Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 1, 2008, 3:16 PM MST for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 1, 2008, 9:49 PM MST. It was in force for 28 hr. 42 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
- Mar 1, 2008, 3:16 PM MST (22:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2008, 9:49 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2008, 1:55 AM MST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:47 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 4 Wsw Black Forest, CO | |
| Mar 2, 11:33 AM MST | SNOW 2.2 | N Maysville, CO | |
| Mar 2, 11:40 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Crestone, CO | |
| Mar 2, 11:54 AM MST | SNOW 1.2 | 1 Sse Crestone, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 5 Nnw Aguilar, CO | STARTED 0800...HEAVY SNOW NOW...VSBY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE.. |
| Mar 2, 12:00 PM MST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 E Monument, CO | HEAVY SNOW...VSBY 1/4 MILE...CORRECTION OF WEATHER EVENT.. |
| Mar 2, 12:09 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Cuchara, CO | 3 INCHES OF SNOW FROM 9 AM TO NOON. |
| Mar 2, 12:32 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Rye, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:37 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Ssw Rye, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM MST | SNOW 3 | La Veta, CO | |
| Mar 2, 12:50 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 5 Sse Crestone, CO | 2 INCHES IN PAST HOUR...HEAVY SNOW... |
| Mar 2, 1:10 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | 1 INCH NEW SNOW...9 INCHES ON GROUND... |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM MST | SNOW 6 | La Veta, CO | |
| Mar 2, 1:31 PM MST | SNOW 4 | S La Veta, CO | STARTED 0900... |
| Mar 2, 1:46 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 5 Ese Fort Garland, CO | CORRECTED WEATHER TYPE... |
| Mar 2, 2:00 PM MST | SNOW 4.4 | Maysville, CO | 2 INCHES ADDITIONAL SINCE LAST REPORT... |
| Mar 2, 2:37 PM MST | SNOW 6.5 | 5 Se Monument, CO | |
| Mar 2, 2:39 PM MST | SNOW 12 | 6 W Westcliffe, CO | SNOWFALL IN PAST 5 HOURS... |
| Mar 2, 2:46 PM MST | SNOW 9 | 1 S Rye, CO | 3 1/2 NEW IN 2 HRS... |
| Mar 2, 3:12 PM MST | SNOW 6 | S La Veta, CO | 2 INCHES NEW IN 2 HOURS... |
| Mar 2, 3:12 PM MST | SNOW 7.5 | La Veta, CO | |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 Sse Crestone, CO | STORM TOTAL...STOPPED BETWEEN 130 PM AND 200 PM... |
| Mar 2, 4:04 PM MST | SNOW 8.5 | Cuchara, CO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE |
| Mar 2, 4:06 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 2 E Del Norte, CO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE...STARTED HEAVY SNOW AT 200 PM MST... |
| Mar 2, 4:59 PM MST | SNOW 24 | Del Norte, CO | SINCE 100 PM MST... |
| Mar 2, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 2 N Black Forest, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 8 | 5 Ese Fort Garland, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 24 | Del Norte, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 1 Se Trinidad, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM MST | SNOW 9 | S La Veta, CO | 3 INCHES NEW SINCE 309 PM. |
| Mar 2, 5:02 PM MST | SNOW 16 | 2 E Rosita, CO | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE... STARTED ABOUT 1000 AM... |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Wsw Walsenburg, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM MST | SNOW 10 | 2 E Del Norte, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:30 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Trinidad, CO | |
| Mar 2, 5:30 PM MST | SNOW 11 | 1 Ssw Rye, CO | |
| Mar 2, 6:02 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 Nnw Aguilar, CO | |
| Mar 2, 6:02 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 6 E Monument, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:01 PM MST | SNOW 13 | 1 S Cuchara, CO | |
| Mar 2, 7:14 PM MST | SNOW 11 | S La Veta, CO | 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL... 2 INCHES NEW... |
| Mar 2, 9:08 PM MST | SNOW 15 | Cuchara, CO | |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM MST | SNOW 12 | La Veta, CO | |
| Mar 2, 10:27 PM MST | SNOW 7.5 | 4 Wsw Black Forest, CO | STORM TOTAL |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 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 012216 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS TO PARTS OF COLORADO... .A RELATIVELY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN TONIGHT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS SUNDAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BRING WINTRY WEATHER BACK TO COLORADO SHORTLY AFTER UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER ON SATURDAY. THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EXIT SOUTHERN COLORADO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE RELATIVELY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN MARCH. AHEAD OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM...PEOPLE HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE MILD TO WARM WEATHER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS...THE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER HITS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF COLORADO WILL BE 20 TO 45 DEGREES COLDER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. COZ073-075-080-020515- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0009.080302T1200Z-080303T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0010.080302T1200Z-080303T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS...GREENHORN MTN 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL BE 12 TO 18 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING 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. $$ COZ072-074-079-020515- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0009.080302T1200Z-080303T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...RYE 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET...AND WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA VETA PASS...CUCHARA...AND RYE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ059-061-063-020515- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T0700Z-080303T0100Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE...TENNESSEE PASS...AND GRANITE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ076-081-082-084-020515- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0100Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...MONUMENT...AND BLACK FOREST. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 4 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY OR WAUGH MOUNTAIN AND TELLER COUNTY. ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ078-020515- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0600Z/ WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- INCLUDING...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...INCLUDING SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ087-088-020515- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1800Z-080303T0600Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WALSENBURG TO TRINIDAD TO RATON MESA AREA. LOOK FOR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RATON MESA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ058-060-020515- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T0700Z-080303T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 316 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING MONARCH PASS AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 020449 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ON TRACK FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO SUNDAY.. .