Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 30, 2008, 4:09 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 30, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 hr. 1 report 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 30, 2008, 4:09 AM MDT (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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 31, 6:30 AM MDT | SNOW 3.1 | Maysville, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 3530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 301009 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 409 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...MORE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A RELATIVELY STRONG AND MOIST JET STREAM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERAL PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES HIGHER TERRAIN. COZ058-060-301700- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0013.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0012.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ 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 409 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES IN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...MOSQUITO PASS...AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ066-068-301700- /O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 409 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREE PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ METZE
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 301613 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1013 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...MORE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING SNOW THE THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. COZ058-060-302215- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ 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 1013 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES IN LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...MOSQUITO PASS... AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ066-068-302215- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1013 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 302058 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...MORE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. COZ058-060-310300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ 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 258 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MOSQUITO PASS... AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ059-310300- /O.NEW.KPUB.SN.Y.0006.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 258 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE. SOME WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT...AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ066-068-310300- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.080331T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 258 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 310235 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 835 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...MORE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. COZ058-060-310900- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 835 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MOSQUITO PASS AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ066-068-310900- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 835 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET...TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ059-310900- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 835 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT MONDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE LATER TONIGHT...AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 310800 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 200 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...MORE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH TODAY... .A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. COZ058-060-311600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ 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 200 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MOSQUITO PASS AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ066-068-311600- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 200 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET...THROUGH TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ059-311600- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 200 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 311530 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 930 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...MORE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH TODAY... .A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES. COZ058-060-312130- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 930 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MOSQUITO PASS AND CLIMAX. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TODAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ066-068-312130- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 930 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA AND EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...AND WOLF CREEK PASS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 9000 FEET...THROUGH TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FORECAST TO BE AT AND ABOVE 10000 FEET...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ059-312130- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 930 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...AND IT MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 312105 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOWFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INTO THE EVENING... .A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE BRINGING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS INTO THIS EVENING . PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...DECREASING EARLY THIS EVENING. COZ066-068-312215- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 305 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. $$ COZ058-060-010000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 305 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MOSQUITO PASS AND CLIMAX. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND THEN END LATE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ059-010000- /O.CON.KPUB.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 305 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE...AND WILL THEN DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN END LATE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO SNOWFALL. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 312352 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM ENDING... .SNOW OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING. COZ058-060-010100- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...INDEPENDENCE PASS... MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 552 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ COZ059-010100- /O.EXP.KPUB.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080401T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 552 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ HODANISH
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 30, 3:58 AM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:58 AM MDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN IN THE OFFING FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS... ...HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL CONTINENTAL DIVIDE START TONIGHT... ...IFR STRATUS/FOG POSSIBLE SOUTHERN PALMER DIVIDE LATE TONIGHT... CURRENTLY...SHALLOW COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO EARLY THIS MORNING AND WAS JUST ABOUT TO ENTER LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES AROUND 200 AM MDT. ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...TEMPERATURES WERE STILL IN THE 40S/50S WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S MOVING INTO NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL CO. THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE ITS SOUTHWARD MIGRATION GIVEN 3-4MB PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE FRONT PER MSAS 3 HOUR PRESSURE CHANGE DATA. MEANWHILE... FAIRLY BRISK SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WAS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVELS ABOVE MOUNTAIN TOP PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC MODEL UPPER AIR ANALYSES. ALSO...SEVERAL MINOR SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WERE RIPPLING THROUGH THE FLOW WITH ONE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CO...ANOTHER ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...AND YET ANOTHER ABOUT TO MOVE INTO CA PER 500-300MB LAYER VORTICITY ANALYSIS. IR SATELLITE IMAGERY HAD A LARGE AREA OF HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS EASTERN UT INTO WESTERN CO LIFTING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD. ALSO...A BAND OF AC CLOUDS HAD FORMED FROM DENVER TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO PUEBLO. SATELLITE 11U-3.9U FOG IMAGERY SHOWING LIFR-IFR STRATUS/FOG AREA EXPANDING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KS INTO EAST CENTRAL CO...