Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Dec 6, 2009, 5:13 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 7, 2009, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 36 hr. 26 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 6, 2009, 5:13 AM MST (12:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2009, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2009, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 36 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, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 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 7, 7:39 AM MST | SNOW 23 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | IN THE PAST 48 HOURS |
| Dec 7, 7:53 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Nnw Monarch Pass, CO | IN THE PAST 48 HOURS |
| Dec 7, 12:48 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 1 Nnw Monarch Pass, CO | REPORTED BY MONARCH SKI. OCCURRED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 7, 1:56 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 1 W Farisita, CO | STORM TOTAL. 5 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 7, 2:19 PM MST | SNOW 32 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | REPORTED BY WOLF CREEK SKI. 23 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 7, 8:32 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 14 Sw Creede, CO | FELL SINCE 10 AM. MODERATELY SNOWING NOW. |
| Dec 7, 8:34 PM MST | SNOW 2 | 10 Sw Creede, CO | FELL SINCE THIS MORNING. |
| Dec 7, 8:46 PM MST | SNOW 12 | 11 Nne Crestone, CO | FELL SINCE 8 AM. |
| Dec 7, 8:53 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 2 S Cuchara, CO | FELL TODAY. |
| Dec 7, 8:58 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 1 W San Isabel, CO | FELL OVER PAST 48 HOURS. 3 INCHES FELL SINCE 8 AM. |
| Dec 7, 9:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 8 S Westcliffe, CO | |
| Dec 8, 5:30 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Monte Vista, CO | PEAK WIND GUST 35 MPH APPROXIMATELY 0430 MST. |
| Dec 8, 6:50 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 3 Sw Rosita, CO | |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Wnw Buena Vista, CO | |
| Dec 8, 7:56 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | |
| Dec 8, 8:10 AM MST | SNOW 11 | 10 Sw Creede, CO | 24 HOUR SNOW AMOUNT. 0.66 PRECIPITATION. |
| Dec 8, 8:14 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 S Cuchara, CO | WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS |
| Dec 8, 8:27 AM MST | SNOW 52 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | 72 HOUR TOTAL...20 INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS |
| Dec 8, 8:30 AM MST | SNOW 13 | 1 W Farisita, CO | STORM TOTAL. 7 INCH SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 8, 8:36 AM MST | SNOW 6 | Nw Poncha Springs, CO | |
| Dec 8, 8:36 AM MST | SNOW 6 | Poncha Springs, CO | |
| Dec 8, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 18 | 14 Sw Creede, CO | SINCE 10 AM 12/7. |
| Dec 8, 12:09 PM MST | SNOW 12 | 1 Ssw Buena Vista, CO | 2 INCHES SINCE 800 AM... 0.07 WATER CONTENT IN THE 2 INCHES... |
| Dec 8, 1:15 PM MST | SNOW 4.1 | 2 Ne Leadville, CO | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY. |
| Dec 8, 2:13 PM MST | SNOW 13 | 1 Nnw Monarch Pass, CO | 13 INCHES PAST 48 HOURS...10 INCHES PAST 24 HOURS... |
| Dec 8, 3:10 PM MST | SNOW 17 | 5 Nnw La Veta Pass, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 1513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 061213 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 513 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 COZ058-060-061815- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0016.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-091207T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 513 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 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 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALSO...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY AND WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FT. * AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND...MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH THE SECOND STORM. * WINDS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO LIMIT ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO ISOLATED AREAS ALONG EXPOSED HIGHER RIDGES. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ059-061-064-065-067-061815- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0016.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 513 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 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 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THIS WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * HEAVY SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW PACKED ROAD SURFACES. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-061815- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 513 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 35 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. * HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROAD SURFACES AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$
15 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KPUB 061737 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1037 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 COZ066-068-062345- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1037 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST COMPUTER SIMULATIONS LATE SUNDAY MORNING CONTINUE TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY...MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 35 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-060-062345- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-091207T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1037 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY AND WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FT. * AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY... BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND...MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH THE SECOND STORM. * WINDS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO LIMIT ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO ISOLATED AREAS ALONG EXPOSED HIGHER RIDGES. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ059-061-064-065-067-062345- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1037 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * HEAVY SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW PACKED ROAD SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 062147 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 247 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 COZ066-068-070400- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 247 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LATEST COMPUTER SIMULATIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONTINUE TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY...MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 35 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-060-070400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-091207T0100Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 247 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * THIS ADVISORY AND WARNING IS FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FT. * AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY... BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A SECOND...MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH THE SECOND STORM. * WINDS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO LIMIT ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO ISOLATED AREAS ALONG EXPOSED HIGHER RIDGES. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ059-061-064-065-067-070400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 247 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * HEAVY SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW PACKED ROAD SURFACES. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 070049 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 549 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 COZ058-060-070700- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-091207T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 549 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A SECOND...MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED. * LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING WITH THE SECOND STORM. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-070700- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 549 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 35 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH ON MONDAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ059-061-064-065-067-070700- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 549 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * HEAVY SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW PACKED ROAD SURFACES. 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. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 070332 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 832 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 COZ066-068-071045- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 832 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 35 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH ON MONDAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-064-065-067-071045- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ 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- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 832 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND 10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ062-072>075-071045- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091207T1800Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 832 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH COLORADO BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. 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. && $$ ROSE
