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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

March 31, 2010Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Mar 31, 2010, 3:53 AM MDT for Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 1, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2010, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2010, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2010-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2010-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

558 
WWUS45 KPUB 310953
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
353 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

COZ068-311600-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
353 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
MDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.


* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
  ROCKY MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST
  FLOW WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHWEST
  MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON
  THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES
  IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND...THURSDAY MORNING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
  MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BECOME
  LIGHTER AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE PASSES SUCH AS WOLF 
  CREEK. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ060-066-311600-
/O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS
353 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM MDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.


* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...AND
  THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES
  OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS...AND 3 TO 8 INCHES
  SOUTH OF THE PASS. FOR THE LA GARITAS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
ROSE
9 follow-up statements
773 
WWUS45 KPUB 311550
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
950 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

COZ068-312200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
950 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM MDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
  ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  AREA THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS
  SYSTEM WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL TO THE
  SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES
  CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY ON
  THURSDAY...WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BECOME
  LIGHTER AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN
  PASSES...ESPECIALLY WOLF CREEK PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-066-312200-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...
NORTH PASS
950 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...
  AND THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. 

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES
  OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. FOR THE LA
  GARITAS MOUNTAINS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
  THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
483 
WWUS45 KPUB 312056
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
256 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

COZ068-010300-
/O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
256 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
  ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE
  AREA THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS
  SYSTEM WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL TO THE
  SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES
  CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
  WILL OCCUR ON THE SOUTH AND WEST FACING SLOPES. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY ON 
  THURSDAY...WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BECOME 
  LIGHTER AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN 
  PASSES...ESPECIALLY WOLF CREEK PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ066-010300-
/O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
256 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ060-010300-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
256 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES
  OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. THE HEAVIEST
  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.  

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
  LATE THURSDAY.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

HODANISH
120 
WWUS45 KPUB 010218
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
818 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

COZ068-010830-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
818 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
  ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
  WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHWEST
  MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.
  SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES 
  CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS 
  WILL OCCUR ON THE SOUTH AND WEST FACING SLOPES. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER
  AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN 
  PASSES...ESPECIALLY WOLF CREEK PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-010830-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
818 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES 
  OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY 
  FRIDAY MORNING...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. THE 
  HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST LATE THURSDAY. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ066-010830-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
818 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
899 
WWUS45 KPUB 010544
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1144 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

COZ068-011145-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.100401T0600Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1144 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
  ROCKY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
  THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
  ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHWEST
  MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
  AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES 
  CAN BE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS 
  WILL OCCUR ON THE SOUTH AND WEST FACING SLOPES. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN 
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER 
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER 
  AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN 
  PASSES...ESPECIALLY WOLF CREEK PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-011145-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
1144 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES 
  OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY 
  FRIDAY MORNING...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. THE 
  HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST LATE THURSDAY. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ066-011145-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.100401T0600Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
1144 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST THURSDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
095 
WWUS45 KPUB 010959
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
359 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

COZ068-011700-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
359 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE
  TODAY AND TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL WILL BE FOUND
  OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL
  BEGIN DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTALS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
  BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON
  SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER
  CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER AND SHIFT TO THE
  NORTHWEST TONIGHT.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE
  AREA...ESPECIALLY ON WOLF CREEK PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-011700-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
359 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE
  SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES
  CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
  TONIGHT AND DECREASING.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ066-011700-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
359 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE
  SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
  AND DECREASING TONIGHT.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
319 
WWUS45 KPUB 011650
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1050 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

COZ068-012300-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1050 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
  THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL WILL
  BE FOUND OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY.
  SNOW WILL BEGIN DECREASE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
  ON SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN 
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER 
  CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER AND SHIFT TO THE 
  NORTHWEST TONIGHT. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  AREA...ESPECIALLY ON WOLF CREEK PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-012300-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
1050 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE
  SNOWFALL TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES
  CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND DECREASING. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ066-012300-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
1050 AM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE
  SNOWFALL TO THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST AND DECREASING TONIGHT. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
827 
WWUS45 KPUB 012112
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
312 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

COZ068-020315-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
312 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
  THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SNOWFALL WILL
  BE FOUND OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE LATE
  AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
  ON SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL 
  GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN 
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WINTER 
  CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHTER AND SHIFT TO THE 
  NORTHWEST TONIGHT. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  AREA...ESPECIALLY ON WOLF CREEK PASS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-020315-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
312 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES 
  CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY 
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND DECREASING. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ066-020315-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
312 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE 
  NORTHWEST AND DECREASING TONIGHT. 

