Alert archive / Colorado / Winter Storm Watches in 2016
Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Mar 24, 2016, 3:23 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 25, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2016, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2016, 11:56 AM MDT
- In force
- 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, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
781 WWUS45 KPUB 242123 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 323 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 COZ058-060-250530- /O.NEW.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160325T0600Z-160326T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...BONANZA 323 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ081-082-084-085-250530- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0300Z-160327T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB 323 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOMORROW...THEN MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD SEE OVER A FOOT. LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE OVER SIX INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-083-086>088-094-250530- /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0600Z-160327T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD... BRANSON...KIM 323 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION...PUEBLO COUNTY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOMORROW...THEN MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD SEE OVER A FOOT. LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE OVER SIX INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$ SR
3 follow-up statements
404 WWUS45 KPUB 250451 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1051 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 COZ058-060-251300- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160325T0600Z-160326T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX...BONANZA 1051 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT... * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ081-082-084-085-251300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0300Z-160327T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB 1051 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOMORROW...THEN MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD SEE OVER A FOOT. LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE OVER SIX INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-083-086>088-094-251300- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0600Z-160327T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD... BRANSON...KIM 1051 PM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION...PUEBLO COUNTY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOMORROW...THEN MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD SEE OVER A FOOT. LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE OVER SIX INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$
040 WWUS45 KPUB 251030 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 COZ061-065>068-251830- /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160326T0600Z-160327T0000Z/ WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...ALPINE...GRANITE...ST ELMO...NORTH PASS... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 430 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AS WELL AS THEIR LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. && $$ COZ060-251830- /O.EXT.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 430 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED AT TIMES WHICH WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ058-251830- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160326T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 430 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING....BRINGING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ COZ081-082-084-085-251830- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0300Z-160327T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB 430 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOR TELLER COUNTY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...THOUGH POCKETS OF HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE STORM EVOLUTION WHICH COULD CHANGE THESE ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$ COZ072>075-078>080-083-086>088-094-251830- /O.CON.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0600Z-160327T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD... BRANSON...KIM 430 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION...PUEBLO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...HUERFANO COUNTY...AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. FOCUS FOR HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE SHIFTING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD SEE OVER A FOOT. LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE AROUND SIX INCHES OR MORE...HOWEVER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS PUEBLO AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTIES...WITH AMOUNTS MORE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE FOR THE PUEBLO AND CANYON CITY AREAS. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE STORM EVOLUTION WHICH COULD CHANGE THESE ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR 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. && $$
504 WWUS45 KPUB 251756 WSWPUB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 COZ082-260200- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0300Z-160327T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0005.160325T2300Z-160327T0000Z/ PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...PIKES PEAK 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...PIKES PEAK. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...10 TO 16 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. AVOID TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WARNING...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED IN A RURAL AREA...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. TO KEEP WARM IN YOUR VEHICLE...RUN YOUR ENGINE 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR...AND MAKE SURE THE EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEAR OF SNOW TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. && $$ COZ072>075-079-080-087-088-094-260200- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0600Z-160327T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.WS.W.0005.160326T0600Z-160327T0600Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...RYE...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD...BRANSON...KIM 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS ...THE SPANISH PEAKS REGION...HUERFANO COUNTY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. FOCUS FOR HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE SHIFTING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 10 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET. 10 TO 18 INCHES FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ COZ078-083-086-260200- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0600Z-160327T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160326T0600Z-160327T0300Z/ WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- INCLUDING...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...CANON CITY...PENROSE... PUEBLO 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PUEBLO COUNTY...AND EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. FOCUS FOR HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE SHIFTING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...AND 4 TO SIX INCHES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ085-260200- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0300Z-160327T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160326T0600Z-160327T0300Z/ COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ COZ081-084-260200- /O.UPG.KPUB.WS.A.0005.160326T0300Z-160327T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160325T2300Z-160327T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW|...