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Winter Storm Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO

December 7, 20089 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2008, 9:05 PM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 8, 2008, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr. 54 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
Dec 7, 2008, 9:05 PM MST (04:05 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2008, 2:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 9, 2008, 8:00 AM MST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 8, 5:23 PM MSTSNOW 25 Sse Crestone, COBEGAN AT NOON. SNOWING HEAVILY.
Dec 8, 6:22 PM MSTSNOW 2.55 Wnw Aguilar, CO
Dec 8, 6:22 PM MSTSNOW 5.51 Ssw Rye, CO
Dec 8, 6:30 PM MSTSNOW 1.2Beulah, CO
Dec 8, 7:03 PM MSTSNOW 1.5Maysville, CO
Dec 8, 7:03 PM MSTSNOW 5.91 Sse Crestone, CO
Dec 8, 7:15 PM MSTSNOW 1.5Maysville, CO
Dec 8, 7:15 PM MSTSNOW 1.5N Maysville, CO
Dec 8, 7:36 PM MSTSNOW 31 S Trinidad, COSNOWING HEAVILY.
Dec 8, 7:50 PM MSTSNOW 45 Sse Crestone, CO
Dec 8, 7:56 PM MSTSNOW 2Trinidad, CO
Dec 8, 8:00 PM MSTSNOW 2.21 W Trinidad, CO
Dec 8, 8:05 PM MSTSNOW 72 S Cuchara, CO
Dec 8, 8:40 PM MSTSNOW 2.53 N Pueblo Reservoir, CO
Dec 8, 8:42 PM MSTSNOW 7.31 Ssw Rye, CO
Dec 8, 8:46 PM MSTSNOW 4.75 S Nathrop, CO
Dec 8, 8:46 PM MSTSNOW 5Beulah, CO
Dec 8, 8:46 PM MSTSNOW 5Sw Beulah, CO
Dec 8, 8:50 PM MSTSNOW 4.75 Ssw Nathrop, CO
Dec 8, 8:56 PM MSTSNOW 5.25 Wnw Aguilar, CO
Dec 8, 8:56 PM MSTSNOW 102 S Cuchara, CO3 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR
Dec 8, 8:58 PM MSTSNOW 3.51 W Trinidad, CO
Dec 8, 9:00 PM MSTSNOW 5Maysville, CO
Dec 8, 9:04 PM MSTSNOW 2Nw Westcliffe, CO
Dec 8, 9:04 PM MSTSNOW 2Westcliffe, CO
Dec 8, 9:07 PM MSTSNOW 34 Sw Westcliffe, CO
Dec 8, 9:37 PM MSTSNOW 112 S Cuchara, CO
Dec 8, 9:40 PM MSTSNOW 5La Veta, CO
Dec 8, 9:43 PM MSTSNOW 51 S Beulah, CO
Dec 8, 9:47 PM MSTSNOW 4.5Trinidad, CO
Dec 8, 10:20 PM MSTSNOW 122 S Cuchara, CO
Dec 8, 10:42 PM MSTSNOW 8.3Beulah, CO
Dec 8, 11:00 PM MSTSNOW 32 Sw Pueblo West, CO
Dec 8, 11:48 PM MSTSNOW 8.55 Sse Crestone, CO
Dec 8, 11:58 PM MSTSNOW 85 Wnw Aguilar, CO
Dec 9, 12:00 AM MSTSNOW 2.56 W Pueblo West, CO
Dec 9, 1:05 AM MSTSNOW 10.4Beulah, CO
Dec 9, 1:05 AM MSTSNOW 10.4Sw Beulah, CO
Dec 9, 2:00 AM MSTSNOW 65 Wsw Walsenburg, CO
Dec 9, 5:24 AM MSTSNOW 10.51 Wnw Colorado City, CO
Dec 9, 5:24 AM MSTSNOW 11Beulah, CO
Dec 9, 5:33 AM MSTSNOW 153 Ssw Beulah, CO
Dec 9, 6:43 AM MSTSNOW 2.54 Wnw Buena Vista, CO
Dec 9, 6:44 AM MSTSNOW 204 Nne Spanish Peaks, CO
Dec 9, 7:05 AM MSTSNOW 11 Ssw Buena Vista, CO
Dec 9, 7:08 AM MSTSNOW 1.23 N Pueblo Reservoir, CO
Dec 9, 7:15 AM MSTSNOW 5.2Maysville, CO
Dec 9, 7:15 AM MSTSNOW 5.2N Maysville, CO
Dec 9, 7:20 AM MSTSNOW 17.51 Ssw Rye, CO
Dec 9, 7:30 AM MSTSNOW 14.52 W Rye, CO
Dec 9, 7:30 AM MSTSNOW 342 S Cuchara, CO
Dec 9, 7:58 AM MSTSNOW 121 Wsw Colorado City, CO
Dec 9, 8:03 AM MSTSNOW 2Florence, CO
Dec 9, 8:07 AM MSTSNOW 11.5Beulah, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2008-12-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2008-12-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS45 KPUB 080405
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
905 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-081015-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0019.081208T1900Z-081209T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
905 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2
PM MONDAY TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...SPANISH PEAKS REGION...AND SOUTHERN
INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WALSENBURG...TRINDAD
...LA VETA PASS...AND THE RATON MESA AND PASS.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING
OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...WET MOUNTAINS...AND SPANISH
PEAKS REGION...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 
10000 FEET. SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
RATON MESA AND SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ094-081015-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0019.081208T1900Z-081209T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM
905 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM MONDAY TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY
TUESDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-081015-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0019.081208T1900Z-081209T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
905 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...NORTHERN
EL PASO COUNTY...AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION...INCLUDING CANON CITY...BLACK
FOREST...AND WOODLAND PARK.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING OVER
FREMONT COUNTY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PIKES PEAK
AND THE PALMER DIVIDE...INCLUDING MONUMENT HILL...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON PIKES PEAK.

NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ085-086-081015-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0019.081208T1900Z-081209T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
905 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
2 PM MONDAY TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...AND
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS
AND PUEBLO. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY
MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD
RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.


&&

$$

COZ058-060-066-068-081015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T1800Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
905 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 5 AM
MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY
TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY.

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND
MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND
MONARCH PASSES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
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7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 080948
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
248 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-081600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
248 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...SPANISH PEAKS REGION...
AND SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING WESTCLIFFE...RYE...
WALSENBURG...TRINDAD ...LA VETA PASS...AND THE RATON MESA AND
PASS.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING
OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...WET MOUNTAINS...AND SPANISH
PEAKS REGION...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
10000 FEET. SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE RATON
MESA AND SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ058-060-066-068-081600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T1800Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
248 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND
MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND
MONARCH PASSES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ094-081600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM
248 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA BY
TUESDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-081600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
248 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION...INCLUDING
CANON CITY...BLACK FOREST...AND WOODLAND PARK.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING
OVER FREMONT COUNTY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PIKES
PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE...INCLUDING MONUMENT HILL...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON PIKES PEAK.

NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ085-086-081600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
248 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...
AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO
SPRINGS AND PUEBLO. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED
BY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH
COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 081453
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
753 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-082100-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
753 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SPANISH PEAKS...AND
ALL OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF PUEBLO.  SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RYE...WALSENBURG...LA
VETA...LA VETA PASS...TRINDAD...THE RATON MESA...RATON PASS AND
WESTCLIFFE.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO 16 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO
45 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ058-060-066-068-082100-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T1800Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
753 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES
ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ094-082100-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM
753 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING.  NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-082100-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
753 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY
AND FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST...WOODLAND
PARK AND CANON CITY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...WITH 3
TO 6 INCHES OVER FREMONT COUNTY.  NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ085-086-082100-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
753 AM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF PUEBLO COUNTY
BELOW 6300 FEET...AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL PASO COUNTY... 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND PUEBLO
WEST. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
BY TUESDAY MORNING.  NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH
COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

