2 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 28, 3:56 AM MST, 11 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 AM MST TUE MAR 28 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) METEOROLOGICAL CONCERNS FOR THE SHORT TERM MAINLY FOCUS ON STARTING TIME AND AMOUNT OF SUSTAINED HEAVIER SNOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. CWFA CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING VARIABLE MAINLY HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS...EXCEPT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SOME SNOW IS CURRENTLY NOTED IN AREAS SUCH AS WOLF CREEK PASS. ALSO... CONTINUED MILD EARLY MORNING LATE MARCH TEMPERATURES OBSERVED. WINDS RATHER WELL-CONTAINED WITH SOME GUSTS NOTED AROUND 30 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS. BRIEF-LIVED UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO GIVE WAY TO INCREASINGLY MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN TODAY AND ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT AS CLOSED UPPER LOW MOVES INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING DEEPER MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AT A SLOWER CLIP THAN EARLIER RUNS AND HAVE PUSHED BACK ONSET OF SUSTAINED HEAVIER SNOW OVER ZONE 68 TO LATER IN MY SECOND PERIOD...THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ZONE 68. IT STILL APPEARS THAT SUBSTANTIAL SNOW WILL FALL OVER AT LEAST THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ZONE 68 BEGINNING IN EARNEST LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE LONG TERM...PLEASE SEE DISCUSSION BELOW. WILL TRY TO CONTINUE TO REFLECT THIS IN UPCOMING GRIDS/ZONES. TEMPERATURES RUNNING AT TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES EXPECTED BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT MOST AREAS WHILE WINDS REMAIN RATHER WELL CONTAINED TODAY BEFORE INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP TONIGHT. THANKS SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR COORDINATION/COLLABORATION. .LONG TERM... WED-MON ...HEAVY SNOWS FOR THE SW MTNS WED DAY...GOOD SNOWS C MTNS WED NITE...WINDY PLAINS ON WED...NOT MUCH PRECIP PLAINS THU...THEN ANOTHER DISTURBANCE FOR THE WEEKEND AND TUES... FAIRLY ACTIVE WX PATTERN FOR THE AREA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. MAIN WX MAKER WILL BE ONGOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD AS POTENT SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. IT APPEARS NOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD SNOW MAKER FOR THE SW MTNS WED DAY AND THEN FOR THE C MTNS WED NITE AS FLOW GOES MORE WESTERLY. THINGS LOOK GOOD FOR SIGGY SNOWS ACROSS THE SW MTS (1-2) AND C MTNS (5-10) AS FLOW IS GOING TO BE RATHER STRONG AND LAPSE RATES WILL BE QUITE FAVORABLE. I EVEN INCLUDED SOME ISOLD CG ACTIVITY IN THE SW MTNS WITH THE SNOWFALL FOR WED. ALSO INCLUDED HEAVY SNOW WORDING ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR THE PLAINS...WED IS GOING TO BE BREEZY/WINDY. STRONGEST WINDS ATTM APPEAR TO BE GENERALLY S OF US-50. THERE MAY BE AN ISOLD TSRA OVER THE PLAINS WED AFTERNOON. IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND S MTNS. TEMPS WILL BE MILD/WARM IN THE STRONG DOWNSLOPE FLOW. TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS STATE WED NITE/EARLY THU. IT APPEARS NOW THAT THE SYSTEM WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER EXPECTED AND THIS WILL DECREASE POP CHANCES PLAINS (NOT THAT THEY WERE ALL THAT HIGH TO BEGIN WITH). PAC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS GENERALLY AROUND AND AFTER SUNRISE. TEMPS WILL NOT COOL ALL THAT MUCH WITH THE FRONT DUE TO THE DOWNSLOPE NW FLOW ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT THERE REALLY IS NOT TOO MUCH COLD AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM. IT WILL BE BREEZY ACROSS THE PLAINS AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY WITH NW WINDS 15-30 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE FAR E PLAINS ESPECIALLY ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY. AFTER THIS SYSTEM GOES BY...ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE MTNS ALONG THE CONTDVD FOR THE WEEKEND. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIF SNOWS TO THE MTNS. ANOTHER MORE SIGNIF SYSTEM IS THEN FCST FOR THE TUE TIME FRAME NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THIS IS STILL 7 DAYS OUT...IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT US LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...THAT IS SIGNIF CONTDVD MTN SNOWS AND DRY WINDY WX FOR THE PLAINS. IT JUST DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE I-25 CORRIDOR (ALONG WITH MOST OF THE E PLAINS) IS GOING TO SEE A SIGNIF PRECIP EVENT THIS SPRING. /HODANISH && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR COZ068. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 653 AM MST TUE MAR 28 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-291400- 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- 653 AM MST TUE MAR 28 2006 ...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FEET... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASINGLY MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...OVER THE CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT INTO AT LEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS. LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ISOLATED THUNDER SNOW SQUALLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BE WINDY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONGER WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...MAINLY FROM HIGHWAY 50 SOUTH TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Another quick moving weather disturbance brought heavy snow accumulations of over 10 inches to the highest terrain of the eastern San Juan Mountains in Mineral County. Meanwhile...a widespread light snow occurred across the eastern mountains...but a localized 7 inches of snow covered Cuchara in Huerfano county as the system progressed eastward.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, March 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5490504, 5490503.