000 WWUS45 KPUB 070616 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1116 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 COZ066-068-071230- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1116 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING... CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 35 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH ON MONDAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-064-065-067-071230- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.091207T1200Z-091209T0000Z/ 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- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1116 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND 10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ062-072>075-071230- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091207T1800Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 1116 PM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH COLORADO BEGINNING MONDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 071205 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 505 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 COZ066-068-071815- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 505 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH TODAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-064-065-067-071815- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ 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- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 505 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND 10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ069>071-071815- /O.EXA.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091207T1800Z-091209T0000Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA... MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 505 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... 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 TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR LOCALES IN THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ062-072>075-071815- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091207T1800Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 505 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 071758 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1058 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 COZ066-068-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1058 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH TODAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-064-065-067-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ 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- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1058 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND 10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-080000- /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091208T0100Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 1058 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY FOR A TIME TOMORROW MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN EL PASO COUNTY. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 40 MPH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. STRONGER WINDS MAY AFFECT EL PASO COUNTY BY LATE MORNING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW. 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. && $$ COZ062-069>075-080000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091207T1800Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 1058 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 072150 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 COZ058>061-080400- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE 250 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND 10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-080400- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 250 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM TUESDAY. * IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WOLF CREEK SKI AREA HAS RECEIVED OVER 2 FEET OF SNOW. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH TODAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ064-065-067-080400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 250 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...AND 10 TO 20 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-080400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091208T0100Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 250 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY FOR A TIME TOMORROW MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN EL PASO COUNTY. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 40 MPH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. STRONGER WINDS MAY AFFECT EL PASO COUNTY BY LATE MORNING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW. 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. && $$ COZ062-069>075-080400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...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 250 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. 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. && $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS45 KPUB 080014 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 COZ066-068-080615- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM TUESDAY. * IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WOLF CREEK SKI AREA HAS RECEIVED OVER 2 FEET OF SNOW. * WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH TODAY. BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT 20 TO 40 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ064-065-067-080615- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-080615- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK SNOW PACKED SURFACES. BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ094-099-080615- /O.EXA.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091208T0100Z-091209T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE FOR A TIME TOMORROW MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW. 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. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-080615- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091208T0100Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY FOR A TIME TOMORROW MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN EL PASO COUNTY. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 40 MPH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. STRONGER WINDS MAY AFFECT EL PASO COUNTY BY LATE MORNING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW. 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. && $$ COZ062-069>075-080615- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...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 514 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 080435 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 COZ072>075-081045- /O.UPG.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 TO INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ALONG THE CREST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH LESS SNOWFALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LA VETA PASS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ066-068-081045- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM TUESDAY. * WINDS WILL BE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ064-065-067-081045- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * 10 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-081045- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET AS WELL AS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND FREMONT PASS WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-081045- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS... WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY FOR A TIME TOMORROW MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN EL PASO COUNTY. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 40 MPH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. STRONGER WINDS MAY AFFECT EL PASO COUNTY BY LATE MORNING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW. 