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATION...TELLER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHICH COULD BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK...SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ058-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160326T0600Z/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...CLIMAX 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING.... BRINGING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ COZ060-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING...BONANZA 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... BRINGING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOW COVERED AT TIMES WHICH WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE. && $$ COZ061-065>068-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.WW.Y.0014.160326T0600Z-160327T0000Z/ WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 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- INCLUDING...ALPINE...GRANITE...ST ELMO...NORTH PASS... SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS 1156 AM MDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FEET...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET AS WELL AS THEIR LOWER EAST FACING SLOPES...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * CAUSE AND TIMING...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACT...ICY...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 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 Mar 24, 10:42 AM MDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 10:42 AM MDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1042 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 348 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...NORTHWEST FLOW TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER COLORADO THROUGH TONIGHT. WEAK DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW WILL TRIGGER SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY FROM THE MONARCH PASS AREA NORTHWARD. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE DIVIDE...AND ALSO OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES...ONLY SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS...PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...MAINLY JUST DRY AND COOLER THAN AVERAGE OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STILL BE A LITTLE BRISK OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THIS MORNING...BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT IN THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT TODAY. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 348 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 ...ANOTHER STORM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY... NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. FRIDAY...WITH LEADING SHORTWAVE ENERGY EJECTING ACROSS CO DURING THE DAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE ALONG THE CONTDVD AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE SE MTS/PLAINS BY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE PLAINS AND UPSLOPE FLOW DEEPENS. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CONTDVD WHICH WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE SE MTS/ADJACENT PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL INITIALLY SUPPORT MAINLY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR/SOUTHEAST PLAINS. EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE ACROSS THE PIKES PEAK REGION/MONUMENT HILL WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. UPPER JET DIGGING DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL CARVE OUT A DEEPER SECONDARY TROF ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH MOVES ACROSS CO SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SYSTEM REMAINS FAIRLY OPEN AND PROGRESSIVE...BUT BRINGS A PRETTY GOOD ROUND OF EAST TO NORTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW WHICH INTENSIFIES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY BEFORE THE SYSTEM SHIFTS SOUTH AND EASTWARD SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE...HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE GREATER AS BEST UPSLOPE AND FORCING WILL TRACK DIRECTLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CO. GIVEN CURRENT SUITE OF MODEL RUNS...APPEARS THAT SOUTHEAST MTS AND ADJACENT I-25 CORRIDOR COULD SEE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOME OF THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. RATON RIDGE MAY ALSO PICK UP SOME FAIRLY GOOD ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS EVENT. THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS FROM ROUGHLY LA JUNTA EASTWARD MAY STAY A TOUCH TOO WARM...RESTRICTING ANY ACCUMULATIONS TO GRASSY SURFACES. THIS STORM IS STILL A WAYS OUT...SO CHANGES IN THE STORM TRACK AND ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE STILL A GOOD BET. BUT THIS STORM BEARS CLOSE WATCHING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND SUSPECT SOME WINTER STORM WATCHES WILL BE NEEDED WITH THE NEXT PACKAGE ISSUANCE. FORECAST DRIES OUT AND WARMS UP FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS BACK TO WEST THEN SOUTHWESTERLY AS THE NEXT UPPER LOW DROPS INTO THE WESTERN U.S. FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS WILL START TO SPREAD SNOW INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ON TUESDAY...WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR MID TO LATE WEEK WITH THE TRACK OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM. GFS LIFTS ENERGY OUT TO THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY WITH MORE ENERGY DIGGING INTO THE MEAN TROF ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. WHICH HANGS THE SYSTEM BACK TO THE WEST THROUGH THE NEW DAY 8. ECMWF PREFERS TO KEEP THE ENERGY MORE CONSOLIDATED ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL KEEP MAJORITY OF THE POPS CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR NOW...BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE PLAINS SOMETIME LATE WEEK. HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION COMES WITH IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. -KT && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1041 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE TERMINAL FORECAST SITES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...KT/LW LONG TERM...KT AVIATION...28
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 6:23 AM MDT, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 623 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-251230- 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 9000FT- 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 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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 VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- 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- 623 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF MONARCH PASS...AND MAINLY ABOVE 10000 FEET. ALONG THE DIVIDE SOUTH OF THE PASS...AND ALSO OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES...ONLY SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS PRODUCING ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS SET TO TAKE AIM ON SOUTHERN COLORADO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SPREADING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS WHERE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BE POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED FROM THIS EVENT AS WELL...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS FROM COLORADO CITY SOUTHWARD TO THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE STORM TRACK, WHICH WILL MAKE THE FORECAST AND ANTICIPATED SNOWFALL TOTALS VULNERABLE TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, BE PREPARED FOR WINTER LIKE DRIVING CONDITIONS...AND KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THE WEATHER WILL DRY OUT FOR SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW SYSTEM TO SPREAD SNOW INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. 50/31
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:23 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 8 more | 54 hr |
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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.