Alert archive / Colorado / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blizzard warning at Jan 20, 2010, 3:05 PM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 21, 2010, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 22 hr. 9 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
- Jan 20, 2010, 3:05 PM MST (22:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2010, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2010, 9:37 AM MST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:45 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Antonito, CO | |
| Jan 21, 5:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 1 Wnw Monte Vista, CO | |
| Jan 21, 8:54 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 Wnw Monte Vista, CO | |
| Jan 21, 9:20 PM MST | SNOW 24 | 1 Sse Wolf Creek Pass, CO | SNOWFALL SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...ESTIMATED BY ROAD CREWS. |
| Jan 21, 9:29 PM MST | SNOW 12 | 4 Sw South Fork, CO | |
| Jan 21, 9:39 PM MST | SNOW 12 | 10 Sw Creede, CO | FELL SINCE 3 PM. |
| Jan 22, 4:52 AM MST | SNOW 13 | 1 Wnw Monte Vista, CO | |
| Jan 22, 8:40 AM MST | SNOW 24 | 9 Wsw Creede, CO | 1.27 MOISTURE EQUIVALENT |
| Jan 22, 8:59 AM MST | SNOW 25.5 | 4 Sw South Fork, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950 WWUS45 KPUB 202205 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 COZ068-210415- /O.CAN.KPUB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100121T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 305 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAN JUANS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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. && $$ COZ066-210415- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 305 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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. && $$ COZ067-210415- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 305 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION STARTING LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION. 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. && $$ HODANISH
10 follow-up statements
584 WWUS45 KPUB 210402 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 902 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 COZ068-211130- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 902 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAN JUANS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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. && $$ COZ066-211130- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 902 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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. && $$ COZ067-211130- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 902 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION STARTING LATE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-211130- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 902 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREAS STARTING LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE 20 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS...INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE...PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
834 WWUS45 KPUB 211009 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 309 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-211615- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 309 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAN JUANS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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. && $$ COZ066-211615- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 309 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY LATE THURSDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING INTO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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. && $$ COZ067-211615- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 309 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-211615- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 309 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREAS STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE 20 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING INDEPENDENCE...PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES... AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
384 WWUS45 KPUB 211203 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 503 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-211815- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 503 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAN JUANS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS LATE T0DAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-211815- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 503 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ067-211815- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 503 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 17 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ069-211815- /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100122T1900Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE 503 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY...INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 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. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-211815- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 503 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREAS STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE 20 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
809 WWUS45 KPUB 211549 CCA WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 846 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-212215- /O.COR.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 846 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAN JUANS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-212215- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 846 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ067-212215- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 846 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION STARTING LATE THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 17 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ COZ069-212215- /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100122T1900Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE 846 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY...INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-212215- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 846 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREAS STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE 20 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
