Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Weather Advisories in 2012
Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 11, 2012, 3:22 PM MST for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 12, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2012, 3:22 PM MST (22:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS45 KPUB 112222 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 322 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 COZ068-120430- /O.EXT.KPUB.WS.W.0003.120212T0700Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 322 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT...THEN MOVE ACROSS COLORADO ON SUNDAY... BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-120430- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.120212T1200Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 322 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...LAKE COUNTY...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF CHAFFEE COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH COLORADO ON SUNDAY...AND MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
8 follow-up statements
612 WWUS45 KPUB 120011 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 511 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 COZ068-120615- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.120212T0700Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 511 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY MONDAY...BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-120615- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.120212T1200Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 511 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY MONDAY...BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
172 WWUS45 KPUB 120522 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1022 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 COZ068-121200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.120212T0700Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1022 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY MONDAY...BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-121200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.120212T1200Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 1022 PM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO ON SUNDAY...AND WILL MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY MONDAY...BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
418 WWUS45 KPUB 121117 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 AM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 COZ068-121730- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 417 AM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-121730- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.120212T1200Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 417 AM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
157 WWUS45 KPUB 121659 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 959 AM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 COZ068-122300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 959 AM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-122300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 959 AM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
735 WWUS45 KPUB 122214 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 314 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 COZ068-130415- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 314 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-130415- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 314 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS COLORADO THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
780 WWUS45 KPUB 130356 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 COZ068-131200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 856 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON BRINGING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH LATE TOMORROW MORNING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-131200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 856 PM MST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
128 WWUS45 KPUB 131109 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 409 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 COZ068-131800- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 409 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH LATE MORNING...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. 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...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. && $$ COZ058>060-066-131800- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 409 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...LAKE COUNTY...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
078 WWUS45 KPUB 131738 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1038 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 COZ068-131845- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1038 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ058>060-066-131845- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120213T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT... MT MASSIVE...NORTH PASS 1038 AM MST MON FEB 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Feb 11, 10:34 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:34 AM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1034 AM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 .UPDATE... UPDATED SHORT TERM FORECAST TO BRING IN LINE WITH CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL DATA. GENERAL FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK. && .AVIATION... AT KCOS AND KPUB...IFR TO LIFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 20Z...WITH OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF --SN. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT KCOS AND KPUB...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF JUST A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. BOTH TERMINALS MAY SEE A BRIEF IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS 20Z-01Z...BEFORE IFR/LIFR CIGS/VI'S RETURN FOR MOST OF TONIGHT. AT KALS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...VFR CONDITIONS MOST AREAS TODAY....WITH CIGS LOWERING AND OBSCURING MOST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY 06Z AS SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. LW && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 449 AM MST SAT FEB 11 2012/ SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WAS BANKED UP AGAINST THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...WITH WEAK EAST WIND AT LA VETA PASS SUGGESTING COLD AIR DEPTH IS APPROACHING 10K MSL. SALIDA OB STILL SHOWING A WEST WIND...SO COLD AIR HAS YET TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP THE ARKANSAS VALLEY AS OF 11Z. LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE TAKEN ON ENOUGH OF AN SOUTHERLY COMPONENT TO GENERATE LIGHT PRECIP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER...AS WEAK UPSLOPE SOUTH OF THE PALMER DIVIDE AIDES IN PRECIP DEVELOPMENT. SOUNDINGS