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN TONIGHT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS SUNDAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER BACK TO COLORADO SHORTLY AFTER UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER ON SATURDAY. THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EXIT SOUTHERN COLORADO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN MARCH. AHEAD OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM...PEOPLE HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE MILD TO WARM WEATHER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS...WINTER WEATHER HITS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF COLORADO WILL BE 25 TO 45 DEGREES COLDER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. COZ074-079-021100- /O.UPG.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0010.080302T1200Z-080303T0900Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...RYE 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET...AND WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES CUCHARA AND RYE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 16 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING 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. $$ COZ084-021100- /O.UPG.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0100Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0010.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 11 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO LIMON. 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. $$ COZ073-075-080-021100- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0010.080302T1200Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS...GREENHORN MTN 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL BE 12 TO 18 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ094-021100- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1800Z-080303T0900Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF BRANSON AND KIM. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. $$ COZ058>061-063-021100- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T0700Z-080303T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE...TENNESSEE PASS...AND GRANITE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-078-021100- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... INCLUDING SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. $$ COZ076-081-082-021100- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK AND CRIPPLE CREEK. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...WAUGH MOUNTAIN AND TELLER COUNTY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ087-088-021100- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1800Z-080303T0900Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 949 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WALSENBURG TO TRINIDAD TO RATON MESA AREA. LOOK FOR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 25...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RATON MESA. 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 021042 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ON TRACK FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS TODAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER BACK TO COLORADO SHORTLY AFTER UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER YESTERDAY. THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EXIT SOUTHERN COLORADO LATER TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN MARCH. AHEAD OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM...PEOPLE HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE MILD TO WARM WEATHER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS...WINTER WEATHER HITS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. FORECAST TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF COLORADO WILL BE 25 TO 45 DEGREES COLDER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. COZ073>075-079-080-021700- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.080302T1200Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE SPANISH PEAKS...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...STONEWALL...WESTON...CUCHARA AND RYE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 16 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ COZ084-021700- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 11 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO LIMON. 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. $$ COZ058>061-063-021700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE...CLIMAX...TENNESSEE PASS...AND GRANITE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAIN...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-078-021700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ COZ076-081-082-021700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FEET...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK AND CRIPPLE CREEK. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ087-088-094-021700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1800Z-080303T0900Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM 342 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...BRANSON AND KIM. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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 021527 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 827 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ON TRACK FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS TODAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER BACK TO COLORADO SHORTLY AFTER UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER YESTERDAY. THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EXIT SOUTHERN COLORADO LATER TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN MARCH. AHEAD OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM...PEOPLE HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE MILD TO WARM WEATHER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS...WINTER WEATHER HITS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. FORECAST TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF COLORADO WILL BE 25 TO 45 DEGREES COLDER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. COZ073>075-079-080-022300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 827 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE SPANISH PEAKS...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...STONEWALL...WESTON... CUCHARA AND RYE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 16 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ COZ084-022300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 827 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 11 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO LIMON. 