436 WWUS45 KPUB 211743 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1043 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-212345- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1043 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM HAS BEGUN TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. WEB CAMS AT WOLF CREEK SKI AREA AND CDOT INDICATE SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE SAN JUANS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-212345- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 1043 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ067-212345- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.100121T1900Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1043 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 17 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-212345- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 1043 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREAS STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE 20 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ069-212345- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100122T1900Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE 1043 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ HODANISH
923 WWUS45 KPUB 212218 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 318 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-220430- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 318 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-220430- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 318 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ067-220430- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 318 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 17 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-220430- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 318 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN REGION...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE 20 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON FRIDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ069-220430- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.100122T0100Z-100122T1900Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE 318 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 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
049 WWUS45 KPUB 220359 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 859 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-221130- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 859 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-221130- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 859 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ067-221130- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 859 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 17 INCHES. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-221130- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 859 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN REGION...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON FRIDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ069-221130- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100122T1900Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE 859 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY...INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
034 WWUS45 KPUB 220511 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 COZ068-221215- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY WITH ROAD CLOSURES LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-221215- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ067-221215- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ COZ070-071-221215- /O.EXA.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100122T1900Z/ ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING...ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA...MANASSA...LA JARA... ANTONITO...SANFORD...SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND...BLANCA 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...INCLUDING ALAMOSA...MONTE VISTA AND SAN LUIS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE VALLEY EDGES. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-221215- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 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...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN REGION...THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON FRIDAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ COZ069-221215- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100122T1900Z/ DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...CENTER...DEL NORTE 1011 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
605 WWUS45 KPUB 221046 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 346 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 COZ068-221800- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 346 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR INTO THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS ARE PROJECTED TO DECREASE BY LATER THIS MORNING. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE TODAY WITH ROAD CLOSURES LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY 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... 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. && $$ COZ066-221800- /O.CON.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 346 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY LATER THIS MORNING. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. AVOID TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING... TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ067-221800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 346 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-221800- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 346 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN REGION...THROUGH LATE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ069>071-221800- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100122T1900Z/ 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 346 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 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. && $$
330 WWUS45 KPUB 221637 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 937 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 COZ066-068-222245- /O.CAN.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 937 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...AND 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS * WINDS...WINDS WILL DECREASE TODAY. DUE TO THESE DECREASING WINDS...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING. FOR THE REST OF TODAY EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * AVALANCHE INFORMATION...AVALANCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS TODAY. * IMPACT...NEARLY ALL MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION WERE CLOSED AS OF FRIDAY MORNING. PLEASE VISIT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR LATEST ROAD INFORMATION...OR DIAL 5 1 1. 