Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 13, 2008, 4:06 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 24 hr. 7 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
- Feb 13, 2008, 4:06 AM MST (11:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2008, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2008, 11:29 PM MST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 6:23 AM MST | SNOW 8 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | |
| Feb 14, 10:10 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 10 Wsw Creede, CO | SANTA MARIA RSVR COOP...STARTED ABOUT 2200 YSTDY. |
| Feb 14, 11:15 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | STARTED 0600...0.05 WATER CONTENT |
| Feb 14, 1:35 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | |
| Feb 14, 4:07 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 6 W Westcliffe, CO | PAST 7 HOURS |
| Feb 14, 4:07 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 6 W Westcliffe, CO | PAST 7 HOURS. |
| Feb 14, 6:29 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | BEGAN 6 AM ENDED 5 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 1742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 131106 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 406 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON SOUTHERN COLORADO LATER TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO UTAH TONIGHT AND INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT. COZ065>068-131900- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.080214T0100Z-080215T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 406 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ064-131900- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.080214T0100Z-080215T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS 406 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...INCLUDING SARGENTS. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ058>063-131900- /O.NEW.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA 406 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE... BUENA VISTA...AND SALIDA. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECT ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ069>075-078>080-087-088-131900- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.A.0006.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET 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...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 406 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...ALAMOSA...LA VETA PASS...CUCHARA... WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...AND RATON PASS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO BY THURSDAY EARLY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 FOOT ACROSS THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS WINTER STORM. ANY CHANGE IN THE PATH... STRENGTH...AND MOISTURE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT SNOWFALL PREDICTIONS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ METZE
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 131820 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1120 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON SOUTHERN COLORADO LATER TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO UTAH TONIGHT AND INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO BY FRIDAY MORNING. COZ065>068-140030- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1120 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. $$ COZ058>064-140030- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 1120 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECT ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$ COZ069>075-078>080-087-088-140030- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0006.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET 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...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 1120 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHEAST FOOTHILLS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...ALAMOSA...LA VETA PASS...CUCHARA...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...AND RATON PASS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO BY THURSDAY EARLY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 FOOT ACROSS THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS WINTER STORM. ANY CHANGE IN THE PATH... STRENGTH...AND MOISTURE COULD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT SNOWFALL PREDICTIONS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 132255 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...AND INTO ARIZONA ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. COZ072>075-079-080-140500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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>068-140500- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. $$ COZ069>071-078-087-088-140500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY TO THE RATON RIDGE. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES AND ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. PERIODS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ081-082-084-140500- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ076-077-083-086-140500- /O.EXB.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. MUCH LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ058>064-140500- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 355 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES... AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECT ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 140312 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 812 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...AND INTO ARIZONA ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TOWARDS SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. COZ065>068-140915- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 812 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-140915- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 812 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ COZ081-082-084-140915- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 812 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE...AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN TELLER COUNTY BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ058>064-140915- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 812 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES... AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECT ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$ COZ069>071-076>078-083-086>088-140915- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 812 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY TO RATON PASS. