Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Jan 7, 2011, 2:59 PM MST for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2011, 2:59 PM MST (21:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2011, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2011, 3:39 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 2215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036 WWUS45 KPUB 072159 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 COZ081-082-084-080400- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T1700Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 259 PM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN AND EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY ALONG WITH TELLER COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS TELLER COUNTY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY SUNDAY MID AFTERNOON...AND END LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH DURING SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...A FLASH FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WHICH FALLS ON THE ROADWAYS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INITIALLY MELT ON THE ROADWAY SURFACES...BUT ONCE THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN...IT WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE...MAKING THE ROADWAYS TREACHEROUS. BLOWING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY...WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW...IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ HODANISH
4 follow-up statements
565 WWUS45 KPUB 080209 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 709 PM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 COZ081-082-084-081200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T1700Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 709 PM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN AND EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY ALONG WITH TELLER COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS TELLER COUNTY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY SUNDAY MID AFTERNOON...AND END LATE MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH DURING SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...A FLASH FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WHICH FALLS ON THE ROADWAYS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INITIALLY MELT ON THE ROADWAY SURFACES...BUT ONCE THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN...IT WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE...MAKING THE ROADWAYS TREACHEROUS. BLOWING SNOW... SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY...WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW...IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
741 WWUS45 KPUB 081138 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 438 AM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 COZ058>060-068-076>080-083-085>087-089-093-095>098-081745- /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T2200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 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- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- 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- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY... PENROSE...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE... LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 438 AM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...PUEBLO...FREMONT...HUERANO...CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO ...BENT...PROWERS AND LAKE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE WET MOUNTAINS ...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED OVER FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. * IMPACT...A FLASH FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF PUEBLO...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES. SNOW WHICH FALLS ON THE ROADWAYS SUNDAY EVENING MAY INITIALLY MELT ON THE ROADWAY SURFACES...BUT ONCE THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN...IT WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE...MAKING THE ROADWAYS TREACHEROUS. BLOWING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY...WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW...IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ081-082-084-081745- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T2200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY 438 AM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED OVER FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. ON MONDAY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEARING 30 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...A FLASH FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WHICH FALLS ON THE ROADWAYS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING MAY INITIALLY MELT ON THE ROADWAY SURFACES...BUT ONCE THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN...IT WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE...MAKING THE ROADWAYS TREACHEROUS. BLOWING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY...WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW...IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
033 WWUS45 KPUB 081709 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1009 AM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 COZ058>060-068-076>087-089-093-095>098-090000- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T2200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 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- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 1009 AM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...EL PASO...TELLER...PUEBLO...FREMONT...HUERANO... CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...BENT...PROWERS AND LAKE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET IN WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED OVER FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. * IMPACT...A FLASH FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO...TELLER... PUEBLO...FREMONT...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES. SNOW WHICH FALLS ON THE ROADWAYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INITIALLY MELT ON ROAD SURFACES...BUT ONCE THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN...IT WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE...MAKING THE ROADWAYS TREACHEROUS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY...WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW...IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$
263 WWUS45 KPUB 082239 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 PM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 COZ076>084-090445- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0001.110109T1800Z-110110T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 339 PM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...NORTHERN EL PASO...TELLER...AND FREMONT COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A COLD STORM SYSTEM ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED OVER FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY. * IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN ICY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058>060-068-090445- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0001.110109T0700Z-110110T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 339 PM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE...LAKE COUNTY...AND THE EASTERN SAN JUANS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A COLD STORM SYSTEM ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED OVER FAVORED HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. * IMPACT...ICY SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ COZ085>087-089-093-095>098-090445- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T1800Z/ 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- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...ORDWAY... OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE... LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 339 PM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERANO COUNTY BELOW 7500 FEET...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS INCLUDING CROWLEY...KIOWA... OTERO...BENT...AND PROWERS COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. * IMPACT...A FLASH FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF EL PASO... TELLER... PUEBLO...FREMONT...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES. SNOW WHICH FALLS ON THE ROADWAYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY INITIALLY MELT ON ROAD SURFACES...BUT ONCE THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN...IT WILL RAPIDLY FREEZE...MAKING THE ROADWAYS TREACHEROUS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY... WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN ADDITION... DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES... WINDY CONDITIONS AND SNOW... IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-088-094-099-090445- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0001.110109T2100Z-110110T1800Z/ 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- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM... SPRINGFIELD...WALSH 339 PM MST SAT JAN 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SPANISH PEAKS REGION...