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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter weather advisory at Apr 22, 2013, 4:15 AM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 22, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2013, 4:15 AM MDT (10:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 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 10:18 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 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
- 3088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
357 WWUS45 KPUB 221015 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-221615- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.130422T2100Z-130423T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 415 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING A ROUND OF SOME WIND-DRIVEN SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ICY ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. INCREASED AVALANCHE THREAT FOR THE PASSES AND BACKCOUNTRY OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-221615- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.130423T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 415 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WEST MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...BRINGING A ROUND OF SOME WIND- DRIVEN SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ICY ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ SR
8 follow-up statements
687 WWUS45 KPUB 221600 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1000 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-222215- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.130422T2100Z-130423T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1000 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SOME WIND DRIVEN SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ICY ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. INCREASED AVALANCHE THREAT FOR THE PASSES AND BACKCOUNTRY OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-222215- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.130423T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1000 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WEST MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SOME WIND DRIVEN SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ICY ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
286 WWUS45 KPUB 222130 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-230330- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 330 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET...NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ICY ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. INCREASED AVALANCHE THREAT FOR THE PASSES AND BACKCOUNTRY OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-230330- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.130423T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 330 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ICY ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
704 WWUS45 KPUB 230122 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 722 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-231000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 722 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET INCLUDING THE SAWATCH RANGE...LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET INCLUDING THE MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AREAS...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. FOR TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. MOUNTAIN PASSES AND BACK COUNTRY AREAS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES WILL SEE INCREASED AVALANCHE THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-231000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 722 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...EASTERLY 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
093 WWUS45 KPUB 230431 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1031 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-231100- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1500Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1031 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET INCLUDING THE SAWATCH RANGE...LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET INCLUDING THE MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AREAS...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FOR TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. MOUNTAIN PASSES AND BACK COUNTRY AREAS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES WILL SEE INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-231100- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1031 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...EASTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...POOR VISIBILITIES AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
569 WWUS45 KPUB 230956 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-231600- /O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 356 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET INCLUDING THE SAWATCH RANGE...LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET INCLUDING THE MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. MOUNTAIN PASSES AND BACK COUNTRY AREAS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES WILL SEE INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-231600- /O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130424T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 356 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
455 WWUS45 KPUB 231510 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 910 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-231800- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 910 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. * LOCATION...WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FEET INCLUDING THE SAWATCH RANGE...LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FEET INCLUDING THE MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES INCLUDING THE RAMPART RANGE...PIKES PEAK AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 2 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. MOUNTAIN PASSES AND BACK COUNTRY AREAS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES WILL SEE INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. 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. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-232115- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130424T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 910 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
106 WWUS45 KPUB 231754 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1154 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 COZ058-060-061-081-082-084-231900- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130423T1800Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1154 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON MDT TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ COZ072>075-079-080-240000- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130424T0000Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 1154 AM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THE LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 4 AND 9 INCHES. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW...AND ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$