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. && $$ COZ067-222245- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 937 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND FOR THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...INCLUDING SOUTH FORK AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. * IMPACT...EXPECT SNOW PACKED ROADS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION. MOST PASSES ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN REGION WERE CLOSED AS OF FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ COZ060-061-065-072>075-222245- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100123T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... BONANZA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS 937 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...AND SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN REGION...THROUGH LATE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... INCLUDING PONCHA...MONARCH AND LA VETA PASSES...AND COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ069>071-221900- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100122T1900Z/ 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 937 AM MST FRI JAN 22 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. * LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY... INCLUDING CRESTONE...VILLA GROVE...SAGUACHE AND LA GARITA. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MAJOR PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Jan 20, 3:34 AM MST, 11 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:34 AM MST, 11 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 334 AM MST WED JAN 20 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...SNOW CONTINUES IN THE SAN JUANS... MODERATE SNOW OVR THE SAN JUANS ATTM...AND WILL SEE SNOWFALL CONTINUE THROUGH TH MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERN MTS WILL ALSO SEE SOME SNOW TODAY...BUT ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. SAN JUANS SHOULD PICK UP 5-10 INCHES...JUST A 'WARM UP' FOR THE MAJOR SNOW EVENT THU-FRI. RADAR ALSO HINTS AT SOME LIGHT BANDED ACTIVITY MOVING THROUGH THE NRN SANGRES AND TELLER/N FREMONT COUNTY...AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE AS THE STORM CURRENTLY OVR SRN NM MOVES THRU CO TODAY. TROUGH AXIS WILL CROSS 1-25 IN EARLY AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD START SHUTTING THINGS DOWN OVR THE WRN MTS. SIMILAR TO PATTERN ON TUE...ANOTHER NRLY PUSH WILL FOLLOW THE TROUGH PASSAGE...AND COULD RESULT IN SOME SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMS OVR THE PALMER DVD LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVE. WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE OR ISOLD POPS IN PLACE FOR THE HYR TRRN THERE. SERN PLAINS WILL AGAIN REMAIN DRY...THOUGH NOT QUITE AS WARM AS YESTERDAY...AS NRLY OR NERLY WINDS FOLLOW THE TROUGH PASSAGE. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 40S FOR THE MOST PART...STILL SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVG. WILL SEE SOME PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT WITH SHORT WAVE RIDGING...AND LOW TO ZERO POPS MOST PLACES. NEXT BIG STORM WILL START MOVING INTO THE SWRN ZONES THU MORNING. ROSE .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SNOW AMOUNTS OVR THE MTS...AND POSSIBLY PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY MAINLY THU THRU FRI. THU-FRI NIGHT...A LONG WAVE TROF WL BE ALONG THE WEST COAST OR OVR THE WRN STATES WITH COUPLE SHRTWV TROFS MOVING INTO THE CWA DURING THIS PERIOD. BY LATE FRI NIGHT THE UPR TROF MOVES OVR THE ROCKIES. FAVORABLE SOUTH TO SW FLOW WL BRING ABUNDANT MSTR INTO THE SW MTS THU THRU FRI NIGHT...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW FEET OF SNOW OVR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MTS...AND POSSIBLY THE LA GARITA MTS. SO WL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THESE AREAS. AT THE SAME TIME...MOIST WESTERLY FLOW OVR THE CENTRAL MTS WL PROBABLY LEAD TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVR THE ERN SAWATCH MTS ABOVE 11000 FT (ZONE 60). HOWEVER IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WL BE PERIODS WHEN THE SNOWFALL WL PROBABLY ONLY BE LIGHT. THE BEST PERIODS FOR ACCUMULATION IN ZONE 60 WL LIKELY BE THU AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN FRI AFTERNOON WHEN THERE WL BE BETTER UPR DYNAMICS TO WORK WITH. THIS AREA WL PROBABLY NEED AT LEAST AN ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BUT WL LET THE NEXT SHIFT MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON THE NEXT MODEL RUN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WL ALSO BE FOUND OVR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTS...ESPECIALLY THU NIGHT AND FRI AND WE COULD SEE ENOUGH ACCUMULATION THAT AN ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. ONE OTHER POSSIBLE AREA OF CONCERN IS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AS DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW OVR THE VALLEY...COULD RESULT IN SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA. OVR THE SE PLAINS...DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN DRY WEA AND WARM...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME ISOLD PCPN IN THE AFTERNOON HRS. BY SAT MORNING AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM ABOUT WRN MT TO WRN KS...MOVING EAST THRU THE DAY...WITH A LARGE CYCLONE CENTERED OVR ERN NE BY LATE IN THE DAY...WITH THE UPR FLOW OVR THE FORECAST AREA BECOMING WEST TO NW. ALONG THE CONTDVD THE MSTR LAYER DECREASES...AND THUS SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE AND NOT BE AS HEAVY. THE WEST TO NW FLOW OVR THE SE PLAINS WL BRING IN COOLER AND...AND WITH LITTLE MSTR OVR THE AREA WE SHOULD SEE LITTLE IF ANY CHANCE FOR PCPN. SOME MSTR WL LINGER OVR THE AREA SUN AND IN THE NW FLOW SOME LIGHT SNOW WL PROBABLY CONTINUE OVR THE CONTDVD AND POSSIBLY PORTIONS OF THE ERN MTS. AN UPR RIDGE WL BUILD OVR THE AREA FOR MON RESULTING IN DRY WEATHER ACRS THE CWA. THEN ON TUE AN NEW UPR TROF MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND WL PROBABLY LEAD TO SOME LIGHT PCPN ALONG THE CONTDVD BY AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT 24 H. MODERATE SNOWFALL TO CONTINUE OVER THE SAN JUANS THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE SOME SCT SHRASN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVE OVER THE PALMER DVD...BUT ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ068. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR COZ066>068. && 44/28
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 5:12 AM MST, 9 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 512 AM MST WED JAN 20 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-211215- 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- 512 AM MST WED JAN 20 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUANS THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...GENERALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE OTHER MOUNTAIN AREAS..GENERALLY UNDER 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLY OVER THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET. FORECAST MODELS ARE INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW FEET OF SNOW OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUANS BELOW 10000 FEET AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE OVER WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS COULD SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION...WHILE THE REST OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WILL PROBABLY SEE UNDER 3 INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT OVER THE PIKES PEAK AREA AND THE WET MOUNTAINS. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. 44/28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 4:12 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 11 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:05 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 56 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.