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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 3, 2024El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this frost advisory at May 3, 2024, 1:31 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2024, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 4, 2024, 9:00 AM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 421 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost 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 frost advisory went out at May 3, 11:48 AM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 11:48 AM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 11:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1151 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

COZ058>089-093>099-041800-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
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-
1151 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated showers and thunderstorms can be expected across the
southeast plains this afternoon and evening. One or two storms,
generally north and east of a La Junta to Kim line, could become
severe, producing gusty winds of up to 60 mph and large hail up to
the size of half dollars.

Gusty winds and low afternoon humidity levels will develop
critical fire weather conditions across the San Luis Valley once
again this afternoon and early evening. Please avoid all outdoor
activities that could start a fire.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to
be possible across the higher terrain and immediate adjacent
plains on Saturday, then will be more restricted to the
Continental Divide starting Sunday.

Accumulating snow will be possible across the higher peaks of the
Continental Divide Sunday night through Monday, with 2 to 4
inches of new snow forecast.

High fire danger will likely return to portions of the area
starting Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be possible over portions of the region.

STEWARD/31

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 1:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent22 min
May 3, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent27 min
May 3, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa37 min
May 3, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers22 min
May 3, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent31 min
May 3, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa23 min
May 3, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB30 min
May 3, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers26 min
May 3, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa34 min
May 3, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca48 min
May 3, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBKiowa51 min
May 3, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa55 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.