LW
000 
WWUS45 KPUB 082001
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
101 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
101 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SPANISH PEAKS...AND
ALL OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF PUEBLO.  SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RYE...WALSENBURG...LA
VETA...LA VETA PASS...TRINDAD...THE RATON MESA...RATON PASS AND
WESTCLIFFE.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 21 INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO
30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ058-060-066-068-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
101 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES
ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 11 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ094-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM
101 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT
TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
101 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER
COUNTY AND FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST...
WOODLAND PARK AND CANON CITY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...WITH 3
TO 7 INCHES OVER FREMONT COUNTY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ085-086-090215-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
101 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF PUEBLO COUNTY
BELOW 6300 FEET...AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL PASO COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND PUEBLO
WEST. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
BY TUESDAY MORNING.  NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO
45 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 090130
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
630 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-090730-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
630 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SPANISH PEAKS...AND
ALL OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. SOME LOCATIONS IN
THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RYE...WALSENBURG...LA
VETA...LA VETA PASS...TRINDAD...THE RATON MESA...RATON PASS AND
WESTCLIFFE.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING. LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
21 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF
THE WETS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ058-060-066-068-090730-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
630 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES
ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 11 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ094-090730-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM
630 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT
TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-090730-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
630 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER
COUNTY AND FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST...
WOODLAND PARK AND CANON CITY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...WITH
3 TO 7 INCHES OVER FREMONT COUNTY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ085-086-090730-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
630 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300
FEET...AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL PASO COUNTY... INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY
MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS
AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. NORTH WINDS OF
15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 090554
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-091200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SPANISH PEAKS...AND
ALL OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RYE...WALSENBURG...
LA VETA...LA VETA PASS...TRINDAD...THE RATON MESA...RATON PASS
AND WESTCLIFFE.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHERN
COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING.
LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WETS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LA VETA PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ065-067-069>071-091200-
/O.EXA.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY.

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE LOWER EAST
FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS.
THIS INCLUDES...SAGUACHE...DEL NORTE...MONTE VISTA...AND ALAMOSA.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
AND THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND LA GARITAS.
NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY JUST WEST OF LA VETA
PASS...AND SOUTH OF PONCHA PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ058-060-066-068-091200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES
ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 11 INCHES
POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ094-091200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT
TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-091200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER
COUNTY AND FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST...
WOODLAND PARK AND CANON CITY.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
TUESDAY MORNING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...WITH
3 TO 7 INCHES OVER FREMONT COUNTY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ085-086-091200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
1054 PM MST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
TUESDAY. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...
AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL PASO COUNTY... INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO
30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 091155
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
455 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

COZ058-060-066-068-091300-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
455 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES
ABOVE 11000 FEET...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES...WILL
EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST THIS MORNING.

SNOWFALL IS DECREASING.  SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN 2 INCHES.

$$

COZ076-077-081>084-091300-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 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-
INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...
BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
455 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER
COUNTY AND FREMONT COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT...BLACK FOREST...
WOODLAND PARK AND CANON CITY...WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST THIS
MORNING.

SNOWFALL IS DECREASING.  SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN 2 INCHES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE.

$$

COZ085-086-091300-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1200Z/
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO
455 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...
AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF EL PASO COUNTY... INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST...WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM
MST THIS MORNING.

