Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Watches in 2013
High Wind Watch 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 1, 2013, 2:50 PM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 2, 2013, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2013, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2013, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2013, 3:02 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- 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, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 2858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KPUB 012150 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 COZ072>075-079>082-020400- /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131202T1800Z-131203T1500Z/ 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 250 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE MONDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDS TO HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE AND BLOWING DUST COULD CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY WHERE SNOWFALL WITH THE LAST SYSTEM WAS LIGHT AND THE GROUND HAS SUFFICIENTLY DRIED OUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KPUB 020118 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 618 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 COZ060-078-084-085-087-020730- /O.EXA.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131202T1800Z-131203T1500Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... COLORADO SPRINGS...WALSENBURG 618 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAIN RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...EL PASO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE MONDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACT...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS CAUSING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE AND BLOWING DUST COULD CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY WHERE SNOWFALL WITH THE LAST SYSTEM WAS LIGHT AND THE GROUND HAS SUFFICIENTLY DRIED OUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079>082-020730- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131202T1800Z-131203T1500Z/ 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 618 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE... AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE MONDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS CAUSING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE AND BLOWING DUST COULD CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY WHERE SNOWFALL WITH THE LAST SYSTEM WAS LIGHT AND THE GROUND HAS SUFFICIENTLY DRIED OUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 020646 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1146 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 COZ060-072>075-078>082-084-085-087-021300- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131202T1800Z-131203T1500Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- 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 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA...STONEWALL... WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...WALSENBURG 1146 PM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAIN RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE MONDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD DOWN THE LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...WEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * IMPACT...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS CAUSING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. POWER DISRUPTIONS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE AND BLOWING DUST COULD CAUSE POOR VISIBILITIES...PARTICULARLY WHERE SNOWFALL WITH THE LAST SYSTEM WAS LIGHT AND THE GROUND HAS SUFFICIENTLY DRIED OUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 021208 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 508 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 COZ060-021315- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131202T1800Z-131203T1500Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- 508 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WARNING LEVELS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE HIGH WIND WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ COZ072>075-078>082-084-085-087-021800- /O.EXT.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131203T0300Z-131203T1500Z/ 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 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...WALSENBURG 508 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...EL PASO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF I-25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND STRONG DOWNSLOPE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL RESULT IN HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK BETWEEN 11 PM AND 5 AM...AND THEN DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW OR DUST...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS... COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 021709 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1009 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 COZ072>075-078>082-084-085-087-022315- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131203T0300Z-131203T1500Z/ 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 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- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...WALSENBURG 1009 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE... THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...EL PASO AND HUERFANO COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF I- 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK BETWEEN 11 PM AND 5 AM...AND THEN DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW OR DUST...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS... COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 021754 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1054 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 COZ081-082-084-085-030000- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131203T0300Z-131203T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.HW.W.0006.131202T1800Z-131203T1200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 1054 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE...AND EL PASO COUNTY ALONG AND WEST OF I- 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. AS IT APPROACHES THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS SPREADING DOWN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW OR DUST...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS... COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-087-030000- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131203T0300Z-131203T1500Z/ 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 MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...GREENHORN MTN...WALSENBURG 1054 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND HUERFANO COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF I- 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK BETWEEN 11 PM AND 5 AM...AND THEN DECREASE TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW OR DUST...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRAILERS... COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...COULD BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 50 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 75 MPH. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE PLAINS OR HIGH VALLEYS WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS TO AT LEAST 58 MPH. WINDS OF THIS FORCE CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO MOBILE HOMES. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE THREAT OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. OTHER POTENTIAL HIGH WIND HAZARDS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS AND BLOWING DUST. IF YOU ARE PLANNING 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. && $$