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. $$ COZ058>061-063-076-081-082-022300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 827 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE... CLIMAX...TENNESSEE PASS...GRANITE...WOODLAND PARK...AND DIVIDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS TELLER COUNTY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-078-022300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE 827 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ087-088-094-022300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.080302T1800Z-080303T0900Z/ WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM 827 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FEET AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...BRANSON AND KIM. LOOK FOR SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 021901 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1201 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ON TRACK FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON...AND FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN MARCH. AHEAD OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM...PEOPLE HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE MILD TO WARM WEATHER. WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS...WINTER WEATHER HITS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. FORECAST TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF COLORADO WILL BE 25 TO 45 DEGREES COLDER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO OVER MOST MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. COZ073>075-079-080-030115- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1201 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE SPANISH PEAKS...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...STONEWALL...WESTON... CUCHARA AND RYE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 16 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ COZ084-030115- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1201 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 11 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO LIMON. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ089-093-095>099-030115- /O.EXA.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD... EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 1201 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA JUNTA...EADS...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...KIM...AND SPRINGFIELD. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ COZ058>061-063-076-081-082-030115- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 1201 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE... CLIMAX...TENNESSEE PASS...GRANITE...WOODLAND PARK...AND DIVIDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS TELLER COUNTY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ072-078-087-088-094-030115- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM 1201 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...SILVER CLIFF AND WESTCLIFFE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 022059 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 159 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. ... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON... AND FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. COZ072-030300- /O.UPG.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS 159 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FEET INCLUDING LA VETA PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ073>075-079-080-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 159 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE SPANISH PEAKS...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...STONEWALL...WESTON... CUCHARA AND RYE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 18 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ COZ084-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 159 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 11 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO LIMON. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>061-063-076-081-082-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 159 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE... CLIMAX...TENNESSEE PASS...GRANITE...WOODLAND PARK...AND DIVIDE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS TELLER COUNTY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ078-087>089-093>099-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM... EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 159 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND RATON MESA...AND ALL OF THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...RATON PASS...LA JUNTA...LAMAR... AND SPRINGFIELD. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030016 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. ... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WAS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. COZ065-067-069>071-030630- /O.EXA.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER...DEL NORTE... ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD... SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUANS...THE LA GARITAS...AND ALONG THE EXTREME WESTERN EDGES OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY...ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE NIGHTS END. GUSTY EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-030630- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE SPANISH PEAKS...BLANCA PEAK...GREENHORN MOUNTAIN...STONEWALL...WESTON... CUCHARA AND RYE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WILL BE 8 TO 20 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ084-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING COVERS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST AND CALHAN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 11 INCHES BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY FROM COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO LIMON. 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. $$ COZ066-068-030630- /O.EXA.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH CAUSING AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ058>061-063-076-081-082-030300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEADVILLE AREA...WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND TELLER COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...LEADVILLE... CLIMAX...TENNESSEE PASS...GRANITE...WOODLAND PARK...AND DIVIDE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE ABOVE 9000 FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS TELLER COUNTY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ078-087>089-093>099-030630- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM... EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 516 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND RATON MESA...AND ALL OF THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...RATON PASS...LA JUNTA...LAMAR... AND SPRINGFIELD. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS... ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030246 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 746 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. ... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. COZ084-030400- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 746 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ COZ058>061-063-076-081-082-030400- /O.EXP.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 746 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTY...AND ACROSS NORTHERN FREMONT COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE NIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SPOTTY AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$ COZ065-067-069>075-079-080-030900- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 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- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER...DEL NORTE... ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD... SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... RYE...GREENHORN MTN 746 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET BORDERING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 2 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 FEET IN PLACES...WHILE THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. $$ COZ066-068-078-087>089-093>099-030900- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...BRANSON...KIM...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 746 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND RATON MESA...AND ALL OF THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...WOLF CREEK PASS...SILVER CLIFF... WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...RATON PASS...LA JUNTA...LAMAR... AND SPRINGFIELD. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH 2 AM. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ALONG FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030456 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 956 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. ... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT. SNOW AND WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. COZ079-080-030600- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 956 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL REMAINING LESS THAN 1 INCH. $$ COZ078-089-093-095>098-030600- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-CROWLEY COUNTY- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS... LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 956 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ACROSS CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...COUNTIES. WHILE PERIODIC LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ COZ065-067-069>075-030900- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER...DEL NORTE... ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD... SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 956 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET BORDERING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 2 AM. COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. BY STORMS END LATER TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 20 INCHES IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 FEET IN PLACES...WHILE THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. 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. $$ COZ066-068-087-088-094-099-030900- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 956 PM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND RATON MESA...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS ALONG FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 030855 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 155 AM MST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER SYSTEM STARTING TO PULL AWAY... .THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... WAS STARTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE STATE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS HAS ALLOWED SNOWFALL TO TAPER OFF...THOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. COZ065-067-069>075-031000- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER...DEL NORTE... ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD... SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 155 AM MST MON MAR 3 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. $$ COZ066-068-087-088-094-099-031000- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080303T0900Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 155 AM MST MON MAR 3 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. $$
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 Mar 1, 3:01 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 3:01 PM MST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...HIGH IMPACT WEATHER CHANGES ON TRACK FOR SUNDAY... ...WINTRY WEATHER RETURNS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN CO... CURRENTLY...WELL ADVERTISED WARM UP...RECORD BREAKERS IN SOME CASES...OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS LESS THAN 10%...AND HAINES VALUES 5-6 WERE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 CORRIDOR TODAY. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WERE HIT AND MISS SO FAR TODAY. ONCE THE INVERSION BROKE THIS MORNING...WIND SPEEDS BECAME BREEZY-WINDY AROUND PUEBLO TO WALSENBURG TO TRINIDAD WITH RAPIDLY INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIND SPEEDS HAVE NOT PICKED UP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN CO PLAINS...YET. PRETTY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH 70S TO AROUND 80 ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO AND THE MOUNTAINS WELL INTO THE 40S TO 60S...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN LIKE LEADVILLE APPROACHING 50F. ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSES SHOWED THE NEXT RELATIVELY POWERFUL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN. AS PREDICTED FOR A WHILE...VERY COLD CORE TROUGH...500MB TEMPERATURES -30C TO -35C...PER RUC ANALYSES AND 12Z/01 UPPER AIR OBSERVATION DATA. MODEL DISCUSSION...LOOKS LIKE THE NAM-WRF HAS FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO THE GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN FOR PRODUCING PRECIPITATION WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM...BUT IS STILL A LITTLE STINGY WITH THE QPF. 12Z/01 GFS HAS TRENDED TO THE POTENTIAL OF A CLOSED LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY 00Z/03 MON...WHICH IS STILL POSSIBLE...PER 12Z/01 ECMWF AND NOW THE GFS. GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE QPF...SO WILL FOLLOW. THE NAM-WRF DOES HAVE THE HIGHEST QPF BULLSEYE AROUND THE WET MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS TOWARDS THE RATON MESA. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PLANNING TO MAINTAIN THE RED FLAG WARNING WITH THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTING UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON AND THE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD RECOVERY A LITTLE AFTER 6 PM MST. SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVE INTO WESTERN CO LATE TONIGHT. VERY CHALLENGING MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. VERY DEEP AND INCREASING WIND SPEED SOUTHWEST FLOW PROJECT THROUGH THE NIGHT. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CO. SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE TRICKIEST WITH SUCH LOW DEW POINTS AND ANY WIND DECOUPLING ALLOWING FOR BETTER RADIATIONAL COOLING...OR THE WIND STAYS UP AND KEEPS THE SURFACE-LOWER TROP MIXED. LOWS COULD VERY WELL ONLY BE IN THE 30S/40S ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS TONIGHT. CONTINUED THE THEME OF INCREASING POPS/WX ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WITH THE HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND BEGINNING THE SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SUNDAY...THIS IS WHERE THE WEATHER CHANGE COMES CRASHING DOWN...AND WELL ADVERTISED OVER THE PAST 3-4 DAYS. VERY COLD TROUGH...