SNOWFALL IS DECREASING.  SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THIS MORNING BUT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE
LESS THAN AN INCH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE.

$$

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-091500-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
455 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SPANISH PEAKS...AND
ALL OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. SOME LOCATIONS
IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RYE...WALSENBURG...
LA VETA...LA VETA PASS...TRINDAD...THE RATON MESA...RATON PASS
AND WESTCLIFFE.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHERN
COLORADO EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 20 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE WETS AND
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO
45 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS LA VETA PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

COZ065-067-069>071-094-091500-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER...DEL NORTE...
ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...
SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...BRANSON...KIM
455 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE
LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES...SAGUACHE...DEL NORTE...MONTE VISTA...
AND ALAMOSA.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WESTERN FRINGES OF THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY AND THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUANS AND
LA GARITAS. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 40
MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY JUST WEST OF LA
VETA PASS...AND SOUTH OF PONCHA PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 091448
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
748 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

COZ072>075-078>080-087-088-091600-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...
STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...
RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD
748 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN
VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SPANISH PEAKS...AND
ALL OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY WILL EXPIRE AT 8
AM MST THIS MORNING.

SNOWFALL CONTINUES BUT IT IS MOSTLY LIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO 2 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS NORTH WINDS GUST OVER
40 MPH AT TIMES.

$$

COZ065-067-069>071-094-091600-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
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-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
INCLUDING...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER...DEL NORTE...
ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...
SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...BRANSON...KIM
748 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE LOWER
EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS
...AND FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING.

SNOWFALL CONTINUES BUT IT IS MOSTLY LIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO 2 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS NORTH WINDS GUST OVER
40 MPH AT TIMES.

$$

LW

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 Dec 7, 3:04 PM MST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:04 PM MST, 6 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
304 PM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

.SHORT TERM...
(TONIGHT AND MONDAY)

PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM INCLUDE INCREASING PRECIPITATION
CHANCES...ESPECIALLY AS MONDAY PROGRESSES AND TEMPERATURES.
CURRENTLY CWFA GRACED BY VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS(WITH RATHER IMPRESSIVE
CLOUD SHIELD MOVING ACROSS ARIZONA) IN COMBINATION WITH MILD TO WARM
EARLY DECEMBER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.

ZONAL UPPER FLOW THIS EVENING BREAKS DOWN AS INITIAL ARIZONA UPPER
SYSTEM PUSHES INTO NEW MEXICO MONDAY MORNING AND THEN SECOND
STRONGER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO CENTRAL UTAH BY 00Z
TUESDAY.

INITIAL UPPER SYSTEM EXPECTED TO GENERATE LIGHT SNOW OVER SECTIONS OF
THE CWFAS CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAVE DEPICTED SNOW AMOUNTS
GENERALLY UNDER 3 INCHES THESE AREAS BY SUNRISE MONDAY. ELSEWHERE...
GENERALLY NIL POPS SHOULD SUFFICE TONIGHT.

ON MONDAY...PROJECT THAT LIGHT SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE DURING THE
MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND THEN FOCUS
SHIFTS TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS/I-25 CORRIDOR ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS
UPPER DISTURBANCE COMBINES WITH HEALTHY NORTHERLY SURGE TO BRING
INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND FALLING LATE AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES.

WILL CONTINUE WITH INHERITED WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR ZONES 72 THROUGH 88 AND 94
AND EXPECT THAT BULK OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION/SNOW SHOULD BE SEEN
FROM LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT(PLEASE SEE LONG TERM
DISCUSSION BELOW ON FURTHER DETAILS FOR MONDAY NIGHT). AT THIS
WRITING...ANTICIPATE THAT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL NOTED AT
ELEVATIONS GENERALLY ABOVE 7000 FEET BY 00Z TUESDAY.  IF LATEST
TRENDS CONTINUE...ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE
WARRANTED THIS EVENING AND/OR MONDAY MORNING...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO
WFO PUEBLO.  FINALLY...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RUN SEVERAL
CATEGORIES COOLER ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EASTERN SECTIONS...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING
IN WAKE OF FRONT.

.LONG TERM...
(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)

...HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT STILL POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT...
...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS/RATON MESA MONDAY NIGHT...