000 WWUS75 KPUB 022202 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 COZ078-022315- /O.CAN.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131203T0300Z-131203T1500Z/ WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- 302 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 55 MPH AT TIMES CLOSER TO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA OVER MOST OF THE CENTER OF THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY. THUS THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-087-030415- /O.UPG.KPUB.HW.A.0006.131203T0300Z-131203T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.HW.W.0006.131203T0100Z-131203T1800Z/ 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN... WALSENBURG 302 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND HUERFANO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD DOWN THE EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH THE PEAK WIND GUSTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 11 PM AND 9 AM. * WIND...IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ADJACENT TO THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW OR DUST...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAY MAY ENCOUNTER DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...MAY BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$ COZ081-082-084-085-030415- /O.EXT.KPUB.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131203T1400Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 302 PM MST MON DEC 2 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST TUESDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK...TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE... AND EL PASO COUNTY ALONG AND WEST OF I- 25. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. AS IT APPROACHES THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS SPREADING DOWN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND...IN THE MOUNTAINS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 25...WEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL EXPERIENCE DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS AND COULD BE SUBJECT TO TIPPING. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE OR TRASH CANS...MAY BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. POWER DISRUPTIONS...TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS CAN CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS CAN BE FLIPPED BY CROSSWINDS. BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MOTORISTS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. BLOWING DUST OR SAND CAN ALSO BE A HEALTH HAZARD FOR THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. SECURE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. AVOID TRAVELING ON ROADS WITH CROSSWINDS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 1, 10:42 AM MST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 10:42 AM MST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1042 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 424 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 CURRENTLY...COLORADO LAYS IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN SPLIT FLOW EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A SHORTWAVE DROPPING DOWN ACROSS THE PAC NW AND A MOIST FEED BEING DRAWN UP FROM THE SOUTH. A GOOD AMOUNT OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER STREAMED ACROSS NM AND THE VERY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO...WHICH WAS PLAYING HAVOC WITH FOG AND VISIBILITY IN THE SLV. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH A HUGE VARIETY OF SFC TEMPS DUE TO SPORADIC SURFACING OF THE W-NW FLOW ALOFT. TODAY...THE UPPER SHORTWAVE CROSSES THE STATE TODAY...ALLOWING STRONG W-NW FLOW ALOFT TO MOVE INTO COLORADO. ANY POTENTIALLY COOLER AIR AT 700 AND 850 MB WILL MOST LIKELY BE OFFSET BY THE STRENGTHENING DOWNSLOPE FLOW...AND WENT WITH TEMPS VERY SIMILAR TO SAT. THEREFORE...LOOK FOR MAX TEMPS IN THE 50S PUSHING 60 F FOR THE PLAINS...30S AND 40S FOR THE HIGH VALLEYS...AND A MAX NEAR 20 FOR THE ICE BOX THAT IS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. FOG THERE THIS MORNING SHOULD BREAK BETWEEN 17Z AND 18Z. MODELS INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH MOISTURE AND PCPN CHANCES WILL WILL APPROACHING THE CENTRAL MTS TODAY...IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY SO PULLED ISOLATED POPS THERE UNTIL TONIGHT. AS FOR WINDS...BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL ONLY BECOME STRONGER THROUGH THE AFTN AND INTO THE EVE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FOUND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND AC ROS THE E PLAINS CLOSER TO THE KS/CO BORDER. TONIGHT...WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW INCREASES ACROSS THE STATE...AND MODELS SHOW SOME ISOLATED SNOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MTS SO INTRODUCED ISOLATED POPS THERE AFTER 03Z. CLOUD COVER WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OUT OF THE NW AS WELL...AND FEEL THAT THE INCREASING WINDS AND CLOUD COVER MAY MEAN THE FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT DENSE FOG FOR THE SLV IN QUITE A WHILE. TRICKY PART OF THE FORECAST WILL BE MIN TEMPS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE SLV. WENT WITH READINGS SIMILAR TO THE PAST 4 DAYS OR SO...BUT THEY MIGHT BE A BIT PESSIMISTIC AND COME IN A LITTLE WARMER. AS FOR THE PLAINS...PERSISTENT W-NW WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT SHOULD KEEP MIN TEMPS IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 F. MOORE .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 424 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...COLD AND SNOWY PERIOD AHEAD.... FIRST...A COUPLE OF WINDY AND MILD DAYS TO DEAL WITH BEFORE EXTREME COLD AND BOUTS OF SNOW ARRIVE. A LARGE...