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN ARCTIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNDAY EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A STRONG PACIFIC DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY EVENING WITH A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. * IMPACT...SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL RESULT IN ICY ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Jan 7, 2:43 PM MST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 2:43 PM MST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 243 PM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS TO THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...INCREASING CLOUDINESS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COLORADO BORDER...BUT SINCE THE SYSTEM IS RATHER DRY...THE MAIN EFFECT IS FOR INCREASING HIGH CLOUDINESS SATURDAY. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT OVER THE HIGH VALLEYS...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO AGAIN DROP TO AROUND OR A LITTLE BELOW ZERO. ON SATURDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A FEW DEGREES AS WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTH. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM... (SAT NITE - FRI) ...WINTER WEATHER EVENT ON SCHEDULE...TRACK OF STORM A BIT FARTHER NORTH... ...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IMMINENT WITH SNOW IN QUITE A FEW PLACES... AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PD...SAT EVENING...A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON NM. AT THE SAME TIME...CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING SEWD ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL ALLOW LLVL COOLER...MSTR AIR TO ADVECT WWD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. BY LATE IN THE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS LOW CLOUDS...FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE PLAINS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...SIMULATIONS ARE TRACKING THE TROUGH THAT WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR AND SNOW TO THE AREA A BIT FARTHER NORTH. THIS WILL DELAY THE ONSET OF PRECIP ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. ATTM IT APPEARS THE ARCTIC FRONT MAY NOT CROSS INTO EL PASO COUNTY AREA UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...OR POSSIBLY AFTER SUNSET. PRECIP SHOULD START TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER PALMER DIVIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON SUNDAY. IF THE MODELS ARE PERFECT PROGS...THE PRECIP MAY NOT ACTUALLY BEGIN IN EARNEST UNTIL AFTER 00Z. WITH THE NOSE OF THE JET IMPINGING ON THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON (AND ASSOCIATED UPWARD VV)...HAVE BEGUN SHOWERS OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE PRECIP GRADUALLY DROPPING/DEVELOPING SWD DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. BY MID EVENING SUNDAY INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOULD BE ONGOING ACROSS THE S MTNS AND ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR. TEMPS WILL DROP RATHER DRAMATICALLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND ANOTHER FLASH FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE ROADWAYS ACROSS S COLORADO. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION...WITH THE DIFFICULTIES DEVELOPING SWD AS THE SNOW PROGRESSES SOUTH DOWN TOWARDS NM. BY 12Z MONDAY...THE 700 MB LOW WILL BEGIN TO WRAP UP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. SFC WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM A N COMPONENT AND BLOWING SNOW MAY BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE. WITH THE SNOW BEING VERY LIGHT AND FLUFFY IT WONT TAKE MUCH FOR IT TO BLOW AROUND....AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BECOME AN ISSUE FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE EXTENT AND INTENSITY OF THE SNOW MONDAY MORNING WILL BE DEPENDENT ON HOW FAST THE LOW SPINS UP AND ITS ACTUAL TRACK. FOR NOW...IF THE 18Z NAM VERIFIES...THE 700 MB WINDS WILL BE FROM A MORE NW COMPONENT...AND THIS WILL TEND TO DECREASE THE SNOW AMOUNTS. DURING MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE LOW WRAPPING UP...THE THREAT OF SOME HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...WITH THE GREATEST HEAVIER SNOW THREAT OCCURRING OVER KIOWA COUNTY. IN ADDITION...WITH THE NORTHERLY WINDS...THE S SANGRES/WETS AND RATON MESA REGION WILL SEE A ~6 HR WINDOW OF STEADY SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY INTO LATER MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL GET VERY COLD ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE +5 TO 15F DEGREE RANGE FOR HIGHS. THE WIND...10 - 20 MPH...WILL CAUSE VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. BEING OUTDOORS ON MONDAY WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...SNOW AND WIND. AS FOR HILITES...HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN AND EXTREME WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES. NO OTHER HILITES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. WE MAY NEED SOME ADVISORIES FOR THE MTNS ON LATER SHIFTS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT WINTER STORM HILITES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS ON MONDAY. WIND CHILL HILITES MAY ALSO BE NEEDED FOR AREAS ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD SEE THE MOST WIDESPREAD COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE FCST PERIOD. ACTUAL LOWS WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS (AND EXTENT OF SNOWFALL) ALONG WITH WINDS (OR LACK THEROF). FOR NOW...HAVE TEMPS IN THE ZERO TO -10F RANGE. IF THE SNOW IS WIDESPREAD AND WINDS CALM DOWN...THEN THE TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE COLDER THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PREDICTING. FOR TUESDAY...TEMPS WILL ONLY MODIFY SLIGHTLY. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE TEENS ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPS WILL GRADUALLY WARM UP THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL LIKELY NOT GET HERE UNTIL LATER FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. \/HODANISH && .AVIATION... VFR ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL BRING AREAS OF IFR TO THE HIGHER PASSES AND PEAKS..WITH INCREASING COVERAGE LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY AS A STORM APPROACHES THE AREA. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR COZ081-082-084. && 51/34
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 7:03 AM MST, 7 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 703 AM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 COZ058>089-093>099-081415- 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- 703 AM MST FRI JAN 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED BRING UNSETTLED AND COLDER CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN COLORADO...ESPECIALLY FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FROM SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD AIR WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT FLURRIES OR EVEN FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVIER SNOW WILL START TO SPREAD INTO THE PIKES PEAK REGION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND I-25 CORRIDOR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY...NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF EL PASO AND KIOWA COUNTIES AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY ONLY REACHING THE TEENS ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES FROM WEST TO EAST LATER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND WITH CLEARING SKIES MONDAY NIGHT...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A SLOW WARM UP IS THEN ANTICIPATED OVER THE AREA BY LATER NEXT WEEK...WHICH MEANS THAT AREAS THAT RECEIVE MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY HAVE SNOW REMAINING ON THE GROUND FOR A FEW DAYS. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THERE ARE STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH COULD CHANGE THE ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED LATE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS. USE THIS TIME NOW TO PREPARE FOR THE ONSET OF THE BITTERLY COLD WEATHER BY PROTECTING ANY PIPES THAT ARE PRONE TO FREEZE...AND BE SURE TO CARRY WARM WINTER CLOTHING IN PREPARATION FOR THE COLD SNAP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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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.