Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm warning at Oct 9, 2013, 9:03 PM MDT for Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 10, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2013, 9:03 PM MDT (03:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 3260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
562 WWUS45 KPUB 100303 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 903 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 COZ068-100915- /O.UPG.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.131010T0600Z-131011T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0011.131010T0600Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 903 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST OROGRAPHIC UPSLOPE FLOW IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND THEN PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ066-100915- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.131010T0600Z-131011T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 903 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST OROGRAPHIC UPSLOPE FLOW IN COMBINATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND THEN PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF CREATING LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
6 follow-up statements
800 WWUS45 KPUB 100922 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 322 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ068-101530- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 322 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW AND AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER SUNRISE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-101530- /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.131010T1800Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 322 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR |SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER INDEPENDENCE AND COTTONWOOD PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ066-101530- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 322 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW AND AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER SUNRISE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * IMPACT....SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. && $$
610 WWUS45 KPUB 101456 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ068-102200- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 856 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ066-102200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 856 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH PASS. 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. && $$ COZ060-102200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.131010T1800Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 856 AM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...COTTONWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ LW
565 WWUS45 KPUB 102127 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ068-110400- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 327 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INTO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH LIGHTER SNOW AFTER THAT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES EARLY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-066-110400- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS 327 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INTO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH LIGHTER SNOW AFTER THAT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES EARLY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...NORTH...COTTONWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ LW
169 WWUS45 KPUB 110335 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 935 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ068-110600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 935 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...BUT THE SNOW WILL BE DECREASING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-066-110600- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... NORTH PASS 935 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE DECREASING...WITH GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY... SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO... NORTH...COTTONWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
088 WWUS45 KPUB 110459 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1059 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ068-110600- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1059 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...BUT THE SNOW WILL BE DECREASING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY... SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO... WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ060-111100- /O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T1200Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1059 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW TONIGHT...WITH GENERALLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY... SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO... NORTH...COTTONWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ066-110600- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 1059 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE DECREASING... WITH GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY... SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO... NORTH...COTTONWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE PASSES. 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. && $$
552 WWUS45 KPUB 110547 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1147 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 COZ068-110700- /O.EXP.KPUB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1147 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT...BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ COZ066-110700- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T0600Z/ LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...NORTH PASS 1147 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. SOME SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ COZ060-111200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131011T1200Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE 1147 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...MOIST WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SNOW TONIGHT... WITH GENERALLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY AND ICY... SNOW COVERED ROADS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO... NORTH...COTTONWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE PASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Oct 9, 8:55 PM MDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 8:55 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 855 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 852 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 LOOKING AT LATEST NAM12 MODEL RUN...HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE ZONE 68 (ERN SAN JUAN MTS ABOVE 10000 FT) TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. WITH GOOD MSTR AND OROGRAPHIC FLOW EXPECTED OVER THAT ZONE STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY THU...SNOW AMOUNTS LOOK AS THOUGH THEY COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. WL LEAVE ZONE 66 AN ADVISORY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 247 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 ...MULTIPLE CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS... CURRENTLY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS DROPPING DOWN THE WEST COAST WITH INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS COLORADO. THIS HAS LED TO MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER MOVING INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED NICELY ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTY OUT NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER...WITH HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT...CREATING DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BACA AND PROWERS COUNTIES WITH ANY OUTDOOR BURNING ACTIVITIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. TONIGHT...THE UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO NEAR LAS VEGAS NEVADA. THIS WILL SEND A LEAD WAVE OF ENERGY INTO WESTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING WITH SHOWER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS FOCUS A MAJORITY OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE WHERE INCREASING MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL COMBINE TO KEEP PERSISTENT SHOWER ACTIVITY GOING. FURTHER NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE WITH LESS FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICS. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH COLD AIR STILL WELL TO THE WEST. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 12KFT BY THURSDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN MILD ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATION WITH CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE REGION WITH MID 40S TO MID 50S. THURSDAY...MULTIPLE CONCERNS FROM WIND TO SEVERE STORMS OVER THE PLAINS AND WINTER WEATHER OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE UPPER LOW WILL EJECT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST COLORADO THROUGH THE DAY. VERY STRONG JET ENERGY WILL WORK NORTH AROUND THE LOW ACROSS COLORADO. THIS WILL ALSO PUMP MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. WINTER WEATHER...AS THE UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES...COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL ADVECT INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THIS SHOULD ALLOW SNOW LEVELS TO DROP TO AROUND 10-11 KFT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PERSISTENT SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICS OVER THE SAN JUAN RANGE WITH AT LEAST MODERATE LOWER ELEVATION RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOWFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA RANGES WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS OUT...TO LESS THAN 4 INCHES FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN RANGES. IN ADDITION...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAIN TOPS PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING DUST...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BRUTE FORCE WINDS OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. MIXING AND A STRONG GRADIENT SETTING UP ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIKELY BRING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE SOME HIGH RESOLUTION MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE INDICATING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND PLANTS COULD BE BLOW AWAY OR DAMAGE. IN ADDITION...TRAVEL ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE DANGEROUS...WITH VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS THAT COULD TIP OVER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO LIKELY BE AN ISSUE DUE TO PERSISTENT LONG TERM DROUGHT AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. BLOWING DUST WILL LIKELY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MODELS ARE LESS CONFIDENT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MAIN ISSUES TO PLAY OUT STILL...WHERE THE DRYLINE WILL SET UP...AND HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH. COARSER RESOLUTION MODELS ARE SLOWER TO EJECT OUT THE DRYLINE WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING BY 21Z OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. THE HIGH RESOLUTION WRF...NMM AND ARW ARE FASTER TO PUSH THE DRYLINE EAST INTO KANSAS WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING EAST OF THE CWA. THE OTHER CAVEAT IS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH ADVECTING 45 DEW POINT AIR NORTH INTO EASTERN COLORADO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY...WITH MOST MODELS ONLY GENERATING AROUND 600-800 J/KG CAPE. IF STORMS CAN GET GOING...VERY STRONG SHEAR WILL SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND LARGE HAIL. LARGE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS WILL PRODUCE A DEEP SUBCLOUD DRY LAYER THAT WILL PROMOTE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. AGAIN...IF/WHERE STORMS CAN GET GOING WILL BE THE MAIN QUESTION...SO HAVE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MOZLEY .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 247 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 A FEW WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO IN THE FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIOD. THURSDAY EVENING...WE WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH THE THURSDAY SYSTEM. STILL LINGERING MOUNTAIN SNOWS ...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER EARLY IN THE EVENING. THEN...LATER IN THE EVENING...THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. MODELS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT ABOUT A SECOND PIECE OF ENERGY HANGING BACK IN THE LONGER WAVE TROUGH AND SWINGING THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LOOK PRETTY WEAK BUT CAPABLE OF A FEW SHOWERS MAINLY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE PIKES PEAK REGION. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE DOWN TO ABOUT 7000 OR 8000 FEET...DEPENDING ON PRECIP INTENSITY. LATER SUNDAY...ANOTHER...LARGER TROUGH STARTS TO TAKE AIM AT THE REGION. BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON IT IS STILL JUST DROPPING INTO NORTHWEST UTAH...BUT IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO ASSIST IN DRAWING SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER. COULD BE ENOUGH FOR SOME ISOLATED STORMS THERE FROM LATE IN THE DAY THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEN...MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...THE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS COLORADO...WITH THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM PROGGED OVER BACA COUNTY AT 06Z TUESDAY. THIS TRACK MAY BE GOOD ENOUGH TO BRING A BRIEF ROUND OF SHOWERS TO MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN AREAS MAY BE TOO FAR SOUTHWEST TO BENEFIT. THE 18Z RUN OF THE GFS IS SHOWING A LITTLE MORE PUNCH TO THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY EVENING THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. IF THIS IS TRUE...MAYBE A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE AT GETTING SOME MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES AND PLAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING. H7 TEMPS GET DOWN TO AROUND -3 TO -4C SO COULD BE BORDERLINE MIXTURE OF RAIN/WET SNOW DOWN TO ABOUT 5000 FEET DEPENDING ON PRECIPITATION INTENSITY. AT THOSE TEMPS...PROBABLY WILL BE SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...ALBEIT WET SNOW. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAILING SHOWER ACTIVITY ALONG AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY. THEN...WARMING AND DRYING AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE WEST. BEHIND EACH ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS...WE'LL SEE THE FROST/FREEZE POTENTIAL GO UP. RIGHT NOW...LOOKS LIKE BEST BETS FOR SUBFREEZING TEMPS WILL BE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. LW && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 247 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL THREE TERMINALS THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT KALS AND KCOS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SOUTHERLY GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KTS. A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN STATES WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KTS ARE POSSIBLE AT KALS PRODUCING REDUCED VIS FROM BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AFTER 18Z AT KCOS AND KPUB WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KTS LIKELY. SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND LIKELY MOVE INTO THE TERMINALS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR KALS AND KCOS. MOZLEY && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR COZ066. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR COZ068. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR COZ094>099. && UPDATE...28 SHORT TERM...MOZLEY LONG TERM...LW AVIATION...MOZLEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 5:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 555 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-110000- 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- 555 PM MDT WED OCT 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG FALL STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHERN COLORADO THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL TO THE SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MAINLY DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER WOLF CREEK AND CUMBRES PASSES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...MAINLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL ALSO SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE BREVITY OF THE PRECIPITATION. OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND EASTERN PLAINS...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS WOULD APPEAR TO BE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 3:25 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers | 16 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 47 min |
| Oct 10, 3:30 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 15 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero | 38 min |
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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.