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS LAMAR. A FEW RADAR ENERGY RETURNS AROUND 20 DBZ WERE ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE...BUT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NOT SHOWING ANY PRECIPITATION FALLING...YET...AT MONUMENT SINCE THE SUB-CLOUD LAYER IS RELATIVELY DRY. ANY SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND MOUNTAIN TOPS/PASSES EARLY THIS MORNING GIVEN THE VIGOROUS SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. TODAY...VARYING DEGREES OF WEATHER ANTICIPATED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...SO IT MUST BE SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES. 13KM RUC SUPPORTS THE COLD FRONT TO CONTINUE PUSHING SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING INTO NM/OK/TX AND WESTWARD UP AGAINST THE EASTERN CO MOUNTAIN EASTERN SLOPES. FRONTAL BOUNDARY ONLY EXPECTED TO MAKE IT TO 750MB...SO IT SHOULD HAVE A TOUGH TIME MAKING IT THROUGH PASSES INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEYS. THE GFS MIXES OUT THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE RATON MESA HINTING AT MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES THERE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE 15-30 DEGREES COLDER GENERALLY ALONG I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST CO COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS READINGS IN THE 60S/70S. SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE THE 30S/40S PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST CO...BUT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RECOVERY THIS AFTERNOON SINCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD BE LOW AND THERE COULD BE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO. GFS WANTS TO GENERATE SOME POST-FRONTAL QPF ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL CO INTO KS ALONG THE 900-800MB FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING BOUNDARY...WHICH I GUESS STILL COULD BE POSSIBLE. THE RELATIVELY WARMER SPOTS SHOULD BE THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... MID-UPPER AR RIVER VALLEYS...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS TO THE RATON MESA. SOME CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INTO THE RATON MESA WITH PLENTY OF DEEP MIXING LEADING TO BREEZY-WINDY...WARM...AND DRY CONDITIONS. DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE AREAS WILL BE AROUND 15% AND MARGINAL. BLM FUELS STATUS PAGE IS GREATLY OUTDATED(NOV 2007) AND THE 10HR...100HR...1000HR FUELS OBSERVATIONS YESTERDAY INDICATED RELATIVELY MOIST FUELS IN THESE AREAS. SINCE IT COULD BE A MARGINAL EVENT...PLAN TO GO WITH A NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HEADLINE IN THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST. MEANWHILE...ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP BY THE LATE AFTERNOON GIVEN THE RELATIVELY STEEP CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY LAPSE RATES OF 7.5-9 C/KM ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ANY SNOW SHOULD START OUT FAIRLY HIGH...AT OR ABOVE 10K FT MSL...BUT COULD DROP LOWER WITH STRONG DIABATIC COOLING IN INTENSE SHOWERS. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE WERE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND WESTERN CO GIVEN THE STEEP LAPSE RATES AND ANY SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN CO. TONIGHT...COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. SHALLOW LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST CO THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SURFACE-PBL LAYER MOISTURE INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. POTENTIAL FOR STRATUS/FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST CO DURING THE NIGHT. LCL HEIGHTS PROGGED TO BE AROUND 200 FEET AGL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST CO...EXCEPT DOWN AROUND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS/RATON MESA WHERE HEIGHTS ARE MUCH HIGHER. GREATEST CHANCE FOR IFR STRATUS/FOG WOULD BE AROUND THE SOUTHERN PALMER DIVIDE...IF THE LOW LEVEL SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS. ALSO...THERE IS SOME ISENTROPIC ASCENT SHOWN IN THE 290K LAYER ACROSS EASTERN CO THROUGH THE NIGHT. ABOVE THIS POTENTIAL SHALLOW UPSLOPE AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT MOIST LAYER...THERE IS A RELATIVELY DRY LAYER 700-500MB. THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PALMER DIVIDE...AGAIN IF ALL THE CONDITIONS COME TOGETHER. ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...BOTH THE NAM-WRF AND GFS PROJECT A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD QPF EVENT GIVEN THE SOUTHWEST-WESTERLY MIDLEVEL FLOW AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR BEING A GREATER THAN 12 HOUR EVENT...SO WILL NEED TO USE THE WARNING CRITERIA OF 12+ INCHES/MOUNTAINS. THERE IS WARNING POTENTIAL FOR THE COLLEGIATE AND MOSQUITO MOUNTAIN PEAKS WHERE 12+ INCHES COULD FALL ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GETTING GREATER THAN 12 HOUR EVENT ADVISORY NUMBER FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...SO WILL GO WITH A SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THOSE ZONES. EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH AND BE MORE SHOWERY TO NIL IN THE MIDLEVEL DRY SLOT ACROSS OUR EASTERN CO MOUNTAINS. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE A CHALLENGE WITH THE POTENTIAL CLOUD COVER AND WIND STAYING UP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. METZE .LONG TERM... (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) AS UPPER SYSTEM ROTATES ACROSS WYOMING ON MONDAY...WILL CONTINUE WITH WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MONDAY OVER ZONES 58/60/66 AND 68...WHERE I HAVE PAINTED AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MONDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY WITHOUT THE WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS...HAVE PAINTED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED GENERALLY LIGHT POPS IN COMBINATION WITH BELOW CLIMATOLOGY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM OPENS UP AND MOVES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY TUESDAY MORNING EXPECT THAT ANOTHER NORTHERLY SURGE WILL PUSH ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA BY MONDAY EVENING. WILL CONTINUE WITH BASICALLY ISOLATED POPS MONDAY EVENING CWFA-WIDE WITH GENERALLY NIL POPS THEN ANTICIPATED FROM TUESDAY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY AS DRY ZONAL TO NORTHWEST FLOW ENVELOPS REGION. EXPECT THAT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW LATE MARCH/EARLY APRIL CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES FROM MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MOST AREAS. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE AT TIMES MONDAY AND THEN AGAIN FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL UPPER SYSTEMS ARE THEN PROJECTED TO IMPACT THE CWFA FROM LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND EXPECT THAT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS WILL BE NOTED IN COMBINATION WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. FINALLY...UPPER RIDGING SHOULD DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT SATURDAY ALLOWING GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AS WELL TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING TO ABOVE EARLY APRIL CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES. && .AVIATION... PER SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...KCOS AND KPUB WILL HAVE EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MVFR-IFR STRATUS/FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST CO TO THE PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT. DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE KCOS TERMINAL AFTER 06Z/31. FOR KALS TERMINAL...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH WIND GUSTS 40KTS BETWEEN 18Z/30 AND 02Z/31. SOME LOCAL 4-6SM BLOWING DUST MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. METZE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY FOR COZ066-068. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY FOR COZ058-060. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 7:11 AM MDT, 20 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 711 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-301315- 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- 711 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN TODAY IS THE HIGH FIRE DANGER. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A HIGH LEVEL OF CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED TO AVOID FIRE STARTS. THE OTHER WEATHER CONCERN TODAY IS SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. NEW SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN AREAS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO COULD ALSO SEE SOME NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERAL FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO DURING THE PERIOD WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH...LA GARITA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS SHOULD OCCUR FROM LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 4:09 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 35 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:58 PM MDT | Snow Advisory | PUB | Lake | 27 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.