Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 1, 2012, 3:40 AM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2012, 3:40 AM MST (10:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 2:54 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 3399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107 WWUS45 KPUB 011040 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 COZ058-060-011645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 340 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...ABOVE 11000 FEET. * TIMING...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL AFFECT THE REGION. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ONE TO TWO FEET. * WIND...WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ066-068-011645- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.120301T1300Z-120302T2100Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 340 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY AFTERNOON...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ059-061-063-011645- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE 340 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE...EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * IMPACT...SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS 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.* && $$ COZ064-067-011645- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.120301T1300Z-120302T2100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 340 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACT...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ072>075-079>082-011645- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0006.120302T1200Z-120303T0300Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 340 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE TELLER COUNTY...RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK REGION ABOVE 7500 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH MOIST UPSLOPE SURFACE FLOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES TO THE WATCH AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. 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 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
228 WWUS45 KPUB 011635 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 935 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 COZ058-060-012300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 935 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...ABOVE 11000 FEET. * TIMING...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL AFFECT THE REGION. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOME THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ066-068-012300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T2100Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 935 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * TIMING...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL AFFECT THE REGION. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOME THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 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. && $$ COZ059-061-063-012300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE 935 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE...EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * IMPACT...SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.* && $$ COZ064-067-012300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 935 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACT...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED. 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>075-079>082-012300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0006.120302T1200Z-120303T0300Z/ 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- 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 935 AM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE TELLER COUNTY...RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK REGION ABOVE 7500 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING MOIST UP SLOPE SURFACE FLOW BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES TO THE WATCH AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IN COMBINATION WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. 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 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. && $$
071 WWUS45 KPUB 012154 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 COZ082-020400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.120302T1200Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...PIKES PEAK 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING MOIST UP SLOPE FLOW BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ073-075-080-020400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.120302T1200Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...BLANCA PEAK...SPANISH PEAKS...GREENHORN MTN 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET AND THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING MOIST UP SLOPE FLOW BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...12 TO 18 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ058-060-020400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS...ABOVE 11000 FEET. * TIMING...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL AFFECT THE REGION. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOME LATER THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND...WEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ066-068-020400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T2100Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * TIMING...A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL AFFECT THE REGION. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF SOME THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ072-074-079-020400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.120302T1200Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...RYE 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING MOIST UP SLOPE FLOW BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ081-020400- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0006.120302T1200Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY AND RAMPART RANGE BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING MOIST UP SLOPE FLOW BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY WILL BE POOR AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ084-020400- /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120303T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND DEVELOPING MOIST UP SLOPE FLOW BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT...WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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.* && $$ COZ059-061-063-020400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- INCLUDING...LEADVILLE...GRANITE 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF LAKE COUNTY INCLUDING LEADVILLE...EASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET...AND WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * IMPACT...SNOWPACKED ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.* && $$ COZ064-067-020400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2100Z/ SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- INCLUDING...SARGENTS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE 254 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET AND SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACT...ROADWAYS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AT TIMES. 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 Feb 29, 10:45 PM MST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 10:45 PM MST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1045 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 .UPDATE... GETTING SPOTTY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS TO THE LEE OF THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK...WETS AND SOUTHERN SANGRES IN SFC OBS. HAVE EVEN SEEN SOME LOCALIZED GUSTS BETWEEN 50 TO EVEN AROUND 65 MPH DOWN AROUND COLORADO CITY. LATEST 00Z WRF RUN SHOWING MARGINAL MOUNTAIN WAVE EVENT CONTINUES THROUGH 2 AM BEFORE WINDS ALOFT INCREASE...LEADING TO MORE FORWARD SHEAR WHICH SHOULD END MTN WAVE HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. GIVEN THE BRIEF NATURE OF THIS EVENT...WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A HIGH WIND WARNING...BUT IF GUSTS GET MUCH STRONGER...MAY HAVE TO HOIST A SHORT DURATION WARNING. -KT && .AVIATION... MTN WAVE WINDS SPREADING INTO KCOS WITH ROTOR EVIDENT IN LATEST OB AS SFC WINDS HAVE SHIFTED FROM THE EAST...WITH A PEAK WIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST IN THE SAME HOUR. WILL CARRY WIND SHEAR IN THE KCOS TAF THROUGH 10Z...WITH A PREVAILING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND. AFTER 10Z...HIGH RES MODELS SPREAD WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. KPUB SHOULD SEE LIGHT WEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST AT ALL 3 TAF SITES WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS POSSIBLE. COULD EVEN SEE A LOCALIZED GUST TO 40 KTS AT KALS IN THE AFTN. WILL SEE CLOUDS SPREAD IN WITH LOWERING CIGS AT KCOS AND KALS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH SHOULD STAY IN THE VFR CATEGORY WITH VCSH POSSIBLE AT BOTH KALS AND KPUB. COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH OF THE PALMER DIVIDE AND INTO KCOS AROUND 01Z. -KT && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012/ SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY) ..MORE SNOW HEADED FOR THE CONTDVD... CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATING MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AT THIS TIME. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATING MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AT THIS TIME. TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...WESTERLY FLOW INCREASES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD AS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED JET CORE CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING GOOD MOISTURE...OROGRAPHICS AND UVV FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTDVD. SNOW LOOKS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTS LATER THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW HEAVY AT AT TIMES THEN CONTINUING AND SPREADING SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MTS THROUGH THE MORNING ON THURSDAY. WITH THAT SAID...HAVE IN COLLABORATION WITH LONG TERM FORECASTER HAVE UPGRADED AND ISSUED WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MT ZONES STARTING BETWEEN 07Z AND 13Z AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. CURRENT GRIDS HAVE BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL MTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MTS. INCREASING FLOW ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS LATER TONIGHT. DOES NOT LOOK TO BE A SETUP FOR STRONG MTN WAVE...THOUGH WILL STILL SEE WINDS OF 20-40 MPH KEEPING OVERNIGHT LOWS UP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. THE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE STATE TOMORROW WILL KICK LEE TROUGH OUT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WITH GOOD MIXING LEADING TO GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED FIRE DANGER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER ZONES...WHERE A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11AM TO 5PM. THIS PASSING SYSTEM WILL ALSO SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. LONG TERM... THU NITE - WED) ..LONG DURATION WINTER STORM EVENT CONTINUES... ..COULD SEE SOME SNOW ON THE E SLOPES OF THE S MTNS/I-25 CORRIDOR REGION... LARGE BROAD TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE REGION DURING THE BEGINNING OF THIS FCST PERIOD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE CONTDVD AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS FCST PD AND WILL LAST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. OVERALL SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE CONTDVD REGION WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET...WITH THE C MTNS EXPECTED TO SEE THE MOST FROM THIS EVENT. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT...THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME SNOW ACROSS THE E FACING SLOPES OF THE S MTNS...AND ADJ I-25 CORRIDOR REGION WITH THIS STORM. THE NAM IS MORE NW IN ITS 700 MB FLOW WHILE OTHER SIMULATIONS SHOW MORE OF A NE FLOW DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. FOR NOW...HAVE LEANED AGAINST THE NAM SOLUTION AND BROUGHT HIGH CHANCE/LIKELY POPS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED REGIONS. WE COULD SEE AMOUNTS APPROACHING HILITE CRITERIA...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ABOVE 8000 FEET. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION EARLY FRIDAY INTO FRI AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE WETS/RATON MESA REGION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THE TOPS OF THE SANGRES MAY SEE ON AND OFF SNOW FOR THIS WHOLE EVENT....BUT THE HEAVIEST WILL OCCUR THU NITE INTO FRI. FOR FRI...HAVE BROUGHT MAX TEMPS DOWN A BIT...AND AREAS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR REGION MAY NOT GET ABOVE FREEZING. AS FOR SNOWFALL ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR REGION...IT SHOULD NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH ON PAVED SURFACES AS IT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY WARM OF LATE...AND WE EXPECT TO SEE MAX TEMPS AROUND 30F DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS FRI. WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SLUSH ON THE RATON MESA AREAS AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. AFTER THIS EVENT GOES BY...IT WILL BE GENERALLY DRY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT PAC SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION MID WEEK. \/34 AVIATION... VRF CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS AT TAF SITES WITH INCREASING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON TO DIMINISHING AFT 02Z AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN BETWEEN 16Z-19Z. COULD SEE ANOTHER MT WAVE ACROSS THE EASTERN MTS AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS REMAINING WEST OF KCOS AND KPUB THOUGH MAY LEAD TO LLWS...ESPECIALLY AT KCOS. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 2 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ064-067. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 2 PM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ066-068. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR COZ230-233- 237. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ059-061- 063. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 11 AM MST FRIDAY FOR COZ058-060. && 31/88
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 6:05 PM MST, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 605 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 COZ058>089-093>099-020115- 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- 605 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL SPREAD SOUTH ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WHILE 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA RANGES. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE COULD SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY. WINDS COULD GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25. LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS PRODUCING HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS COULD SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS ARE MORE CHALLENGING...BUT EXPECT MOST LOCATIONS TO SEE LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST LATE FRIDAY WITH SNOW COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE REGION BY FRIDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. 88/88
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 29, 10:34 PM MST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1034 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 S COLORADO CITY 37.86N 104.83W
02/29/2012 M61.00 MPH HUERFANO CO MESONET
APACHE CITY I-25
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KMOZLEYSpecial weather statement, Feb 29, 10:53 PM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1053 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 COZ084>088-010800- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1053 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012 LOCALIZED STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD DOWN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK...WETS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH 2 AM. WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH. THESE WINDS HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENT AND SPOTTY IN NATURE AND ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY AROUND 2 AM.
Local storm report, Feb 29, 10:56 PM MST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1056 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1023 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 S AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.93N 104.87W
02/29/2012 M67.00 MPH EL PASO CO MESONET
CW5171 MESONET SITE
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KMOZLEYLocal storm report, Feb 29, 11:11 PM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1111 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1058 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 ESE WETMORE 38.21N 105.00W
02/29/2012 M75.00 MPH PUEBLO CO MESONET
RED CREEK RAWS
1100 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NNW AIR FORCE ACADEMY 39.03N 104.88W
02/29/2012 M59.00 MPH EL PASO CO MESONET
1102 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.96N 104.85W
02/29/2012 M59.00 MPH EL PASO CO MESONET
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KMOZLEYLocal storm report, Feb 29, 11:16 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1116 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1057 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 WNW COLORADO CITY 37.95N 104.87W
02/29/2012 M59.00 MPH PUEBLO CO MESONET
COLORADO CITY RAWS
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KMOZLEYLocal storm report, Feb 29, 11:53 PM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1153 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1148 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 WNW AIR FORCE ACADEMY 38.98N 104.88W
02/29/2012 M60.00 MPH EL PASO CO MESONET
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KMOZLEYNearby
Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2012Every winter storm watch in 2012
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.