385 WWUS45 KPUB 232352 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 COZ072>075-079-080-240100- /O.EXP.KPUB.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-130424T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...GREENHORN MTN 552 PM MDT TUE APR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS. * CAUSE AND TIMING...SNOWFALL IS SHIFTING SOUTH AND DECREASING SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BUT LESS THAN AN INCH OF NEW SNOW AT MOST LOCATIONS. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS IN SPOTS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF ICE...SNOW AND LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITIES IN SNOW SHOWERS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Apr 22, 3:28 AM MDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:28 AM MDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 328 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 327 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 ...SOME MORE SPRING SNOW TONIGHT... CURRENTLY...UPSTREAM COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL WY AND WIDESPREAD SNOW IS BEING REPORTED OVER NRN AND CENTRAL WY. THIS SYSTEM IS WHAT WILL GIVE US OUR DOSE OF WINTER-IN-SPRING WX FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EARLIER THIS EVE...VAD PROFILE SHOWED 35 KT ERLY WINDS OVER THE CO PLAINS...WHICH HAS BOOSTED DEW POINTS INTO MAINLY THE 30S ACROSS ERN CO...PRIMING US FOR OUR PRECIP EVENT TONIGHT. MODELS HAVE IN GENERAL BACKED OFF A BIT IN THE INTENSITY OF THE STORM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BUT STILL BRING A HEALTHY SHOT OF SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO THE REGION ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. THE OTHER CHANGE IN THE FORECAST IS A SLIGHTLY DELAYED ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT...WHICH NOW LOOKS TO HIT THE PALMER DIVIDE MID-LATE AFTERNOON...AND WILL LIKELY CROSS THE ARKANSAS UNTIL 00Z OR SO. SO...THIS WILL MEAN TEMPS SHOULD GET A LITTLE HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY S OF HIGHWAY 50. HAVE LEANED MORE TOWARD THE HIGH SIDE OF GUIDANCE...BUT OF COURSE THERE IS SOME BUST POTENTIAL IF THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES QUICKER THAN EXPECTED. MAIN FOCUS FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND WEST OF I-25...AND THE ERN SLOPES OF THE MTS SOUTH TO NEW MEXICO. WILL SEE SOME BANDING OF SNOW TONIGHT....AND THAT WILL DETERMINE SNOWFALL TOTALS...BUT BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IS FOR 3-6 INCHES FOR NRN EL PASO AND PIKES PEAK AREA...ALONG WITH N CO SPRINGS....4-8 INCHES FOR PIKES PEAK PROPER AND POSSIBLY NRN TELLER COUNTY...4-8 INCHES FOR THE WETS AND SANGRES INCLUDING BEULAH...RYE...AND WETMORE...AND 1-3 INCHES FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING SPRINGS AND PUEBLO. A TRACE TO AN INCH ELSEWHERE. HAVE HOISTED ADVISORIES FOR THESE FAVORED AREAS THROUGH TUE MORNING. FEEL THIS IS ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF THE FORECAST...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF BANDING OCCURS THAT ADDITIONAL COUNTIES/ZONES MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED LATER TODAY IF LATER PROGS LOOK MORE PROMISING. ADDITIONAL CONCERN WILL BE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY FOR PUEBLO AND EL PASO COUNTIES...WHERE WINDS COULD GUST IN THE 50 MPH RANGE WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS EVE. AS THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH...TEMPS SHOULD FALL QUITE QUICKLY SO ANY INITIAL RAINFALL OR SHOWERS SHOULD TURN QUICKLY TO SNOW...PARTICULARLY BY NIGHTFALL AS H7 TEMPS PLUMMET TO MINUS 12 DEGREES AND LOWER. IF CLEARING WERE TO OCCUR EARLY TUE MORNING THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME RECORD LOWS SET...BUT SINCE WE EXPECT THE AREA TO BE SOCKED IN WITH CLOUDS/PRECIP...WET BULB TEMPS ARE A GOOD BET TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S FOR THE PLAINS. THIS MAY BE OUR LAST REAL 'WINTER' EVENT...SO ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS! ROSE .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 327 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 AN UPR TROF WL BE DROPPING SOUTHEASTWARD OVR CO ON TUE...AND EXITING THE AREA IN THE EVENING. THE AREA WL BE UNDER NW FLOW ALOFT TUE NIGHT AND WED AS ANOTHER UPR TROF MOVES INTO THE NRN PLAINS STATES AND A SHORTWAVE TROF MOVES SOUTH THRU THE GREAT BASIN. TUE MORNING WIDESPREAD LIGHT PCPN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL CO MTS AND ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN MTS. FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE NAM SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN PCPN CHANCES ACRS THE FORECAST AREA...WHILE THE GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE WITH GOOD PCPN CHANCES OVR THE ERN MTS AND PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS...AND THE GFS SHOWS SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE WET AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MTS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILL AREAS. WITH THESE MODELS DIFFERENCES...I AM RELUCTANT TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST POPS. THE MODEL DIFFERENCES ARE ALSO MAKING THE HIGH TEMP FORECAST FOR TUE A BIT CHALLENGING AS WELL...FOR NOW WL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MET AND MAV GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR MOST AREAS. AS THE UPR TROF MOVES OUT OF THE AREA TUE NIGHT PCPN SHOULD COME TO AN END. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS IN MOST AREAS WL BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE BY 10-15 DEGREES. WED LOOKS GENERALLY DRY WITH MAYBE JUST SOME MOUNTAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS WL BE WARMER THAN ON TUE...BUT MOST AREAS WL STILL BE BELOW AVERAGE. ON THU AND UPR TROF IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING THRU UT AND AZ...WITH SOME MSTR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MOVING INTO CO...BRINGING SOME SHOWERS TO MAINLY THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER THAN ON WED. THAT UPR TROF WL THEN MOVE ACRS CO AND NM THU NIGHT AND EARLY FRI AND COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS TO THE SOUTHEAST CO PLAINS DURING THAT TIME. FRI LOOKS MAINLY DRY AS THAT UPR TROF MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLD SHOWERS OVR THE MOUNTAINS. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE HIGH TEMPS AROUND AVERAGE ON FRI. SAT AND SUN LOOK DRY AND WARM. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 327 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013 A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH COLORADO TODAY...REACHING KCOS AROUND 21-22Z...THEN KPUB 23-24Z. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FROPA...GUSTING TO 35-45 KNOTS AT BOTH TERMINALS. EXPECT MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING FOR BOTH TERMINALS...WITH OCCASIONAL LIFR AS BANDS OF SNOW SHIFT SOUTHWARD ACROSS ERN CO. KALS SHOULD REMAIN VFR AT LEAST INITIALLY...BUT COULD SEE SOME REDUCTIONS IN CIGS/VIS LATER TONIGHT AS SCT SHSN DEVELOP ACROSS ERN AND NRN PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY FOR COZ058-060-061-081-082-084. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT TUESDAY FOR COZ072>075-079-080. && SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...28 AVIATION...ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 5:25 PM MDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 PM MDT SUN APR 21 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-222330- 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- 525 PM MDT SUN APR 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT...AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES BY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON MONDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING OVER THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. A BETTER CHANCE FOR SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY OVER AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ALONG AND NEAR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. THE FOCUS THEN SHIFTS SOUTHWARD TO THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACTLY HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL AND WHERE THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE LOCATED...BUT WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED OVER SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES TONIGHT. 50/50
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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.