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. && $$ COZ062-069>071-081045- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ094-099-081045- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 935 PM MST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE FOR A TIME TOMORROW MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW TOMORROW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 081040 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 COZ066-068-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOWFALL INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH...WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ064-065-067-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ072>075-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...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 SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 TO INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ALONG THE CREST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH LESS SNOWFALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LA VETA PASS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET AS WELL AS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND FREMONT PASS WITH BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...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 MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS... WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS INCLUDING PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. . * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. 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. && $$ COZ062-069>071-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ094-099-081645- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 340 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...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 EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THIS MORNING...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 081629 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 COZ066-068-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOWFALL INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH...WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN AVALANCHE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. && $$ COZ064-065-067-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...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 BELOW 10000 FEET. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ072>075-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 TO INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING ALONG THE CREST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH LESS SNOWFALL ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LA VETA PASS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>061-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET AS WELL AS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. * SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AS A STRONG STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. * 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND FREMONT PASS WITH BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...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 MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS... WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE PLAINS INCLUDING PUEBLO AND COLORADO SPRINGS. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. . * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. 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. && $$ COZ062-069>071-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...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 CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ094-099-082230- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 929 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. BY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THIS MORNING...BUT WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 082220 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 COZ058>061-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...GRANITE 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET AS WELL AS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. * WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE EVENING. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND FREMONT PASS WITH BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 32 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ066-068-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH...WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 26 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ064-065-067-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. 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 BELOW 10000 FEET. * SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ072>075-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LA VETA PASS TODAY. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS... WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ062-069>071-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ094-099-090430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 320 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT SHOULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/2 MILE IN VISIBILITY. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 082259 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 COZ066-068-090500- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING UP TO 65 MPH...WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVELING 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...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS... PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ058>061-064-065-067-090500- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ 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- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 9000 FEET AS WELL AS CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE. * WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE EVENING. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND FREMONT PASS WITH BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ072>075-090500- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LA VETA PASS TODAY. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-090500- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS... WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ062-069>071-090500- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ094-099-090500- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 359 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT SHOULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/2 MILE IN VISIBILITY. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$
000 WWUS45 KPUB 090000 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 COZ066-068-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091209T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WEST FACING SLOPES. * WINDS WILL BE WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES OR LESS AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ058-060-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.091209T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THESE ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 WILL FALL BY MIDNIGHT. * WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MONARCH AND FREMONT PASS WITH BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES OR LESS AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ059-061-064-065-067-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SARGENTS...BONANZA... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...AND THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH RANGE BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AS WELL AS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. * WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE EVENING. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES OR LESS AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ072>075-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0017.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. * WESTERLY WINDS AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ063-076>089-093-095>098-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 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- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO... WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO...PIKES PEAK...FREMONT COUNTY...THE WET MOUNTAINS... WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING BEFORE BECOMING STEADY OUT OF THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ062-069>071-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CENTER...DEL NORTE...ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA...ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS... FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. * WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE EVENING WILL RESULT IN BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER PONCHA AND LA VETA PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$ COZ094-099-090600- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...BRANSON...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 500 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * STEADY NORTHERLY WIND AND COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS WHERE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BE AS LOW AS 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND CHILL VALUES FROM MINUS 18 TO MINUS 24 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WEAR LAYERS OF LOOSE-FITTING LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. COVER AS MUCH OF YOUR SKIN AS POSSIBLE USING MITTENS...EAR MUFFS...SCARF...HAT AND FACE PROTECTION. && $$