-30C TO -35C 500MB...MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY. SURFACE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE THROUGH THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN THE MORNING AND AROUND THE PALMER DIVIDE JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BLAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST CO SOMETIME DURING THE MORNING. IF THERE IS A BROAD AREA OF POST-FRONTAL PRECIPITATION...THEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD GET SOME EXTRA ACCELERATION FROM THE EVAPORATIVE COOLING BEHIND THE FRONT. NONETHELESS...THE FRONT SHOULD BE WELL SOUTH OF CO BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IF TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 30S/40S ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO BEFORE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEN THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR A 10-15 DEGREE MIXING-JUMP PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE...WHICH TAKES HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S/50S ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO AND FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PLAN TO PLAY THIS SCENARIO. SUNDAYS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE 20 TO 45 DEGREES COLDER THAN SATURDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE EXPANDING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CO GIVEN SEVERAL SYNOPTIC SCALE IMPLIED UPWARD FORCING...MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL...JET DYNAMICS...ETC. THE FAVORED OROGAPHIC QPF ENHANCED AREAS COULD BE THE PALMER DIVIDE AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS WITH THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDY CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE BEING ALL SNOW GENERALLY ABOVE 6K FT MSL IN THE MORNING...AND LOWERING TO LESS THAN 5K FT MSL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT IS FORECAST TO DROP BELOW 5K FT MSL IN THE AFTERNOON. AS FOR PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...FOR THIS 12-18 HOUR EVENT...LOOKS LIKE 12-18 INCHES ABOVE 10K FT MSL OF THE WET MOUNTAINS/SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND 6-12 INCHES FOR ABOVE 10K FT MSL. THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILS WILL BE A BIG CHALLENGE...BECAUSE MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION COULD START OUT AS RAIN. WILL LIKELY SEE 1-8 INCHES FROM WALSENBURG TO THE RATON MESA. ACROSS TELLER COUNTY...COULD SEE 4-8 INCHES...AND 1-4 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO/PALMER DIVIDE AND AROUND 1 INCH SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE WINDY-VERY WINDY NORTHERLY FLOW OFF THE PALMER DIVIDE MIGHT LIMIT THE QPF/SNOW AMOUNTS DESPITE SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT OVERHEAD. TOTAL SNOW OF 3-12 INCHES IS LIKELY FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEY FLOORS. PLAN TO STICK WITH THE SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EXPAND TO PORTIONS OF OUR EASTERN MOUNTAINS. WENT WITH WINTER STORM WARNING FRO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WET/SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BASED ON A GREATER THAN 12 HOUR EVENT CRITERION OF 12+ INCHES. GOING WITH A SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/PALMER DIVIDE WITH TRAVELING BEING VERY DIFFICULT BETWEEN COLORADO SPRINGS AND DENVER. METZE .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) METEOROLOGICAL ISSUES FOR THE LONG TERM INCLUDE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL SNOW AND WIND TO INCLUDE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT NEXT STORM SYSTEM MIGHT HAVE ON CWFA FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. COMPUTER MODEL RUNS FOR THE LONGER TERM INDICATE THAT UPPER LOW SHOULD BE OVER THE 4-CORNERS REGION AT 00Z MONDAY BEFORE PUSHING INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY 06Z TUESDAY. WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUE UNTIL 06Z TUESDAY AND HAVE PAINTED AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW THIS TIME-FRAME IN COMBINATION WITH GUSTY WINDS. HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE NOTED OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS. POPS DECREASING TO GENERALLY NIL ON MONDAY AS SYSTEM SHOULD BE HISTORY FOR OUR CWFA...HOWEVER WELL BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES EXPECTED ON MONDAY. MINIMAL POP ACTIVITY PROJECTED FROM MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL AROUND NOON TUESDAY AS GENERALLY DRY NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ANTICIPATED. NEXT SYSTEM BEGINS NEARING CWFA BY LATE TUESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT CWFA WITH UNSETTLED METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY EVENING...THEREFORE HAVE PAINTED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS THIS TIME-FRAME. TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES ON TUESDAY BUT THEN BE BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. RELATIVELY TRANQUIL WEATHER CONDITIONS THEN RETURN TO THE REGION FOR FRIDAY AND NEXT SATURDAY AS BASICALLY DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD BE NOTED. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PROJECTED TO RUN NEAR TO A CATEGORY OR TWO ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. && .AVIATION... PER SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR-IFR CEILINGS/VIS WITIH SNOW/RAIN CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY FOR KCOS...KPUB... AND KALS. FOR KCOS...STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE IS FORECAST BETWEEN 12Z-15Z/02 SUN. FOR KPUB...STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE IS FORECAST BETWEEN 15Z-18Z/02 SUN. FOR ALS...STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE IS FORECAST BETWEEN 15-18Z/02 SUN. SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR KCOS IS AROUND 1 INCH...KPUB TRACE...AND KALS 1-2 INCHES. METZE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ226>237. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ058>061-063. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ072-074-078-079. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ073- 075-080. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ076-081-082-084. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ087-088. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 6:59 AM MST, 8 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 659 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-021400- 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- 659 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY CONDITIONS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME GRASS FIRE BEHAVIOR IF A FIRE WERE TO DEVELOP TODAY. LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. THIS WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNRISE SUNDAY WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH HIGHWAY 50 BY 6 AM TOMORROW. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TWO WINTER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. THE FIRST STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE SECOND STORM WILL APPROACH ON WEDNESDAY. THE STORM ON SUNDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR REGION WELL INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP AROUND 50 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET ELEVATION. ON WEDNESDAY...THE SECOND STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ONCE AGAIN BRING SNOW TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:57 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:14 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:14 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 12 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.