Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 5, 2011, 8:02 PM MST for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2011, 8:02 PM MST (03:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2011, 3:48 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 2897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238 WWUS45 KPUB 060302 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 802 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 COZ058-060-066-068-060915- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T1800Z-110309T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 802 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK THROUGH COLORADO EARLY TUESDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...EXPECT ICY SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL OVER THE PASSES WILL BE HAZARDOUS... PARTICULARLY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ ROSE
4 follow-up statements
948 WWUS45 KPUB 060732 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1232 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 COZ058-060-066-068-061345- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T1800Z-110309T0000Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1232 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BE HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
167 WWUS45 KPUB 061220 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 520 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 COZ059-061>063-072-073-076>087-061900- /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 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- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...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 520 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...EL PASO...TELLER...PUEBLO...FREMONT...CHAFFEE... LAKE...CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE GREATER PIKES PEAK REGION...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WOODLAND PARK...CRIPPLE CREEK...CANON CITY...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...LEADVILLE...WESTCLIFFE...COLORADO CITY AND WALSENBURG. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WIND...EASTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ058-060-066-068-061900- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T1800Z-110308T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 520 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$
594 WWUS45 KPUB 061821 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1121 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 COZ058-060-066-068-070030- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T1800Z-110308T1200Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1121 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ059-061>063-072-073-076>087-070030- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- 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- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA... LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...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 1121 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...EL PASO...TELLER...PUEBLO...FREMONT...CHAFFEE... LAKE...CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE GREATER PIKES PEAK REGION...THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WOODLAND PARK...CRIPPLE CREEK...CANON CITY... SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...LEADVILLE...WESTCLIFFE... COLORADO CITY AND WALSENBURG. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WIND...EASTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH BY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$
875 WWUS45 KPUB 062248 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 COZ059-061-070500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0009.110307T1800Z-110308T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE LEADVILLE AREA AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 12 INCHES FALLING FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ058-060-066-068-070500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T1800Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0009.110307T1800Z-110308T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND POOR VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ062-063-072-073-076>080-083-070500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0009.110307T2100Z-110308T1800Z/ CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS... BLANCA PEAK...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... GREENHORN MTN...CANON CITY...PENROSE 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...FREMONT COUNTY...THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO... SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...CANON CITY...RYE...AND LA VETA PASS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...7 TO 10 INCHES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS... WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES ABOVE 10000 FEET. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ085>087-070500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0009.110307T2100Z-110308T1800Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO AND WALSENBURG. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 115. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ084-070500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0013.110307T2100Z-110308T1800Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING MONUMENT. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ081-082-070500- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.110307T2100Z-110308T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0013.110307T2100Z-110308T1800Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY...PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET...INCLUDING WOODLAND PARK AND CRIPPLE CREEK. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FALLING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ064-065-067-069-070500- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0013.110307T2100Z-110308T1800Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...BONANZA...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CENTER... DEL NORTE 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...SAGUACHE COUNTY BELOW 10000 FEET...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND THE NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...SARGENTS...CRESTONE...AND CREEDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 7 INCHES. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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. && $$ COZ074-075-088-070500- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0013.110307T2100Z-110308T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS... TRINIDAD 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...INCLUDING TRINIDAD...CUCHARA...AND STONEWALL. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 10000 FEET. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ089-095-096-070500- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0013.110308T0600Z-110308T1800Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- INCLUDING...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...EADS...SHERIDAN LAKE 348 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY...AND THEN TRACK ACROSS COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. 