAVES. THE THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARTIA...SAWATCH...AND THE LAKE COUNTY MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS HIGHER TERRAIN. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...OR DANGEROUS...ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH...AND TENNESSEE THIS WEEKEND. 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. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 051138 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 438 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...LONG DURATION MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD HEAVY SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE STRONG WINDS THAT WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ058-060-066-068-051745- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.080105T1300Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 438 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS... CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS THAT WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN... LA GARITA AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS WEST SLOPE OF THE MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE IN LAKE COUNTY. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND DANGEROUS...ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH...AND TENNESSEE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 051701 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1001 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...LONG DURATION MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE STRONG WINDS THAT WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ058-060-066-068-052315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 1001 AM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS... CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES AND ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS THAT WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN... LA GARITA AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS WEST SLOPE OF THE MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE IN LAKE COUNTY. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND DANGEROUS...ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH...AND TENNESSEE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 052202 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...LONG DURATION MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE STRONG WINDS THAT WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COZ058-060-066-068-060415- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 302 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS... CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. LATEST COMPUTER SIMULATIONS INDICATE THE SNOW MAY BECOME EXTREMELY HEAVY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF SEVERAL INCHES PER HOUR MAY BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY WILL BE 2 TO 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN... LA GARITA AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS WEST SLOPE OF THE MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE IN LAKE COUNTY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON OVER THE MOUNTAINS DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH...AND TENNESSEE THROUGH MONDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-060415- /O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.080105T2202Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 302 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY...CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JAUN MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 12 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 060323 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 823 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-061200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 823 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS... CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY WILL BE 1 TO 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN... LA GARITA AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS WEST SLOPE OF THE MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE IN LAKE COUNTY. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE... ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH... AND TENNESSEE THROUGH MONDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-061200- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 823 PM MST SAT JAN 5 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 12 INCHES. 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. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 061155 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-061800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 455 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS... CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY OF 1 TO LOCALLY 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS WEST SLOPES OF THE MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE IN LAKE COUNTY. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH...AND TENNESSEE THROUGH MONDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-061800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 455 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 12 INCHES. 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 061713 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1013 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-062315- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 1013 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY OF 1 TO LOCALLY 4 FEET GENERALLY AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS WEST SLOPES OF THE MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGE IN LAKE COUNTY. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE... ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH... AND TENNESSEE THROUGH MONDAY. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-062315- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1013 AM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 12 INCHES. 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 062230 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-070430- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 330 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES TO FALL TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY OF 2 TO 4 FEET FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE LOCALLY UP TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE STORMS END MONDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE... ACROSS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES LIKE WOLF CREEK...CUMBRES...MONARCH... AND TENNESSEE THROUGH MONDAY. 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. $$ COZ073-075-070430- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.080106T2300Z-080108T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 330 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE POOR 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. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-070430- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 330 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES WILL FALL THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 8 TO 20 INCHES. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 070337 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 837 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-070945- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 837 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MANY OF THE ROADS IN THE AREA ARE NOW CLOSED. TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED IN THE WARNED AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES TO FALL TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY OF 2 TO 4 FEET FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE LOCALLY UP TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE STORMS END MONDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WIND MAY LIGHTEN UP SLIGHTLY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. DO NOT TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-073-075-070945- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 837 PM MST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL FALL THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 8 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE WESTERN RANGES...AND 6 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ ROSE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 070929 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 229 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MONDAY. COZ058-060-066-068-071530- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 229 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS IN THE AREA ARE CLOSED. TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED IN THE WARNED AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES TO FALL TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE MONDAY OF 2 TO 4 FEET FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE LOCALLY UP TO 5 FEET OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE STORMS END MONDAY EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WIND MAY LIGHTEN UP SLIGHTLY EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. DO NOT TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE... RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-073-075-071530- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 229 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE... GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL FALL THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 8 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE WESTERN RANGES...AND 6 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 071145 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. COZ058-060-066-068-071745- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 445 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. EXPECT A BRIEF LULL IN THE HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING...THOUGH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES IN THE SAN JUAN RANGE ARE CLOSED. TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED IN THE WARNED AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES TO FALL TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE THIS EVENING OF 2 TO 5 FEET FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WHERE LOCALLY UP TO 6 FEET OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL FINALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH ONLY A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WIND MAY LIGHTEN UP SLIGHTLY EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. DO NOT TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE... RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-073-075-071745- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 445 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE... GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL ENDING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 8 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE WESTERN RANGES...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 071725 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1025 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY... .A SECOND STRONG PIECE OF ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS RAPIDLY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO. THIS SECOND PIECE OF ENERGY WILL BRING MORE HEAVY SNOW TO BOTH THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO. COZ058-060-066-068-072330- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 1025 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOW RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW WHICH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MANY ROADS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES IN THE SAN JUAN RANGE ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND AVALANCHES. TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED IN THE WARNED AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES TO FALL TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE THIS EVENING OF 2 TO 5 FEET FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WHERE LOCALLY UP TO 6 FEET OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL FINALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH ONLY A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WIND MAY LIGHTEN UP SLIGHTLY EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. DO NOT TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE... RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ072-074-076>088-072330- /O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.080107T2100Z-080108T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1025 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM THE PIKES PEAK REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THIS ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...ALL OF FREMONT COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY IN COLORADO SPRINGS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR...3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL START FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IT WILL START FALLING IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. IT WILL START FALLING ALONG THE REMAINDER OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR BY THE LATE AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TYPICALLY WINTER STORMS DO NOT BRING MUCH SNOW TO THESE REGIONS. THIS WILL NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME. WE EXPECT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN ALL OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND IN THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST WHICH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SNOW ACROSS ALL OF PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES. 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. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-073-075-072330- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 1025 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE... GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL ENDING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 8 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE WESTERN RANGES...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF 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. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 072227 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY... .A SECOND STRONG PIECE OF JET STREAM ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS SECOND PIECE OF ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO BOTH THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO. COZ058-060-066-068-080430- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 327 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... AND THE WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET IN LAKE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...MONARCH PASS...CLIMAX...AND TENNESSEE PASS. AS OF 330 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON...MANY ROADS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES IN THE SAN JUAN RANGE ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND AVALANCHES. TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED IN THE SAN JAUN MOUNTAIN AREA UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES THIS EVENING...WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE THIS EVENING OF 2 TO 5 FEET FOR ELEVATIONS AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WHERE LOCALLY UP TO 6 FEET OF TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL FINALLY COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH ONLY A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THIS EVENING...BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. DO NOT TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE... RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-073-075-080430- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 327 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LEADVILLE AND VICINITY...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...WEST AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET IN SAGUACHE COUNTY...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LEADVILLE... GRANITE...SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL ENDING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 8 TO 20 INCHES OVER THE WESTERN RANGES...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE TOP OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-074-076>088-080430- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 327 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM THE PIKES PEAK REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THIS ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...ALL OF FREMONT COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ALONG THE I- 25 CORRIDOR IN PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR...3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TYPICALLY WINTER STORMS DO NOT BRING MUCH SNOW TO THESE REGIONS. THIS WILL LIKELY NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME. WE EXPECT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN ALL OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND IN THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE EAST SOUTHEAST WHICH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SNOW ACROSS ALL OF PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES. 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. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 080051 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TONIGHT... .A SECOND STRONG PIECE OF JET STREAM ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO THIS EVENING. THIS SECOND PIECE OF ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO BOTH THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO. COZ058-060-066-068-080200- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING EAST OF THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO INCHES. $$ COZ059-061-063>065-067-080200- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING EAST OF THE REGION. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO INCHES. $$ COZ079-080-087-080700- /O.UPG.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0002.080108T0051Z-080108T0800Z/ WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND HUERFANO COUNTY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ073-075-080700- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL ENDING BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 6 TO 14 INCHES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-074-076>078-081>086-088-080700- /O.EXT.KPUB.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080108T0800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...TRINIDAD 551 PM MST MON JAN 7 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM MST TUESDAY. THIS SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM THE PIKES PEAK REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THIS ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND ALL OF FREMONT COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAFFIC ALONG THE I- 25 CORRIDOR IN PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE. 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 4, 3:53 AM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 3:53 AM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 353 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) SHORT TERM CONCERNS REMAIN TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH PRECIP CHANCES MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MTS. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC UPPER AIR ANALYSIS MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION CONTINUES TO MOVE ON SHORE ACROSS THE PAC NW COAST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATING A MINOR EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH LF QUAD OF ASSOCIATED 90KT JET CORE NOSING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN COLORADO ATTM. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING EXTENSIVE CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH PASSING WAVE MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH DISTINCT CLOUD TOP WARMING AND CLEARING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL COLORADO WITH REGIONAL RADARS INDICATING A FEW ECHOES MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN COLORADO ATTM. AT THE SFC...LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND CLOUD COVER KEEPING TEMPS IN THE 30S AND 40S ATTM...WITH TEENS AND 20S ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY ATTM. TODAY AND TONIGHT...FLOW BECOMES MORE WESTERLY THROUGH THE DAY AS SHORT WAVE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CONTINUES INTO WESTERN TEXAS WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS STRONG PAC NW SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION OVERNIGHT. TEMPS ALOFT COOL SLIGHTLY BEHIND PASSING NEW MEXICO WAVE HOWEVER WITH THE WARM START ALONG WITH CLEARING SKIES AND WEAK DOWNSLOPE FLOW...SHOULD SEE HIGH IN THE MID 40S TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS AND PLAINS. HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS THROUGH THE DAY WITH GOOD OROGRAPHIC FLOWS AND DEVELOPING CAA WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMS EXPECTED. LEE TROUGHING BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND STRENGTHENS OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING FLOW ALOFT OWNING TO BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG AND WEST OF I-25 OVERNIGHT. MODEL X-SECTIONS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG MT WAVE DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN FAVORED LOCALES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTS. MODELS A TAD SLOWER WITH PAC NW SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE REGION...AND HAVE TRIMMED POPS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DVD THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING WITH INCREASING CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. -MW .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ...EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW FOR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EXPECTED... SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NAM AND GFS MODELS ARE MAINTAINING THE COURSE FOR THE FORECAST MOVEMENT OF THE LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE TROUGH WILL BE FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE WEST THIS WEEKEND...WITH SW FLOW ALOFT DRAWING ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS AND INTO CO OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO MON. THE NEARLY CONSTANT STREAM OF MOISTURE SHOULD PROVIDE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE MTS...WITH THE SAN JUANS AND WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE CONTDVD BEING THE FAVORED AREAS FOR LARGE SNOW AMOUNTS. THERE IS A WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ZONES 60...66 AND 68 BEGINNING SAT MORN...AND THOUGH THIS MAY BE A BIT EARLY FEEL THAT THE HIGHLIGHT IS DEFINITELY WARRANTED. WILL LET THE WATCH AREA RIDE FOR NOW AND LET THE DAY CREW MAKE A DECISION ON UPGRADING. FORECAST SNOW AMOUNT GRIDS ARE CURRENTLY PAINTING AMOUNTS ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2.5 FEET OF NEW SNOW THROUGH THE WATCH PERIOD. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE THE UPPER JET DIGGING AROUND THE TROUGH ACROSS NV AND UT. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BY MIDDAY SAT...THEN THE JET OVERHEAD BY SAT NIGHT...MEANS STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH MON...BUT CONDITIONS START TO CHANGE A BIT ON SUN AS MODELS INDICATE THAT A SFC COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN E CO THROUGH THE MORNING. THEREFORE...INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND COOLER MAX TEMPS ARE EXPECTED ON SUN AND THIS IS THE MAIN ADJUSTMENT TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. ON MON THE UPPER TROUGH SLIDES EAST...WITH THE TROUGH AXIS CROSSING SE CO SOMETIME MON EVENING. THIS WILL MEAN SOME UPSLOPE FOR THE E PLAINS BUT DO NOT SEE A NEED TO INCREASE POPS BEYOND ISOLATED FOR RIGHT NOW. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE STATE THROUGH TUE MORNING...USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPS FOR THE CWA TUE UNDER NW FLOW. POPS ACROSS THE PLAINS TAPER OFF BY THE EVENING...WHILE PCPN CHANCES ACROSS THE CONTDVD AND ESPECIALLY THE CENT MTS LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE EXTENDED. ECMWF AND GFS MODELS HINT AT A QUICK MOVING TROUGH CROSSING THE AREA ON WED...AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER ON THU...BUT LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING OR EVEN VALIDITY OF THESE FEATURES. FEEL THAT BEST BET THIS FAR OUT IS W-NW FLOW ALOFT KEEPING THE CENT MTS WITH AN ISOLATED THREAT OF SNOW...AND VERY SLOW WARMING ACROSS THE E PLAINS. MOORE && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR TAF SITES THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTDVD. WILL SEE INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT...WITH LLWS DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FOR THE COS AREA EARLY SAT MORNING. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR COZ060-066-068. && 23/27
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 5:55 AM MST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 555 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-051300- 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- 555 AM MST FRI JAN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...AS AVAILABLE MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF STRONG WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERAL BOUTS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 1 TO 4 FEET FOR MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. BRISK TO WINDY CONDITIONS...INCLUDING WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...LOOK TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS MOUNTAINOUS DRIVING...ESPECIALLY PASSES ABOVE 9500 FEET...SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...BREEZY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH ARE FORECAST FOR THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING PIKES PEAK...HIGHER TERRAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR MINOR ACCUMULATING SNOW EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE ADJACENT PLAINS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 8:17 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 13 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.