Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2008, 3:24 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 13, 2008, 8:58 AM MST. It was in force for 31 hr. 5 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 12, 2008, 3:24 PM MST (22:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2008, 8:58 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2008, 3:53 PM MST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 6:25 AM MST | SNOW 24 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | IN THE PAST 48 HOURS |
| Dec 14, 6:28 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:09 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | |
| Dec 14, 7:24 AM MST | SNOW 13 | 1 Nnw Monarch Pass, CO | IN THE PAST 48 HOURS |
| Dec 14, 8:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.3 | 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 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 122224 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 324 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-130430- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0020.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0018.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 324 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN A FOOT LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ059-130430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 324 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 130411 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 911 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-131215- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 911 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ059-131215- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 911 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 131106 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 406 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-131800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 406 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ061>064-067-131800- /O.EXA.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 406 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES BUENA VISTA...SALIDA... GRANITE...SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING ALL SNOW AND HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ COZ059-131800- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.081213T1800Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE 406 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 131558 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 858 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-132300- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0018.081213T1558Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 858 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-132300- /O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.081213T1558Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 858 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 132200 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-140400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 300 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-140400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 300 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 140334 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 834 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-140945- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 834 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 12 AM AND 8 AM SUNDAY. 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. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-140945- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 834 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET... INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 140725 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1225 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-141330- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 1225 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES WILL FALL OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-141330- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1225 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY. AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141128 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ 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 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDOW FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE CREST OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A COUPLE MORE FEET OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WOLF CREEK...WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY....AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THIS AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ065-141730- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 428 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141702 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ 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 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WINDOW FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 2 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAVORED SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE CREST OF THE SAWATCH RANGE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WOLF CREEK...WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ059-061>064-067-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY....AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THIS AREA AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE 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. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ065-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 1002 AM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 142253 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 COZ058-060-066-068-150500- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0019.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ 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 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET. THIS AREA INCLUDES WOLF CREEK AND MONARCH PASSES. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO 3 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ059-061-067-150500- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0019.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES COUNTY BELOW 11000 FEET...INCLUDING LEADVILLE AND VICINITY....AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO 3 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ062>064-150500- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0011.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...INCLUDING SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...AND SARGENTS....AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ065-150500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0021.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0019.081215T1900Z-081217T0100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 353 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SLOPES OF THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...INCLUDING BONANZA. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES... RESULTING IN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
