A quick moving winter storm in the higher elevations of the central Colorado mountains produced up to 10 inches of snow over portions of the western Mosquito Range and eastern Sawatch Mountains.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
A quick moving winter storm in the higher elevations of the central Colorado mountains produced up to 10 inches of snow over portions of the western Mosquito Range and eastern Sawatch Mountains.
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 Feb 15, 3:45 PM MST, 12 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 345 PM MST THU FEB 15 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY) METEOROLOGICAL CONCERNS/ISSUES THIS GO ROUND INCLUDES CENTRAL MOUNTAIN SNOWS...INCREASING WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND TEMPERATURES. CWFA CURRENTLY NOTING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...CONTINUED COLD MID-FEBRUARY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES OF 10F TO 15F OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...GENERALLY 20S ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR..TEENS AND 20S OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWER TO MID 30S IN THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. WINDS GUSTING INTO THE 20S AND 30S ALSO NOTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS. AT THIS TIME...MAIN PRECIPITATION ECHOES STILL REMAINING TO THE WEST OF THE CWFA. LATEST SHORT TERM MODELS SLOWER IN BRINGING CENTRAL MOUNTAIN SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION...THEREFORE HAVE ADJUSTED WINTER STORM WATCH OVER ZONES 58 AND 60 TO RUN FROM 13Z FRIDAY TO 13Z FRIDAY. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWS SHOULD OCCUR FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. HAVE PAINTED IMPENDING GRIDS/ZONES WITH SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 8 TO 18 INCH RANGE FOR THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY BY LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SPEAKING OF WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO BE INCREASING REGION-WIDE FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 40 MPH NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE VICINITY OF I-25...WITH STRONGER WIND GUSTS EXPECTED JUST WEST OF I-25...ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS. FOR AREAS SUCH AS PIKES PEAK AND THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...WIND GUSTS NEARING 70 MPH AT TIMES ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL ALLOW DOWNSLOPE WARMING TO OCCUR AND EXPECT SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY AS COMPARED TO TODAY OVER SEVERAL AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE...THE HIGH SO FAR IN PUEBLO TODAY WAS 29F...WHILE I AM PAINTING A HIGH OF 54F FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT SIMILAR TEMPERATURE INCREASES FROM THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS TO THE KANSAS BORDER. ONCE AGAIN...THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR COORDINATION/COLLABORATION. .LONG TERM... (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ...STORM SYSTEMS AFFECTING THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... MAIN CHALLENGES WITH 1ST SYSTEM ARE SNOW AMOUNTS AND WIND STRENGTH. THINK THAT MOST OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT (WANING HOURS OF STORM THAT INSPIRED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT). AS SNOWFALL WINDS DOWN OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...THERE WILL BE SOME SMALL THREAT OF SNOW ON THE PLAINS FRIDAY EVENING WITH SYSTEM FROPA. ANY SNOWFALL SHOULD BRIEF AND LIGHT...SO ONLY LOW POPS ON THE PLAINS...WITH THREAT DISSIPATING BY SATURDAY MORNING. BIGGER CONCERN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY IS THE WIND POTENTIAL. STRONG BORA-TYPE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A GOOD PUSH OF COLD...SUBSIDING AIR TO THE EAST SLOPES/PLAINS...WITH SOME HEFTY WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. RIGHT NOW...ATMOSPHERE LOOKS FORWARD-SHEARED AND MIXED SO MAIN CONCERN IS BRUTE-FORCE BORA SUBSIDENCE. THIS WOULD APPEAR TO SUPPORT GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 40 MPH ON THE PLAINS. SO...NO WATCH/WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS YET. HOWEVER...LATER SHIFTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND HOIST IF NECESSARY. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL SUFFER A 5-10 DEGREE SETBACK AS WELL. BIG TRANSITORY RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FOR LATER SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...FOR WARMING TEMPS/DRY CONDITIONS AND LESS WIND. FAST ON ITS HEALS...HOWEVER...IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WAVE DROPPING THROUGH AZ/UT SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL STARTING UP AGAIN ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. SNOWFALL STAYS MAINLY FOCUSED ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY...AS WAVE CLOSES OFF AND DROPS INTO AZ. APPEARS THAT FRONT WILL STAY NORTH OF THE PALMER DIVIDE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY ACCORDING TO THE 18Z GFS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY. THE LATEST GFS40 WOULD...THEN...HAVE THE FRONT BLASTING SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO MONDAY EVENING...EASILY INTO NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A BLAST OF WIND AND SNOW ALONG THE FROPA. TIMING/INTENSITY OF ALL THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN...BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH. AT THIS POINT...MONDAY NIGHT WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SNOW EASTERN MOUNTAINS/PLAINS WITH THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM. ONCE AGAIN...TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE ANOTHER HIT TUESDAY BEHIND THE FROPA. THEN...ANOTHER BIG TRANSITORY RIDGE DOMINATES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER COUPLE DAYS OF MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS. ITS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE SPRING? LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR COZ058-060. && 77/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 635 AM MST THU FEB 15 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-161400- 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- 635 AM MST THU FEB 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO INCHES FORECAST. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ACROSS LOCALIZED AREAS ALONG THE EAST FACING SLOPES. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAIN AREAS AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL BRING THE NEXT POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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