MONDAY NIGHT...WEATHER SIMULATION MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THIS
FORECAST PERIOD WILL SEE THE WORST OF THE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PARTS
OF THE ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEASTERN CO PLAINS. MODELS
STILL PROJECT A LONGWAVE TROUGH TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
ROCKIES MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. VERY LOW OR NO HINTS
OF A CLOSED 700MB OR 500MB LOW...WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE
WITH THIS WEATHER FEATURE IN PAST MODEL RUNS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS/HIGH VALLEYS
MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH
SNOW ACCUMULATION THERE WILL BE ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR LOWER
ELEVATIONS IN THE AFTERNOON GIVEN A FEW DAYS OF ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES. MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE NOT REALLY THAT
UNSTABLE...ROUGHLY 5.5-6.5 C/KM...IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
NIGHT. AT THE 295K-310K SURFACES...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ISENTROPIC
ASCENT...ACTUALLY ITS ALL DOWNGLIDE AT MOST LEVELS...ACROSS CO.
TOTAL DIV-Q ANALYSIS DOES SHOW A BROAD AREA OF IMPLIED VERTICAL
MOTION IN THE 700-500MB LAYER ACROSS SOUTHERN CO DURING THE NIGHT.
THROWN IN SOME JET DYNAMICS...IMPLIED VERTICAL MOTION IN THE LEFT
FRONT QUAD OF THE EXIT REGION...ACROSS SOUTHERN CO TO ENHANCE
PRECIPITATION. FURTHERMORE...JUST OFF THE SURFACE TO 700MB WINDS ARE
FORECAST TO STILL BE NORTHEAST(020-045) AT 25-40KTS...SO
OROGRAPHICS WILL BE A FACTOR ALONG POTIONS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF
PIKES PEAK...WET MOUNTAINS...AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS/SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS/RATON MESA DURING THE NIGHT. THIS IS LIKELY WHY THE QPF
BULLSEYE HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE ACROSS WET MOUNTAINS/SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS/SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS/RATON MESA FOR EACH MODEL AND
THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE TERRAIN. I STILL THINK THE HIGHEST
POP/QPF BULLSEYES WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY PER
STRONG OROGRAPHIC NORTHERLY FLOW AND THE WET MOUNTAINS-VALLEY/SOUTHERN
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS/SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS/RATON MESA THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND HAVE ADJUST POPS TO NEAR 100%. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
BE A CHALLENGE. MOSTLY I KEPT THE INHERITED QPF/SNOW AMOUNT
FORECAST...EXCEPT I BLENDED THE CURRENT FORECAST WITH A LITTLE
MORE 12KM NAM-WRF AND GFS ACROSS THE WET MOUNTAINS/VALLEY...
SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND
THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INTO THE RATON MESA. ONE OF THE
AREAS HAVING THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD BE FROM COLORADO CITY TO WALSENBURG TO
TRINIDAD TO THE RATON PASS...INCLUDING LA VETA PASS WHERE THE
COMBINATION OF 6-12 OR EVEN MORE OF SNOWFALL...MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH COULD
POTENTIALLY CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS. THE WEATHER
FEATURE/SCENARIO IS RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED(E.G. LESS THAN 12-18
HOURS)...BUT WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT 1-2 FEET OF
SNOWFALL AROUND CUCHARA AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AROUND THE
RATON MESA BY TUESDAY MORNING. RELATIVELY LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ADJACENT HIGH
VALLEYS. AS USUAL IN THESE NON OR VERY WEAK CYCLONE EVENTS...WHAT
WILL BE THE QPF/SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY/COLORADO SPRINGS AND NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY/PUEBLO. MODEL
PLAN VIEW AND MOS GUIDANCE ARE PREDICTING NORTHERLY SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 18-30KTS. THIS WILL CREATE A DOWNSLOPE DRYING EFFECT...IF THE
SYNOPTIC ASCENT CANNOT COMPENSATE FOR THIS FEATURE. 12KM NAM-WRF
CONTINUES TO SHOW THE QPF/SNOW AMOUNT PRECIPITATION
SHADOW(MINIMUM) ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO/NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES
DURING THE NIGHT. THE GFS...AS USUAL IF THIS SCENARIO PANS
OUT...DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE GIVEN POOR TERRAIN RESOLUTION IN THE
MODEL. THIS MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR...YET THE HPC WINTER OUTLOOK
SUGGESTS 6 WILL FALL AT PUEBLO. TOUGH CALL. MOST OF THE TIME IN
THESE RELATIVELY STRONG NORTHERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW WITH NO
CYCLOGENESIS EVENT...VERY LITTLE SNOW FALLS/ACCUMULATES FROM
COLORADO SPRINGS TO PUEBLO. THE BIGGEST KEY IS THE WIND DIRECTION
AND TRULY BEING JUXTAPOSED WITH ANY SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT.