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 12, 3:23 PM MST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:23 PM MST, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 323 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) ...MOUNTAIN WAVE HIGH WIND POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND ONSET OF SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SATURDAY THE MAIN CONCERNS... CURRENTLY...WEB CAMS AND SURFACE OBS SUGGEST AT LEAST SOME PATCHY LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WEAK PIECE OF UPPER ENERGY RIPPLES ACROSS THE STATE. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION AROUND MONARCH PASS EVIDENT ON CDOT/SKI RESORT CAMS...WHILE LEADVILLE AREA LOOKS TO BE MOSTLY FLURRIES. DRY AND GENERALLY SEASONABLE ELSEWHERE...WITH RATHER WIDE RANGE OF TEMPS ON THE PLAINS DEPENDING ON VARIATIONS IN SNOW COVER AND INVERSION STRENGTH. TONIGHT...12Z NAM SUGGESTED AT LEAST BORDERLINE HIGH WIND EVENT POSSIBLE IN THE LEE OF THE RAMPART RANGE AFTER 06Z...WITH VERY PRONOUNCED REVERSE SHEAR ABOVE 700 MB...WITH HINTS OF A CRITICAL LAYER DEVELOPING NEAR MOUNTAINTOP LEVEL AROUND 12Z. 18Z RUN OF THE NAM HAS BACKED OFF THIS SCENARIO SOMEWHAT...WITH MORE NEUTRAL LOOKING SHEAR PROFILE AND WEAKER WINDS BELOW 700 MB. WILL THUS REFRAIN FROM ISSUING A HIGHLIGHT AT THIS POINT...THOUGH WILL CONTINUE WITH SOME BORDERLINE WARNING GUSTS IN THE GRIDS...ESPECIALLY AROUND SUNRISE. WILL LIKELY BE WINDY IN THE USUAL SPOTS FARTHER SOUTH IN THE LEE OF THE SANGRES...THOUGH WITH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...SHEAR PROFILE IS LESS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WINDS. EXPECTING SOME OCCASIONAL -SHSN OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND THE CREST OF THE SANGRES MAINLY THIS EVENING...WITH PERHAPS AN INCH OR 2 OF ACCUM AROUND MONARCH PASS...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL MAKE OVERNIGHT MINS TRICKY...WITH TEMPS IN THE LEE OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS LIKELY DROPPING AFTER SUNSET...THEN RISING BY MIDNIGHT AS WINDS KICK IN. SATURDAY...WILL LIKELY SEE A LULL IN CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SNOWFALL IN THE MORNING...WITH INCREASING PRECIP IN THE AFTERNOON AS UPPER JET SWINGS AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW AND NOSES INTO WRN CO. WILL UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WARNING BEGINNING AT 18Z...THOUGH HEAVIER SNOWS WILL LIKELY WAIT UNTIL AFTER 00Z TO BEGIN. ADDED AN ADVISORY TO LAKE COUNTY/LEADVILLE AREA BEGINNING AT THE SAME TIME...BUT HELD OFF ON ANY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN ZONES...AS STRONG JET AND DOWNSLOPE MAY KEEP MOST PRECIP CONFINED TO WESTERN SLOPES. BREEZY TO WINDY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS LEE SIDE CYCLOGENESIS BEGINS...WITH WARM DOWNSLOPE BOOSTING TEMPS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 OVER FAVORED WINDY LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) AN UPR TROF WL MOVE INTO UT AND WRN WY SAT NIGHT WITH A 120KT JET SITTING OVR SRN CO...ALONG WITH A DEEP LAYER OF MSTR ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DVD. ALSO THERE WL BE FAVORABLE UPSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DVD...ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE ERN SAN JUAN MTS. THIS IS A GOOD SET UP FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THESE AREAS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON THE SW FACING SLOPES OF THE ERN SAN JUAN MTS. MODEL CROSS SECTIONS OVR THE SRN SANGRES ALSO SHOW A FAIRLY DEEP LAYER OF MSTR SAT NIGHT AND WL INCREASE PCPN CHANCES WITH A FEW INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE SERN PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY SAT NIGHT. LATE SAT NIGHT A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NRN PORTIONS OF THE SERN PLAINS (EL PASO COUNTY/KIOWA COUNTY) NR 12Z SUN. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE SRN BORDER BY AROUND NOON SUN...ALTHOUGH STRONG WEST TO SW WINDS OVR THE SERN FOOTHILLS MAY KEEP THE FRONT FROM BACKING INTO THAT AREA (TRINIDAD/WALSENBURG). COLD AIR WL MOVE INTO THE SERN PLAINS BEHIND THE FRONT. THERE COULD BE SOME SHOWERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ALONG AND NR THE SERN MTS AND I-25 CORRIDOR. THE UPR TROF WL MOVE ACRS CO THRU THE DAY SUN...AND AS IT DOES THE MSTR WL DECREASE OVR THE CONTINENTAL DVD...AND THUS THE CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW WL DECREASE THRU THE DAY. SHALLOW UPSLOPE WINDS ALONG THE SERN MTS AND ADJACENT PLAINS COULD MEAN A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW...WITH THE 18Z RUN INDICATING A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NR THE MTS. SUN NIGHT BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW MOST AREAS DRYING OUT WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR PCPN. HAVE LEFT PCPN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST TO MATCH SURROUNDING AREAS. ON MON A WEAK SHRTWV MAY MOVE OVR THE AREA AND ANOTHER BATCH OF MSTR IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVR THE MTS BY LATE AFTERNOON...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY TO THE CONTINENTAL DVD. ERN AREAS LOOK DRY. MAX TEMPS ON MONDAY WL BE ABOUT 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVR THE SERN PLAINS...AND WL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUE AND WED AS ANOTHER UPR TROF MOVES ACRS THE AREA BRINGING PCPN CHANCES...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVR THE MTS AND HIGH VALLEYS. TEMPS WL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. THE GFS SHOWS A QUIET AND SLIGHTLY WARMER DAY THU...WHILE THE ECMWF SHOWS AN UPR TROF BRINGING PCPN TO THE MTS AND HIGH VALLEYS AGAIN. FRI THE ECMWF SHOWS AN UPR RIDGE OVR THE AREA FOR DRY AND WARMER WEA...WHILE THE GFS HAS SW FLOW DEVELOPING OVR THE FORECAST AREA WITH A CHANCE FOR PCPN OVR THE WRN MTS. THUS THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... HIGH CLOUDS AND SLIGHTLY BETTER MIXING SHOULD PREVENT FOG/STRATUS FORMATION AT KALS OVERNIGHT...WITH VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. WILL SEE SOME MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE OVERNIGHT AS SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE. WITH INCREASING WINDS ALOFT...SOME POTENTIAL FOR WIND SHEAR SATURDAY MORNING AT KCOS...WITH AT LEAST A CHANCE OF TYPICAL KCOS ROTOR CIRCULATION DEVELOPING. BREEZY TO WINDY MOST AREAS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH VFR CONDITIONS MOST AREAS EXCEPT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...WHERE CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ058-060-066-068. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ059. && 10/28
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 6:38 AM MST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 638 AM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 COZ058>089-093>099-131345- 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- 638 AM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN...LA GARITA...SAWATCH MOUNTAIN RANGES TONIGHT. IF THE SNOW DEVELOPS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN PASSES. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS ON SUNDAY WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ANOTHER PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 17/31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:48 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:24 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 48 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.