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOUTH INTO THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WESTERLY WIND FLOW TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO...RESULTING IN DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 OR 50 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME HIGH WIND POTENTIAL FOR AREAS IN AND NEAR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS RANGES MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY...BUT WILL LEAVE FOR LATER SHIFTS TO EVALUATE AS MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY INCONSISTENT ON THE WIND GUST POTENTIAL. MONDAY...AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT TUESDAY...WILL BRING WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHERN COLORADO DUE TO THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE DOWNSLOPE WINDS. NOW FOR THE COLD...SNOWY PART OF THE FORECAST. FORECAST MODELS ARE IN GOOD CONSENSUS ON MOVING COLD AND SNOWY WEATHER INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO...ARRIVING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TUESDAY AND MOVING INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CARVE OUT OVER THE WESTERN US DURING THIS PERIOD...ALLOWING ARCTIC AIR TO PLUMMET SOUTHWARD INTO COLORADO. THE COMBINATION OF A MOIST PACIFIC STORM TRACK ALOFT...AND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AT THE SURFACE...WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND BOUTS OF SNOW OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL THING ABOUT THIS ARCTIC OUTBREAK WILL BE THE LENGTH OF TIME IT HANGS AROUND. SOUTHERN COLORADO IS FREQUENTLY VISITED BY ARCTIC AIR MASSES DURING THE WINTER...BUT USUALLY THEY ONLY STICK AROUND FOR A DAY OR 2 OR 3. THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE IN LATE TUESDAY AND STICK AROUND THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...AT LEAST 5 FULL DAYS. AND...THE AIR WILL BE VERY COLD DURING THIS PERIOD WITH HIGHS LIKELY NOT OUT OF THE TEENS AND 20S MOST DAYS AND LOWS RANGING FROM 10 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE. WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD TEMPERATURES LIKE THIS...THERE WILL BE MORE LIKELIHOOD OF COLD RELATED PROBLEMS. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SURE YOUR HOME...BUSINESS OR VEHICLE IS READY FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ARCTIC AIR. THERE IS ALSO GOOD SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WITH THIS STORM. WHILE IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO NAIL DOWN SPECIFIC AMOUNTS...IT IS A GOOD BET THAT THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE AT LEAST A FOOT OR TWO OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS EVENT...WHILE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...CAN EXPECT TO SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL. TAKE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE COLD NOW. THIS WILL BE AN EXCEPTIONAL PERIOD OF COLD FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO. PREPARE YOUR HOME...AUTO OR BUSINESS. CHECK YOUR FURNACE. INSULATE EXPOSED WATER PIPES. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR HAS A STRONG BATTERY...PROPER ANTIFREEZE PROTECTION AND A GOOD SET OF ALL SEASON OR SNOW TIRES. MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS DRESS WARMLY BEFORE HEADING TO SCHOOL AND GIVE YOUR PETS ADEQUATE SHELTER FROM THE COLD. THIS WILL BE AN UNUSUALLY LONG PERIOD FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO TO BE IN THE DEEP FREEZE. GET READY FOR IT NOW WHILE THE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL MILD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1041 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOG HAS DISSIPATED AT KALS...AND WITH HIGH CLOUDINESS COMING IN LATER THIS EVENING...FOG MAY NOT REDEVELOP TONIGHT. FOR NOW HAVE LEFT FOG OUT OF THE TAF...BUT WILL NEED TO MONITOR PROGRESSION OF CLOUDS AS FOG COULD MAKE A QUICK RETURN THIS EVENING SHOULD THE CLOUDS NOT ARRIVE IN TIME. IF FOG DOES DEVELOP...DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE AS PERSISTENT OR HAVE AS LOW VISIBILITY AS HAS OCCURRED IN ALS OBS AND EVIDENT IN ALS AIRPORT WEB CAM AS PAST FEW DAYS AS HIGH CLOUDINESS CONTINUES TO FILTER IN ALOFT. KCOS AND KPUB COULD SEE SOME GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 10-20 KTS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING...THOUGH INCREASE AGAIN NEAR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MTNS LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO POCKETS OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR NEAR THE MTS...THOUGH AT THIS TIME THINK IT WILL STAY TO THE WEST OF KCOS AND KPUB TERMINALS. THREAT FOR LLWS MAY INCREASE AT KCOS MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...MOORE LONG TERM...LW AVIATION...KT
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 10:18 AM MST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1018 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-021730- 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- 1018 AM MST SUN DEC 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FORECAST MODELS ARE IN GOOD CONSENSUS ON MOVING COLD AND SNOWY WEATHER INTO SOUTHERN COLORADO...ARRIVING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TUESDAY AND MOVING INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CARVE OUT OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES DURING THIS PERIOD...ALLOWING ARCTIC AIR TO PLUMMET SOUTHWARD INTO COLORADO. THE COMBINATION OF MOIST PACIFIC AIR ALOFT...AND VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AT THE SURFACE...WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND PERIODS OF SNOW OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO. THE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL THING ABOUT THIS ARCTIC OUTBREAK WILL BE THE LENGTH OF TIME IT STICKS AROUND. SOUTHERN COLORADO IS FREQUENTLY VISITED BY ARCTIC AIR MASSES DURING THE WINTER...BUT THEY USUALLY ONLY STICK AROUND FOR A DAY OR 2. THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MOVE IN LATE TUESDAY AND STICK AROUND THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE AIR WILL BE VERY COLD DURING THIS PERIOD WITH HIGHS LIKELY NOT OUT OF THE TEENS AND 20S MOST DAYS AND LOWS RANGING FROM 10 BELOW ZERO TO 10 ABOVE. THERE IS ALSO GOOD SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WITH THIS STORM. WHILE IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO NAIL DOWN SPECIFIC AMOUNTS...IT IS A GOOD BET THAT THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE AT LEAST A FOOT OR 2 OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS EVENT...WHILE THE LOWER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TO SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL. TAKE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE COLD NOW. THIS WILL BE AN EXCEPTIONAL PERIOD OF COLD FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO. PREPARE YOUR HOME...AUTO OR BUSINESS. CHECK YOUR FURNACE. INSULATE EXPOSED WATER PIPES. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR HAS A STRONG BATTERY...PROPER ANTIFREEZE PROTECTION AND A GOOD SET OF ALL SEASON OR SNOW TIRES. MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS DRESS WARMLY BEFORE HEADING TO SCHOOL AND GIVE YOUR PETS ADEQUATE SHELTER FROM THE COLD. THIS WILL BE AN UNUSUALLY LONG PERIOD FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO TO BE IN THE DEEP FREEZE. GET READY FOR IT NOW WHILE THE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL MILD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 31/77
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 1:36 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Mineral and 3 more | 50 hr |
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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.