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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Apr 15, 2013, 9:50 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Lake County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 17, 2013, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013, 9:50 PM MDT (03:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2013, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2013, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Lake County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 15, 3:37 PM MDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 3:37 PM MDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1141 AM MDT MON APR 15 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-161745- 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- 1141 AM MDT MON APR 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS...WITH LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW INCHES POSSIBLE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER OTERO AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES TODAY. SOME SPOTTY AREAS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE SERN PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN COLORADO. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE DURING THIS PERIOD...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...THERE COULD BE SOME SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AT TIMES IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW...DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE...BUT THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRE DANGER. A COMBINATION OF WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS WILL RESULT IN HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE PLAINS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...UPPER LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO SENDING A COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO EASTERN COLORADO...AS SNOWFALL WINDS DOWN ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL SEE A BRIEF SHOT OF WIND AND SNOW ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK TO STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO REQUIRE WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING MUCH COLDER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHERN COLORADO ON THURSDAY. BRISK WINDS COULD DROP WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW SHOWERS ALONG AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS COULD DROP LOCAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A NEW WEATHER SYSTEM COULD MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:30 PM MDT | Blizzard Watch | PUB | El Paso | 17 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:30 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 33 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:30 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 36 hr |
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Winter Storm Watches in Colorado, 2013Every winter storm watch in 2013
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.