Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

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WWUS45 KPUB 100328
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
828 PM MST WED JAN 9 2013

COZ068-100930-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.130111T0100Z-130112T0100Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
828 PM MST WED JAN 9 2013

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET 
  INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. 

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE
  GREAT BASIN THURSDAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO ROCKIES
  THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL
  PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS...AND THE MOST SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
  OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 17 INCHES.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 
  MPH.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 
  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW 
  COVERED ROADWAYS. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO USHER IN A VERY COLD 
  AIRMASS TO THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.  BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

864 
WWUS45 KPUB 100845
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
145 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

COZ068-101500-
/O.CON.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.130111T0100Z-130112T0100Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
145 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET 
  INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. 

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE
  GREAT BASIN TODAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO ROCKIES
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL PRODUCE
  GUSTY WINDS AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS...WITH THE MOST SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
  ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 17 INCHES.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 
  MPH AT TIMES. 

* IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 
  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW 
  COVERED ROADWAYS. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO USHER IN A VERY COLD 
  AIRMASS TO THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.  BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS CONSIST OF SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING
OR BLOWING SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

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WWUS45 KPUB 101209
WSWPUB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
509 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

COZ068-101800-
/O.UPG.KPUB.BZ.A.0001.130111T0100Z-130112T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.BZ.W.0001.130111T0100Z-130112T0100Z/
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS
509 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST
FRIDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE BLIZZARD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT.

* LOCATION...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET 
  INCLUDING WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. 

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO
  THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO ROCKIES
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A VERY STRONG AND MOIST JET STREAM WILL
  BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW TO THE REGION FOR SEVERAL
  HOURS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 40 GUSTING TO 60 MPH RESULTING IN SEVERE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
  HEAVY...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED
  ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND VISIBILITY REDUCED TO
BELOW 1/4 MILE BY FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

AVOID TRAVELING 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. IN
SIMILAR CONDITIONS DURING PAST BLIZZARDS...PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF
EXPOSURE WHILE TRYING TO WALK TO SHELTER. 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.

&&

$$

COZ066-067-101800-
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0001.130111T0100Z-130112T0100Z/
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
INCLUDING...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE
509 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY.

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...THE
  LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY ADJACENT
  TO THE MOUNTAINS.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO
  THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO ROCKIES
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A VERY STRONG AND MOIST JET STREAM WILL
  BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE REGION FOR
  SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 MPH RESULTING IN
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED
  ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES...AND ICE.

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.

&&

$$

COZ058-060-101800-
/O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0001.130111T0700Z-130112T0100Z/
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE
509 AM MST THU JAN 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY.

* LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH AND WESTERN MOSQUITO MOUNTAINS
  ABOVE 11000 FEET.

* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO
  THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE COLORADO ROCKIES
  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A VERY STRONG AND MOIST JET STREAM WILL
  BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE REGION FOR
  SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WIND...WESTERLY 15 TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED
  ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES...AND ICE.

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.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1025 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AT KCOS AND KPUB THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. KALS HAD STRONG RADIATIONAL
COOLING AND SCT001 TO LOCALLY BKN001 ACROSS THE VALLEY FLOOR LATE
LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT VIS DID NOT DROP BELOW
MFVR. WOULD THINK THE SAME FOR TONIGHT...BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR
TEMPS AND ANY SNOW MELT THIS AFTERNOON THAT WOULD INCREASE
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE FOR THE POSSIBILITY FREEZING FOG AS STRONG
SFC BASED INVERSION REDEVELOPS OVERNIGHT. -MW

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 539 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013/

SHORT TERM...
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)

NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED TODAY...ANOTHER PLEASANT DAY WITH TEMPS
IN THE 50S OVER THE PLAINS. THE CUT OFF LOW OVER SRN TX WILL SLOWLY
MOVE NWD TOWARDS OK THRU THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME HIGH THIN
CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE ALREADY SPREADING OVER THE
SERN CORNER OF THE STATE...AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS
AFTERNOON. THICKER OVC DECK WILL PROBABLY BE CONFINED TO THE EXTREME
SERN PORTION OF OUR CWA.

TEMPS TODAY SHOULD BE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. POSSIBLY A COUPLE
DEGREES HIGHER AS TEMPS ALOFT RISE ANOTHER COUPLE DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON...DEPENDING ON HOW WELL THE MORNING INVERSIONS CAN MIX OUT.
COOLER NAM-BASED GUIDANCE LOOKS ON TARGET SO HAVE STUCK PRETTY CLOSE
TO THOSE NUMBERS FOR HIGHS...EXCEPT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WHICH
WILL REMAIN ON THE COLD SIDE.

MAIN QUESTION IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE THE CHANCE OF SOME PRECIP
FOR BACA AND PROWERS COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT...AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES
CLOSER TO OK. STILL LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP...AROUND 50
PERCENT...WILL BE S AND E OF KSPD EARLY THU MORNING. PRECIP TYPE IS
A BIT QUESTIONABLE. SOUNDING LOOKS PRETTY WARM BELOW 700 MB...BUT
MOS INSISTS ON TEMPS WELL BELOW FREEZING AT KSPD...SUGGESTING EITHER
ALL SNOW OR FZG PRECIP. MOS LOOKS TOO COLD WITH INCREASING THICK
CLOUD COVER AND WAA...AND BASED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS PRECIP COULD BE A
RAIN SNOW MIX. AT ANY RATE...ANY PRECIP LOOKS FAIRLY LIGHT AND
CONFINED TO THE SERN COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...MUCH FEWER CLOUDS AND
TEMPS IN THE TEENS TO 20S FOR THE LOWLANDS...SINGLE DIGITS TO WELL
BELOW ZERO...AT KALS...FOR THE HIGH COUNTRY. 44

LONG TERM...
(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)

..SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...
VERY COLD WITH FLURRIES OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...