SUGGEST TOP OF THE SATURATED COLUMN OVER THE PLAINS IS AROUND MINUS 10C...WHICH IS USUALLY THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IN THESE SHALLOW UPSLOPE SITUATIONS. OBS SEEM TO SUPPORT THAT IDEA...AS LOCATIONS FROM LA JUNTA WEST TO PUEBLO AND NORTH TO COLORADO SPRINGS HAVE VACILLATED BACK AND FORTH FROM -FZDZ TO -SN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. DON'T SEE MUCH CHANGE OVER THE PLAINS THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH A CONTINUED MIX OF FZFG/-FZDZ/-SN THROUGH MIDDAY ALONG AND EAST OF I-25. WILL LIKELY SEE A BREAK IN PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LAYER WARMS SLIGHTLY AND BRIEFLY LOSES SATURATION...THOUGH LOW CLOUDS AND AT LEAST PATCHY FOG WILL PERSIST. THOUGHT ABOUT AN ADVISORY FOR FZDZ FOR THIS MORNING...BUT GIVEN PATCHY NATURE OF ICING SO FAR WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW. WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS WILL STAY MAINLY UNAFFECTED BY THE COLD AIR...WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS EXCEPT FOR A FEW -SHSN OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. OVERNIGHT...COLD AIR ON THE PLAINS BECOMES FAIRLY SHALLOW...WHICH MAY REDUCE FZDZ/--SN AND LEAD TO MORE OF A FZFG SET-UP. WILL STILL KEEP A MENTION OF FZDZ/--SN/FZFG IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW AND SEE HOW BOUNDARY LAYER EVOLVES THIS AFTERNOON. FARTHER WEST...SNOW BEGINS TO INCREASE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AFTER 06Z...WITH SAN JUANS LOOKING FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY SNOW INITIALLY WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF WESTERN U.S. UPPER TROUGH. CONVERTED THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN JUANS...MAY NEED SOME ADVISORIES OVER LOWER ZONES AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS LOW APPROACHES AND SNOW BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. LONG TERM... (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) MODELS ARE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT TONIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK THAN THEY WERE 24 HOURS AGO. SUNDAY MORNING LOOKS TO BE MESSY WITH CONTINUED FREEZING DRIZZLE...FOG AND LIGHT SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. THINGS WILL CHANGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AS A LEAD VORT MAX EJECTS FROM THE TROUGH OVER COLORADO. THIS WILL ALSO HELP TO MIX SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TO THE SURFACE WHICH SHOULD BRING DRIER AIR TO THE REGION HELPING TO BRING AN END TO THE FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG FOR THE PLAINS. EXPECT AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 TO SEE AN END TO THE FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG BY MID MORNING...THEN ENDING TO THE NORTH BY MID DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH PASSES TO THE SOUTH. SNOW WILL LIKELY BE MODERATE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE. ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL GENERALLY BE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE...SNOW FALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. EXPECT THE PLAINS TO REMAIN DRY ONCE THE FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE DISSIPATE. THE REGION WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS ON MONDAY. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE COMING MORE INTO LINE WITH THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BY TUESDAY AND SLOWLY TRACK ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ON THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON MONDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE BY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE 4 CORNERS REGION. THE PROJECTED STORM TRACK CURRENTLY LOOKS TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN KANSAS. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY AT THIS POINT...BUT BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE INDICATING A SIMILAR STORM TRACK. SNOW WILL LIKELY SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY. HOW MUCH AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON STORM TRACK AND THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE. RIGHT NOW THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR SNOW OVER THE PLAINS LOOKS TO BE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE FAVORED AREA BEING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. IT IS STILL WAY TO EARLY TO PUT STORM TOTALS TOGETHER FOR THIS STORM AND THINGS WILL LIKELY CHANGE WITH FUTURE MODEL RUNS. STAY TUNED FOR THIS ONE. THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM EJECTS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 88 AVIATION... AT KCOS AND KPUB...IFR TO LIFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 16Z...WITH OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF -FZDZ/--SN THROUGH MID-MORNING. BOTH TERMINALS MAY SEE A BRIEF IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS BETWEEN 20Z-01Z...BEFORE IFR/LIFR CIGS/VI'S RETURN FOR MOST OF TONIGHT. AT KALS...VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING TODAY AND TONIGHT. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...VFR CONDITIONS MOST AREAS TODAY....WITH CIGS LOWERING AND OBSCURING MOST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY 06Z AS SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ068. && 50/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 10:26 AM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1026 AM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 COZ058>089-093>099-121730- 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- 1026 AM MST SAT FEB 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES...ALONG WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE LIGHT SNOW...FOG AND DRIZZLE COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S WILL PRODUCE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED ON AREA HIGHWAYS AND EVEN WHILE OUT WALKING...AS MANY SURFACES WILL HAVE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE. A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY WILL BRING LIGHT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS EVENING. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN DEVELOP OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. EXPECT THIS AREA OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG TO DISSIPATE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE WILL LEAD TO SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY BEFORE DECREASING TO LIGHT SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WHERE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHILE ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES BY TUESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT AS TO WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK...BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS...AND LATE TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. 50/06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:53 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 55 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.