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 6, 4:49 AM MST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 4:49 AM MST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) SHORT TERM CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATING MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE STATE WITH A BROAD UPPER LOW ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATING AN EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED JET CORE ROUNDING BASE OF LOW ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH ATTM. AT THE SFC...COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH ALL OF SE COLORADO WITH COLD AIR CONTINUING TO FILTER INTO THE AREA WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW. REGIONAL RADARS INDICATING ECHOES ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS THROUGH THE MID ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY WITH ECHOES BLOSSOMING OVER PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES OVER THE PAST HOUR. TODAY...MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF CENTRAL UTAH SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO WESTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING TO LIFT OUT ACROSS EASTERN WYOMING WITH ASSOCIATED JET CORE TRANSLATES ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE ISENTROPIC LIFT WITH DEEPENING EASTERLY FLOW AT H7 ACROSS THE MID AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND SHOULD SEE ECHOES CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. PRECIP SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS TROUGH AXIS PASSES AND H7 FLOW BECOMES INCREASINGLY DOWNSLOPE. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS ACROSS THE MID AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND PIKES PEAK REGION WITH FLUFFY ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. AS FOR TEMPS...HAVE LIKELY ALREADY HAD THE HIGHS FOR THE DAY WITH STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS...SAVE PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WHERE DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL INCREASE WITH PASSING WAVE. TONIGHT...STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PROGGED ACROSS THE AREA JET CORE CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS WITH INCREASING MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE COLD LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE AND STRATUS PERSISTING ACROSS THE PLAINS AND ALONG WITH STREAMING MOISTURE...CANT RULE OUT SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS AND PLAINS. SHOULD SEE INCREASING CHANCES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE SW AND CENTRAL MTS AS WELL...WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE AND GOOD OROGRAPHIC FLOWS. -MW .LONG TERM... (MONDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY) NO BIG SURPRISES IN THE MODELS EARLY THIS MORNING...AS MAJOR WINTER STORM REMAINS ON TRACK FOR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE RAPIDLY IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY MONDAY MORNING OVER THE SAN JUANS...WITH HEAVY SNOW SPREADING NORTH TO THE LA GARITAS AND SAWATCH RANGE DURING THE DAY. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE SAN JUANS LATE MON/MON NIGHT...WITH FOCUS SHIFTING TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MON NIGHT/EARLY TUE AS MID LEVEL FLOW SHIFTS FROM SOUTHWEST TO WEST AS TROUGH MOVES ACROSS. BLIZZARD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUANS/LA GARITAS...AS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIND/SNOW LOOKS LIKELY. FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...700 MB TRACKING ACROSS THE AREA LATE MON INTO TUE KEEPS BEST GRADIENT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...SO WHILE WIND AND SNOW WILL STILL BE LIKELY...NOT SURE IF WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR WIDESPREAD/PROLONGED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THUS HOISTED WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN ZONES (AND LOWER ELEVATION SAN JUAN/LA GARITA ZONES)...AND WILL LET LATER SHIFTS TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IS JUSTIFIED. MAIN CHANGE TO THE GRIDS WAS TO KNOCK ABOUT A FOOT OFF OF ACCUMS OVER THE SAN JUANS...AS MODELS APPEAR TO BE HANGING ON TO HEAVY PRECIP TOO LONG AFTER WINDS BECOME WLY TUE MORNING. STILL...WILL SEE 2 TO 4 FEET OVER THE SAN JUANS BY LATE TUE...1 TO 3 FEET CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRES MAY NEED A SNOW ADVISORY EVENTUALLY MON NIGHT...BUT A LITTLE EARLY FOR THAT AT THIS POINT. OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...COLD AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. FOR MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INCREASES AS WESTERN TROUGH MOVES CLOSER...WITH 700 MB WINDS INCREASING TO 40 KNOTS BY EARLY TUE MORNING. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND STEADY OR SLOWLY WARMING TEMPS OVER THE LEE SLOPES WEST OF I-25...WHILE COLD AIR HOLDS ON OVER THE LOWER ARKANSAS VALLEY. MAIN QUESTION FOR TUES IS LOCATION OF THE SURFACE LOW AND DEPTH OF THE COLD AIR MASS...AS ECMWF/GFS ARE SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH WITH THE LOW AND THUS WARMER OVER MUCH OF THE EAST. NAM IS FARTHER SOUTH...KEEPING THE SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHERN NM AND THUS LEAVING MOST OF EASTERN COLORADO IN THE COLD AIR MASS THROUGH THE DAY TUE. CURRENT TEMP FORECAST A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE 2 SOLUTIONS...SO FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO AVOID FLIP-FLOPPING THE FORECAST...THOUGH HUNCH IS COLDER NAM WILL WIN OUT AS COLD AIR IS USUALLY SLOWER TO LEAVE THE PLAINS THAN FORECAST. IF COLD AIR CAN DEEPEN BEFORE MAIN UPPER TROUGH PASSES TUE AFTERNOON...MUCH OF THE EAST COULD PICK UP A QUICK INCH OF TWO OF WIND-DRIVEN SNOW...BEFORE DYNAMICS AND LIFT RACE QUICKLY EASTWARD INTO KS BY TUE EVENING. CURRENT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE DAY TUE LOOK FINE FOR NOW. FOR WED...COLD AIR DROPPING SOUTH BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW WILL KEEP THE AREA COLD...WITH MAX TEMPS BELOW FREEZING MOST LOCATIONS. AT LEAST SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AS SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE ALONG THE FAST UPPER JET OVER THE SOUTHERN U.S. SHOULD SEE A SLOW WARMING TREND...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST...FROM THU INTO SAT AS COLD AIR MASS SLOWLY ERODES...WHILE OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUE ALONG THE DIVIDE AS UNSETTLED NORTHWEST FLOW LINGERS. -PETERSEN && .AVIATION...EXPECTING IFR AND OCCASIONAL LIFR CONDITIONS FOR THE COS AND PUB TAFS WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL PERSISTING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW TO LIFT NORTH AND EAST INTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THOUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MVFR AND IFR CIGS AND FLURRIES ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH A COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALS WITH BREEZY SW WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ058>061-064-065-067. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR COZ066- 068. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ058- 060. && 23/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 6:53 PM MST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 653 PM MST SAT DEC 5 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-070200- 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- 653 PM MST SAT DEC 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW SPREADING INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 11000 FEET OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. ACROSS THE TELLER...EL PASO...AND FREMONT COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO UP TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...WITH A LITTLE LESS OVER THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGES...WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF LAKE COUNTY. THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS MAY SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL SEE ANYWHERE FROM A TRACE TO UP TO 3 INCHES. THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS COULD SEE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. 31/44
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 6, 4:05 AM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
405 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM SNOW 1 SSW BUENA VISTA 38.83N 106.14W
12/06/2009 M4.0 INCH CHAFFEE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0.12 INCHES WATER EQUIV
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MWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 8:26 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 69 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.