FIRST...THE SYSTEM SPINNING OVER MEXICO AND TEXAS THIS MORNING.
MODELS CONTINUE TO JUST JUST CLIP THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF
COLORADO WITH THIS SYSTEM EARLY THURSDAY. MODEL QPF IS VERY LIGHT
AND SOUNDINGS ARE PRETTY WARM...SO NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM
THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR SOME BRIEF RAIN
OR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS EARLY THURSDAY AS
THE SYSTEM MOVES BY.

MODELS DROP THE SYSTEM COMING ONSHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THIS MORNING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY.  THURSDAY NIGHT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AS MOIST PACIFIC WINDS
IMPACT THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS SHOULD
RECEIVE THE BRUNT...AS THEY WILL HAVE THE MOST FAVORABLE
ORIENTATION TO THE FLOW. 8 TO 16 IS POSSIBLE THERE BY FRIDAY
EVENING AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE...THE FLOW WILL NOT BE AS FAVORABLE BUT 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING. FOR THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN
AREAS...GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR 2 WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

ON FRIDAY...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN COLORADO. IT SHOULD RESULT IN A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS
ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...AND EVEN THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY IF THE INVERSION CAN BREAK. FOR NOW...HAVE PLACED ALL 3
AREAS IN A HIGH WIND WATCH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS POSSIBILITY. IF THE
INVERSION DOESN'T BREAK...NO WIND IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY.
BUT...THERE ARE SOME PRETTY GOOD INDICATIONS THAT IT WILL BREAK
INCLUDING STRONG WEST TO EAST SURFACE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE
VALLEY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JETSTREAM...AND A STRONG BORA COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH. BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO MIX STRONG
WINDS ACROSS THE VALLEY ON FRIDAY. IF THE WINDS DO MANAGE TO
SURFACE...BLOWING SNOW WILL BE AN ISSUE. HAVE ADDED BLOWING SNOW
TO THE FRIDAY FORECAST FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THIS REASON.

COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH A BIG...BROAD
COLD UPPER LOW SETTLING OVER COLORADO THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.  THE AIRMASS WITH THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LOOK PRETTY
DRY SO NOT A LOT OF SNOW EXPECTED. HOWEVER...IT WILL BE COLD.
HIGHS STARTING SATURDAY AN CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY WILL
LIKELY NOT GET OUT OF THE TEENS AND 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ROUTINELY DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE
AND BELOW ZERO...INCLUDING WELL BELOW ZERO READINGS IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. MOST AREAS WILL PROBABLY JUST SEE A
DUSTING OF SNOWFALL DURING THE PERIOD BUT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN
INCH OR TWO ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. LW

AVIATION...
KALS CONTINUES TO BE A TRICKY FORECAST. LOW CIGS/VIS WERE SLOW TO
DEVELOP THIS MORNING DESPITE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. SHOULD
STILL SEE SOME PC FG AND/OR STRATUS PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE. WITH
CONDITIONS LESS FAVORABLE TONIGHT AS WINDS ALOFT BEGIN TO
INCREASE...WILL LEAVE VFR CONDITIONS IN FOR TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH SOME
BRIEF OR LOCALIZED LOW CIGS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED LATE
THU INTO FRI AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO WRN CO. RIDGETOP WINDS
ACROSS THE RAMPARTS...WETS...AND SANGRES COULD RANGE FROM 50 TO
70 KTS DURING THIS TIME. MODERATE TO HEAVY SN WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER THE
CONTDVD. 44

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
COZ069>089-093>099.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR COZ068.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
603 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013

COZ058>089-093>099-101315-
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-
603 AM MST WED JAN 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIND CHILLS OF MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF
MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
PROWERS COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. SOME LOCALIZED
FREEZING PRECIPITATION COULD RESULT IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS
DURING THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM FROM THE GULF
OF ALASKA WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN SAN
JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET...WHERE 8 TO 16 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
BY FRIDAY EVENING. ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...4 TO 8
INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING. FOR THE
REMAINING MOUNTAIN AREAS...ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR
TWO ARE EXPECTED.

HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...PLAINS
AND SAN LUIS VALLEY ON FRIDAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT
TRACKS EAST ACROSS THE REGION. WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.
WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH GUSTING TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

OVER THE WEEKEND...A COLD UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER
COLORADO. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR AND SCATTERED LIGHT
SNOWFALL TO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT GET OUT
OF THE TEENS AND 20S OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WITH SOME WARMING EXPECTED BY TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO...INCLUDING WELL BELOW
ZERO READINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS.

WHILE THERE WILL BE LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES AT TIMES OVER THE WEEKEND
AND INTO NEXT WEEK...OVERALL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE GREAT DURING THIS PERIOD. MOST AREAS WILL PROBABLY JUST SEE A
DUSTING DURING THE PERIOD BUT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH OR TWO
ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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