TUESDAY....LEANING TOWARDS THE NAM-WRF OF ALL THE SNOW TO BE OUT
OF SOUTHERN CO BY TUESDAY MORNING JUST AFTER 500 AM. GFS IS
LIKELY HANGING ONTO TOO MUCH QPF TUESDAY MORNING. THERE STILL
COULD BE SOME AFTERNOON INSTABILITY SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MUCH COLDER AND
MIGHT BE EVEN COLDER IN THE SNOW COVERED AREAS.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MUCH QUIETER WEATHER ANTICIPATED ON
WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS CONTINUE BACK-AND-FORTH WITH A LITTLE
NORTHWEST FLOW FEATURE THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT...AND A RELATIVELY
QUIET WEATHER DAY ON FRIDAY. THERE CONTINUES TO BE UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE SATURDAY-SUNDAY WEATHER AND NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WAS PROGGED TO AFFECT MUCH OF CO ON SATURDAY
FROM YESTERDAYS MODEL RUNS...AND NOW IT APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY IF
YOU BELIEVE THE MODELS AT FACE VALUE. THE CHALLENGE WILL BE THE
COMBINATION OF A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST TO THE WEST OF CO
AND A 1040-1045MB SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SPREADING ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. AS AN EXAMPLE...THE 00Z/07
ENSEMBLE EKDMOS FOR PUEBLOS HIGH TEMPERATURE GIVES A
PROBABILISTIC SPREAD FORECAST OF 21F TO 55F WITH 38F BEING THE 50
PERCENTILE. ACTUALLY THIS FORECAST SEEMS VALID FOR THESE EVENTS OF
SHALLOW MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR MASS ON THE DOORSTEP OF EASTERN CO.
THE HIGH RESOLUTION DGEX HAS THE SHALLOW MODIFIED ARCTIC BOUNDARY
MOVING INTO EASTERN CO SATURDAY AND REMAINING SUNDAY. THE 12Z/07
ECMWF NOW IS WARMER...MUCH WARMER THAN OUR CURRENT FORECAST...ON
SAT AND BRINGS IN THE SHALLOW MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR MASS SATURDAY
NIGHT/SUNDAY. STAYED CLOSE TO THE 50 PERCENTILE(MEDIAN) OF THE
DATA. ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN LIKELY TO CONTINUE... METZE

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE KALS...KCOS
AND KPUB TAF SITES.  OVER THE SW MTS AND WOLF CREEK AREA...LOOK FOR
SNOW TO BEGIN LATER TONIGHT IN COMBINATION WITH A LOWERING BROKEN
DECK...PRIMARILY AFTER 06Z/8TH.

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT FOR COZ072>088-094.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 6:57 AM MST, 14 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
657 AM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

COZ058>089-093>099-081400-
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-
657 AM MST SUN DEC 7 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
HIGHER SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA
MOUNTAINS...THEN SPREADING TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND
CHAFFEE COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO...WITH THE GREATEST
THREAT OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS...INCLUDING
THE ENTIRE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL SOUTH TO THE RATON
MESA. THIS AREA COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS UP TO 40 MPH COULD
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE
ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...BUT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW WARNING LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

27/50

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