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 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 Mar 5, 3:24 PM MST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:24 PM MST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 324 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) MAIN CONCERNS ARE THE CHANCES FOR SNOW ALONG THE CONTDVD AND HIGHS ON SUN. FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WL BE FOUND OVR THE AREA WITH A COUPLE SHORTWAVE TROFS MOVING THRU THE FLOW. HIGH CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO STICK AROUND TONIGHT. OVER THE CENTRAL MTS...MODEL CROSS SECTIONS SHOW INCREASING MSTR LATER TONIGHT MAINLY OVR NORTHERN PORTIONS...FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF SOME SNOW SHOWERS...SO WL INCREASE POPS BUT WL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS LOW. ON SUNDAY THE MSTR IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AND SPREAD ACRS MUCH OF THE CONTDVD...BUT THE CENTRAL MTS STILL LOOK MORE FAVORED THAN THE SWRN MTS. COULD SEE A COUPLE OR A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVR ZONE 60...AND GENERALLY SLIGHTLY LESS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CONTDVD SUN AFTERNOON. THE NAM KEEPS PCPN OUT OF THE ERN MTS SUN...BUT THE GFS HAS SOME SPREADING OVR PORTIONS OF THE ERN MTS. WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ISOLD POPS OVR THE ERN MTS...SO WL LEAVE THAT AS IS. LOOKS FAIRLY CLOUDY ACRS MOST THE AREA ON SUN...WITH CLOUDS LOWERING AND THICKENING OVR THE SERN PLAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL THE CLOUDS WL HAMPER WARMING MAKING THE HIGH TEMPS FORECAST A BIT CHALLENGING...ALTHOUGH WITH GUIDANCE TEMPS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT...WL NOT STRAY FAR FROM THOSE VALUES FOR HIGHS. .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ...POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY... MODELS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE EXPECTED WINTER STORM FOR EARLY THIS WEEK. SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY GENERALLY WESTERLY ZONAL FLOW WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSING ACROSS THE ROCKIES. MOST LOCATIONS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL SEE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH MOST AREAS SEEING A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOWFALL ALONG THE DIVIDE. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. SNOW IS FORECAST TO DECREASE MONDAY MORNING WITH MOST AREAS SEEING A SMALL BREAK BEFORE THE NEXT...STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES. MODELS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN HANDLING THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM AND HOW MUCH SNOW WE END UP WITH WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON WHERE THE STORM TRACKS. THE NAM IS CURRENTLY THE FURTHEST SOUTH SOLUTION OF THE OPERATIONAL RUNS...TAKING THE UPPER LEVEL STORM ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...WHILE THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE FURTHER NORTH WITH THE STORM TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. ALL MODELS HAVE ABUNDANT MOISTURE SPREADING INTO THE REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT WITH PWAT VALUES NEARING A HALF INCH. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF UPSLOPE AND LIFT ACROSS THE REGION. THE NAM IS FURTHER SOUTH STORM TRACK WOULD BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW...WITH NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY 20 TO 30 KT FLOW THROUGH 850 MB ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF COLORADO. THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE LESS UPSLOPE WITH A MORE NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW AROUND THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM. BOTH ECMWF AND GFS HAVE PLENTY OF DYNAMICS TO GO ALONG WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...BUT LACK THE EXTRA LIFT THE NAM HAS WITH THE UPSLOPE FLOW. SNOW IS EXPECT TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY...WITH MORE WESTERLY OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED AREAS OF THE SAN JUANS SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOWFALL. AREAS OF THE LA GARITA RANGE AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE UPWARDS OF A FOOT OF SNOWFALL. FURTHER EAST THINGS ARE MORE PROBLEMATIC WITH REGARDS TO SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY ALONG THE EASTERN FACING SLOPES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE TRICKY...MOST MODELS HAVE THE COLDEST AIR REMAINING TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION UNTIL AROUND 06Z/TUESDAY. THIS WOULD KEEP SNOW CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS UNTIL LATER MONDAY NIGHT WHEN SNOW LEVELS WOULD FALL. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS MAY FALL MORE RAPIDLY DEPENDING ON SEVERAL FACTORS...INCLUDING COLD AIR ARRIVAL AND PRECIPITATION INTENSITY. CURRENTLY THINKING HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET OF SNOWFALL...WITH THE ADJACENT PLAINS ABOVE 6 KFT SEEING 4 TO 8 INCHES WHILE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL GENERALLY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES. AS MENTIONED A LOT DEPENDS ON THE EXACT STORM TRACK AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR...STAY TUNED AS THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A HAZARDOUS MORNING COMMUTE ON TUESDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE WITH MOST AREA HIGHS REMAINING BELOW FREEZING. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE ROCKIES BY WEDNESDAY WITH WARMING DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. MODELS VARY IN HOW WARM WE WILL GET WITH MOST HAVING HIGHS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. ANOTHER WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES FRIDAY. THE ECMWF IS SLIGHTLY FASTER WITH THIS STORM THAN THE GFS...HOWEVER EXPECT SNOW TO REMAIN CONFINED TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON THE PLAINS FOR SATURDAY. MOZLEY && .AVIATION... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AT KPUB...KCOS...KALS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND CLOUDS OVER THE CENTRAL CO MTS WL OBSCURE THE MTS TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. SNOW...CLOUDS AND MTN OBSCURATIONS WL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CONTDVD SUNDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT SOME CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS COULD OBSCURE THE PEAKS OF THE SERN CO MTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 28/88
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 6:30 AM MST, 13 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 AM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 COZ058>089-093>099-061400- 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- 630 AM MST SAT MAR 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A FEW SPRINKLES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS. A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION MONDAY AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY BEFORE LIFTING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY. CURRENT COMPUTER PROJECTIONS ARE INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND SNOW EVENT ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY...WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS IN QUESTION...WHICH WILL BE CRITICAL FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THAT WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO. STAYED TUNED FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS. 50/23
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:48 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:48 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 12 more | 45 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.