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
321 
WWUS45 KPUB 020247
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
847 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

COZ068-020600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
847 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
  THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT...PRODUCING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
  HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE 
  EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL 
  OCCUR ON SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE
  AREA...ESPECIALLY ON WOLF CREEK PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO
THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER
TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN
YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE
IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

&&

$$

COZ060-020900-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
847 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES 
  CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY 
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
  MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
  TONIGHT AND DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

COZ066-020600-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
847 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE 
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND DECREASING
  AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
681 
WWUS45 KPUB 020545
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1145 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

COZ068-020645-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
1145 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

$$

COZ066-020645-
/O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T0600Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS
1145 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LA
GARITA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

COZ060-021145-
/O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-100402T1200Z/
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
1145 PM MDT THU APR 1 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF 
  MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES 
  CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS BY EARLY FRIDAY 
  MORNING...WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES SOUTH OF THE PASS. 

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN.

* IMPACT...SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 31, 3:38 AM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:38 AM MDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
338 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010

.SHORT TERM...
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS INCLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
TODAY AND SNOW OVER THE CONTDVD TONIGHT.  AN UPR TROF OVR THE
WESTERN STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT WL KEEP MODERATE TO STRONG SWRLY
FLOW ALOFT OVR THE CWA. BREEZY TO WINDY SW WINDS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS IN MANY LOWER ELEVATIONS AREAS EXCEEDING 25 MPH...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS OVR THE HYR ELEVATIONS.  HOWEVER THE FAR SERN PLAINS
MAY NOT QUITE REACH THE 25 MPH CRITERIA NEEDED FOR THE RED FLAG
WARNING.  HOWEVER MINIMUM RH VALUES ACRS THE SERN PLAINS WL BE BELOW
15 PERCENT.  I AM NOT REALLY CERTAIN THAT THE WIND SPEEDS WL NOT
REACH THE CRITERIA...THUS I WL NOT ALTER THE RED FLAG WARNING.
COOLER AIR ALOFT IS SPREADING OVR THE AREA AND THUS TEMPS TODAY WL
GENERALLY NOT BE AS WARM AS ON TUESDAY...HOWEVER MAX TEMPS WL STILL
BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK AS THOUGH RECORD HIGHS
WL BE BROKEN. EXPECT DRY WEATHER ACRS THE CWA INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON...BUT WITH AN INCREASE IN MSTR EXPECTED BY MIDAFTERNOON
ALONG THE CONTDVD...MAY SEE ISOLD TO SCT SHOWERS DEVELOP.

OVERNIGHT ONE PIECE OF THE UPR TROF WL MOVE INTO UT...WITH THE MSTR
LAYER DEEPENING ALONG THE CONTDVD.  WITH FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICS FLOW
OVR THE SWRN MTS...THIS AREA SHOULD SEE THE HIGHEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WITH POSSIBLY 3-6 INCHES.  THE CENTRAL MTS
WL ALSO SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT BUT MORE LIKELY IN THE
1-3 INCH RANGE.  THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WL REMAIN DRY
TONIGHT.  SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BREEZY WINDS OVERNIGHT IN MANY AREAS WL
AGAIN RESULT IN MILD TEMPS. /28

.LONG TERM...

...HEAVY SNOW FOR THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THURSDAY...
...PLAINS MAY GET SOME MOISTURE ON FRIDAY...