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES AND ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. PERIODS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO...ONLY A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 140541 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1041 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...AND INTO ARIZONA ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TOWARDS SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. COZ065>068-141145- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T0600Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1041 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. LOOK FOR SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-141145- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1041 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE FAVORED NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>064-141145- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T0600Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 1041 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES... AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECT ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$ COZ069>071-076>078-083-086>088-141145- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1041 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY TO RATON PASS. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY AND INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY EVENING WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES AND ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. PERIODS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACROSS NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO... ONLY A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ081-082-084-141145- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1041 PM MST WED FEB 13 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE...AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN TELLER COUNTY BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141017 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 317 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...A WINTER STORM WAS GAINING STRENGTH OVER NEVADA AND UTAH. THIS WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH UTAH AND HEAD SOUTH INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AFFECTING THE WESTERN HALF OF COLORADO. COZ072>075-079-080-141800- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T1500Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 317 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA VETA PASS...RYE...AND CUCHARA. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AFTER 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ065>068-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 317 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THIS WINTER STORM. $$ COZ069>071-076>078-083-086>088-141800- /O.EXT.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1500Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 317 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY TO RATON PASS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...WESTCLIFFE...ALAMOSA...CANON CITY...COLORADO CITY...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...AND RATON PASS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AFTER 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND FREMONT COUNTY. ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 1 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY TOWARDS THE WET MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS FROM WALSENBURG TO THE RATON MESA...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 6 INCHES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ058>064-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 317 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES... AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECT ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$ COZ081-082-084-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 317 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...PIKES PEAK...WOODLAND PARK...MONUMENT...AND BLACK FOREST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES THIS MORNING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALSO...SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN TELLER COUNTY BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141052 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 352 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...A WINTER STORM WAS GAINING STRENGTH OVER NEVADA AND UTAH. THIS WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH UTAH AND HEAD SOUTH INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AFFECTING THE WESTERN HALF OF COLORADO. COZ065>068-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 352 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 22 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THIS WINTER STORM. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.080214T1500Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 352 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...LA VETA PASS...RYE...AND CUCHARA. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AFTER 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. $$ COZ058>064-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 352 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES... AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$ COZ081-082-084-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1200Z-080215T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 352 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...PIKES PEAK... WOODLAND PARK...MONUMENT...AND BLACK FOREST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES THIS MORNING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALSO...SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN TELLER COUNTY BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ069>071-076>078-083-086>088-141800- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.080214T1500Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 352 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY TO RATON PASS. THIS INCLUDES...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...WESTCLIFFE...ALAMOSA...CANON CITY...COLORADO CITY...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...AND RATON PASS. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AFTER 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND FREMONT COUNTY. ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY TOWARDS THE WET MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS FROM WALSENBURG TO THE RATON MESA... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 6 INCHES. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ METZE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 141750 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT... .THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF NEVADA BY TONIGHT. THIS FARTHER WESTWARD TRACK WILL MEAN LESS SNOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS...WHILE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. COZ072-073-079-080-150000- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...RYE... GREENHORN MTN 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO COME IN WAVES TODAY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE IS EXPECTED DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ COZ074-075-141900- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING. $$ COZ069>071-083-086-088-141900- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...TRINIDAD 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING LESS THAN 2 INCHES. LOCAL AREAS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 4 OF ACCUMULATION BY LATE THIS EVENING. $$ COZ081-082-084-141900- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION TODAY. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SOUTHERN POTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY MAY SEE UP TO 3 INCHES. $$ COZ065>068-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THIS WINTER STORM. $$ COZ058>064-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET AND 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAFFEE COUNTY VALLEY FLOOR BELOW 9000 FEET DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD. $$ COZ076>078-087-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...WALSENBURG 1050 AM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF HUERFANO COUNTY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 142205 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT... .THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LA GARITAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END DURING THE EVENING HOURS. COZ065>068-150415- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 305 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. $$ COZ072-073-076>080-087-150415- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 305 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF HUERFANO COUNTY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. $$ COZ058>064-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 305 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES... AND FOR SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...MONARCH PASS...LEADVILLE...BUENA VISTA...SALIDA AND SARGENTS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PERIODIC GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 142350 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW GRADUALLY ENDING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT... .THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LA GARITAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END DURING THE EVENING HOURS. COZ058>064-150100- /O.EXP.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS 450 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES AS WELL AS OVER SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE $$ COZ065>068-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 450 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES... BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...CUMBRES PASS...SOUTH FORK...AND CREEDE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. $$ COZ072-073-076>080-087-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 450 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY... THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF HUERFANO COUNTY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...ALONG WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 150629 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1129 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW TO GRADUALLY END ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT... .THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA OVERNIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS PROJECTED TO GRADUALLY COME TO AN END TONIGHT. COZ065>068-150730- /O.CAN.KPUB.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ 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- INCLUDING...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1129 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ072-073-076>080-087-150730- /O.CAN.KPUB.SB.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080215T0700Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 1129 PM MST THU FEB 14 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY OVER THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AS WELL AS WESTERN PORTIONS OF HUERFANO COUNTY...THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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 Feb 12, 9:21 PM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 9:21 PM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 921 PM MST TUE FEB 12 2008 .UPDATE... SOME THOUGHTS REGARDING SYSTEM COMING IN WED NIGHT AND THURSDAY. 00Z GUIDANCE HAS NOT CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH. NAM IS STILL FARTHEST EAST WHILE GFS IS TO THE WEST. MTNS AND VALLEYS ALONG WITH I-25 CORRIDOR ARE GOING TO GET SNOW OUT OF THIS. WHAT IS A BIT UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SYSTEM IS THE FACT THAT THE SAN LUIS VALLEY (SLV) FLOOR MAY GET QUITE A BIT OF SNOW OUT OF THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY THE NORTH AND WEST FACING VALLEY FLOOR. IN ADDITION...THE EAST SLOPES OF THE S MTNS WILL ALSO GET A HEALTHY DOSE (ASSUMING THE NAM IS CORRECT) ALONG WITH THE E FACING SLOPES OF THE SAN JUANS. TIMING-WISE...NO CHANGES HERE EITHER. FRONT SHOULD BE FROM A DURANGO TO COS LINE BY 06Z THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE CWA BY SUNRISE. IF THE 700 MB FEATURES ALIGN UP AS PER THE NAM...STRONG S FLOW SHOULD EXIST ACROSS THE SLV AND THIS SHOULD FAVOR THE N PART OF THE VALLEY DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...THEN AS THE UPSLOPE DEEPENS...THE W SIDE OF THE VALLEY SHOULD GET THE HEAVIEST SNOW DURING THE MORNING ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. FWIW...THE NAM QPF FIELDS SHOW THIS PRETTY WELL. THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING EVENT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. FOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION...RUSH HOUR THU MORNING MAY BE MESSY BUT NOT THINKING ANYTHING MAJOR ATTM...2-5 FOR THE PALMER DVD AND 1-3 FOR COS AND PUB. FARTHER SOUTH WILL GET IT PRETTY GOOD AND THIS COVERED PRETTY WELL IN THE WEATHER STORY ON THE NWS PUB PAGE. NOTE THAT I HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FCST/DIGITAL DATABASE. /HODANISH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 309 PM MST TUE FEB 12 2008/ SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY) MAIN CONCERNS INCLUDE WINDS AND TEMPS FOR WED. NWRLY FLOW WL CONTINUE OVR THE AREA TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY WED. THEN AS THE NEXT TROF MOVES INTO SRN ID AND NWRN UT ON WED THE UPR FLOW OVR THE FORECAST AREA WL BECOME MORE WESTERLY AND INCREASE. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVR LAKE COUNTY AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY TODAY. A NAM CROSS-SECTION OVR THE CENTRAL MTS SHOW LESS MSTR OVR THAT AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY WED...SO WL JUST STICK WITH ISOLD POPS. THE MSTR LAYER THEN INCREASES LATE IN THE DAY WED SO WL GO WITH SLIGHTLY HYR POPS...BUT NOT MORE THAN SCT. WED AFTERNOON THE H7 WINDS INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 50 KTS OVR THE SERN MTS. SO WL HAVE SOME HIGH WIND GUSTS IN THE FORECAST OVR PORTIONS OF THE SERN MTS FOR WED AFTERNOON...BUT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE WL NEED ANY WIND HIGHLIGHTS. FOR THE AFTERNOON AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WE SHOULD SEE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE AS WELL. WITH GOOD MIXING WED AFTERNOON TEMPS SHOULD BE WARM...WITH 50S TO LOWER 60S OVR THE SERN PLAINS. WL STAY CLOSE TO HIGHER GUIDANCE VALUES FOR HIGHS...BUT MAY NEED TO GO WARMER THAN GUIDANCE IN SOME AREAS. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR WED IS THE DRY FUELS OVR PORTIONS OF THE FAR SERN PLAINS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS. AT THIS TIME THE FORECAST HUMIDITIES ARE NOT REALLY LOW ENOUGH TO ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...BUT THIS AREA WL NEED TO BE WATCHED IF TEMPS END UP GETTING WARMER THAN FORECAST WHICH WOULD LOWER THE RH VALUES BELOW WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. LONG TERM... (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ..FORECAST C51ENGE STILL REVOLVES AROUND TRACK OF UPPER LOW DROPPING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND ITS AFFECTS ON SNOW AMOUNTS... 12Z/18Z NAM TRENDING TOWARDS THE GFS RUN...THOUGH IS STILL IS SOMEWHAT WEAKER WITH THE UPPER LOW. 12Z GFS HAS TRENDED THE SOUTHWARD TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW FARTHER EASTWARD WITH THE UPPER LOW CENTER OVER THE 4 CORNERS REGION BY 00Z FRI. HOWEVER C51ENGES STILL APPARENT AS 12Z ECMWF HOLDS ON TO A MORE WESTWARD TRACK WITH THE UPPER LOW CENTER OVER NORTH CENTRAL AZ AT 00Z FRI. 12Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN IS CLOSER TO THE 12Z ECMWF AS QUITE A FEW ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SUGGEST A FARTHER WESTWARD TRACK. IN FACT THE OPERATIONAL 12Z GFS APPEARS THE EASTERN MOST OUTLIER OF ALL THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. GIVEN THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK...WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH AREA UNTOUCHED. AS FOR THE DETAILS...STILL APPEARS SNOWS SHOULD BE SPREADING RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH GFS INDICATING SOME IMPRESSIVE ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 300K SFC ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING. COLD FRONT WILL RACE SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERLY COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH NE UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING BY EARLY THURS MORNING AND SNOW RAMPING UP ALONG THE FAVORED NE SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MTS BY EARLY MORNING. GIVEN PROXIMITY OF UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS...STILL APPEARS THIS WILL BE A SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS EVENT...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMS (1-2 FEET) OVER THE SAN JUANS/LA GARITAS WHERE STRONGEST DYNAMICS WILL BE SITUATED. NRN AND WRN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY COULD ALSO GET HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL WITH 6 TO AROUND 10 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM VALLEY BOTTOM TO THE WRN/NRN VALLEY EDGE. FARTHER NORTH AND EAST FROM THE DYNAMICS...PIKES PEAK/TELLER CO/NRN EL PASO COUNTY MAY NEED SOME SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES WITH SOME MODERATE 3-8 INCH ACCUMS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS PRODUCING BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. SOUTHERN SANGRES/WETS COULD STILL SEE BETWEEN 8-16 INCHES...WITH 4-8 INCHES ALONG THE SRN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. AGAIN...THESE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA AT THIS TIME. IF THE LOW TRACK ENDS UP BEING FARTHER WEST...THEN AMOUNTS COULD BE LOWER...WHICH JUSTIFIES KEEPING THE WATCH OUT FOR NOW. SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT/FRI WITH PCPN ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. ONCE AGAIN OPERATIONAL 12Z GFS RUN APPEARS THE OUTLIER COMPARED TO THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN AND THE ECMWF WHICH DROPS THE UPPER LOW SOUTHWARD OVER SE AZ/SW NM BY 00Z SAT. THIS COMPARES TO A WEST TX POSITION AS OFFERED BY 12Z GFS. QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AS THIS SYSTEM EVENTUALLY LIFTS OUT...BUT CONSENSUS IS IT WILL DO SO TOO FAR SOUTH OF OUR AREA TO MAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL IMPACT. TEMPS WILL BE A C51ENGE FOR THURS NIGHT/FRI AS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON AMOUNT OF SNOW COVER. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO EASTERN CO BY SUN. DOESNT APPEAR TO BE MUCH PCPN WITH THIS FEATURE IN LATEST RUNS...BUT WILL HOLD THE COURSE WITH THE CURRENT GRIDS. -KT AVIATION...SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS OVR THE CENTRAL MTS CAUSING SOME MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS AND MT OBSCURATIONS...OTHERWISE THE WEATHER WL BE DRY AND VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVR THE REST OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACRS THE AREA WED AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COZ078>080-087-088. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COZ064>075. && 34/34
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:06 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 43 hr |
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