With the passage of a cold front, snow occurred in northwest El Paso County, bringing 3 to 6 inches of snow to the Black Forest and Monument areas.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
With the passage of a cold front, snow occurred in northwest El Paso County, bringing 3 to 6 inches of snow to the Black Forest and Monument areas.
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 16, 3:52 PM MST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 352 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY) MAIN CONCERN IS WIND POTENTIAL FOR MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT EASTERN PLAINS...AND SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. UPPER JET CURRENTLY TRANSLATING ACROSS CO BRINGING WIDESPREAD WAVE CLOUDINESS ACROSS EASTERN MOUNTAINS. MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON GUSTS HAVE DECREASED AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE IS MUCH OF A CHANCE OF REACHING WARNING CRITERIA. SO...WILL TAKE THE HIGH WIND WARNING DOWN BY 22Z. SURFACE COLD FRONT SLIPPING SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN PLAINS PRODUCING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THAT STARTED AS RAIN BUT TURNED OVER TO SNOW QUICKLY. 21Z KPUX SHOWS BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS AND EVEN A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO ALONG THE BOUNDARY WITH CELLS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. COULD SEE A BURST OF MODERATE SNOW OVER EASTERN PLAINS AS THE BOUNDARY SLIDES SOUTH. MEANWHILE SNOW AND WIND CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND LAKE COUNTY. LXV HAS BEEN BELOW I/2 MILE IN SNOW AND FOG ALL DAY. SPOTTERS REPORTED NEARLY 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. TONIGHT...EASTERN COLD FRONT SLIDES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WITH SURFACE HIGH BUILDING IN. UPPER JET GRADUALLY LIFTS TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT. CROSS MOUNTAIN TRAJECTORY GOES MORE NORTHERLY AS UPPER RIDGES BUILDS IN. MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS WILL STAY UP OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH WELL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. EASTERN PLAINS WILL STAY MIXED WITH GUSTY SURFACE WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE DECOUPLING ALLOWS A QUICK DROP FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. CLOUDS ON THE DECREASE AS WELL. OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ACROSS LAKE COUNTY. WILL HOLD ONTO WINTER STORM WARNING WITH MODELS SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED SNOW BUT FIGURE MORE BLOWING THAN SNOWING. SATURDAY...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN ACROSS THE REGION SO SHOULD BE QUIETER DAY ON SATURDAY. MAY STILL BE SOME WIND FIRST PART OF THE DAY BUT NOTHING LIKE FRIDAY. HELD ON TO CURRENT FORECAST WITH LIGHTER WINDS FAR EASTERN PLAINS WILL AGAIN BE THE COOL SPOT AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. LEE TROF DEVELOPS ALONG I-25 CORRIDOR AND COLD AIR ADVECTION AND WITHOUT THE GOOD MIXING TEMPS SHOULD BE COOLER THAN FRIDAY. -FORTUNE- .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ...STILL ON TRACK FOR A SYSTEM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... ...ANOTHER SYSTEM POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. STILL ON TRACK FOR A SYSTEM TO SPREAD SNOW INTO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH THE SNOWFALL SPREADING EAST TO THE PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE. HOWEVER...A PEAK AT THE 18Z RUN OF THE GFS40...DOESNT LOOK NEARLY AS IMPRESSIVE WITH THE FRONTAL SNOW ON THE PLAINS FOR MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY. THE MODEL NOW TRACKS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH...ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO...LEAVING LESS FRONTOGENESIS OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. IF THIS HAPPENS...WONT BE NEARLY THE BLAST OF WIND AND SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WITH EACH RUN...TO SEE IF THIS IS REAL...OR JUST A TEMPORARY MODEL SWING. LATEST RUNS ARE NOW MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH A SYSTEM HEADED FOR COLORADO TOWARD THE WEEKEND. THE LATEST GFS40 IS NOW BRINGING THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM INTO COLORADO FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY...AS IT MOVES QUICKLY EAST. NO CONFIDENCE IN TIMING A PROGRESSIVE OPEN WAVE ACROSS COLORADO AT THIS EARLY STAGE. ASIDE FROM THESE TWO SYSTEMS...MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY UNDER DRY...TRANSITORY UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE. LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR COZ058-060. && 21/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 648 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 COZ058>089-093>099-171400- 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- 648 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL COLORADO MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. UP TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS FALLING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES...MAINLY NORTH OF COTTONWOOD PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES...SUCH AS MOSQUITO PASS AND INDEPENDENCE PASS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS TELLER COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LESS 2 INCHES. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH FOR THE ADJACENT INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING THE NEXT POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOWFALL ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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