WEATHER IN THE EXTENDED WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE SIGNIFICANT
TROUGH THAT MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THURSDAY
MORNING...DEEP SW FLOW CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER SW CO...AND A
PLUME OF MOISTURE WILL BE AIMED AT THE ERN SAN JUANS DURING THE
DAY. H7 WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 70 KTS OVR THE 4 CORNERS EARLY
THU...A GOOD SIGN THAT HEAVY OROGRAPHIC SNOWS WILL HIT THE SWRN
MTNS IN EARNEST. WITH H6 WINDS AT 50 KTS PLUS OVR THE SAN
JUANS...THERE COULD BE A COUPLE HOURS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR
THE EXPOSED RIDGES OVR THE SAN JUANS...THOUGH NOT WIDESPREAD OR
LASTING ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A BLIZZARD WARNING. HAVE CONVERTED THE
WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THIS AREA...AND WHILE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE
SPREAD FAR APART WITH SNOW TOTALS...WITH GOOD SW FLOW EXPECT SNOW
TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT FOR THE WOLF CREEK AREA. FLWO TURNS NW
BY THU NIGHT...WHICH SHOULD SHUT DOWN THE HEAVIER SNOW FOR THE SW
MTNS...BUT WILL KEEP WARNING GOING THRU FRI MORNING WITH CONTINUED
LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT.

FARTHER N...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE ONGOING OVER THE NRN RANGES...BUT
OROGRAPHICS DO NOT BECOME FAVORABLE UNTIL AFTER THE TROUGH HAS
PASSED. SO...TOTALS WILL BE HELD DOWN A BIT AND HAVE OPTED FOR AN
ADVISORY FOR THE LA GARITAS AND SAWATCH. COULD SEE SOME LOCAL
ACCUMS APPROACHING ONE FOOT FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVS ON THE
COLLEGIATE RANGE.

NAM AND GFS CONTINUE TO BOUNCE AROUND REGARDING THE INTENSITY AND
DYNAMICS OF THE COLD FRONT THAT PUSH THROUGH THE SERN PLAINS LATE
THU. 00Z NAM HAD NO QPF OVER THE PLAINS...WHILE THE 06Z RUN MIMICS
EARLIER NAM RUNS...AND THE ECMWF...IN INTENSIFYING THE UPPER LOW
NR THE OK/TX PANHANDLES FRI MORNING...AND BRINGING A FAIR AMOUNT
OF MOISTURE TO THE PLAINS ON FRI. 00Z GFS REMAINS DRY OVR THE
PLAINS ON FRI. WITH THE MAIN TROUGH STILL OFFSHORE...SO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT SOLUTIONS TO FAVOR ONE SOLUTION
OVER THE OTHER...SO WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS OVER THE PLAINS FOR
NOW. HYR TRRN..INCLUDING THE ERN MTNS...AND SRN ZONES SHOULD BE
FAVORED...WITH ADVISORY LEVEL SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE SRN SANGRES OR
SPANISH PEAKS.

FLAT RIDGE DEVELOPS OVR THE WEEKEND...AND ERN ZONES SHOULD WARM UP
AND DRY OUT. QUASI-ZONAL FLOW WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF PRECIP GOING
OVR THE DVD. NEXT SYSTEM LOOKS FARTHER N THAN IN PREVIOUS MODEL
RUNS...BUT NRN MTNS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE A CHANCE OF PRECIP THRU
EARLY NEXT WEEK. ROSE

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE THREE TAF SITES TODAY AND
TONIGHT.  SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 KT CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE
THREE TAF SITES TODAY./28

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ227>237.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY
FOR COZ060-066.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY
FOR COZ068.

&&

28/44
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 8:08 PM MDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
808 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010

COZ058>089-093>099-010215-
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-
808 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

FIRE DANGER WILL RAMP UP AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO
45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS TO CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF
SPREAD SHOULD A FIRE START.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH
THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE
STORM ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING
SNOW OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET LATE THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE AWAY FROM
COLORADO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

31/50

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 3:53 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache48 hr
Mar 31, 3:28 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.